PLEIN AIR oil painting with SOPHIE, MARK, TAD and JOEY 

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You are such a positive coach. This is one of your best "workshop" episodes. I love how each artist sees things differently.

“When the composition is lost bust out the big brush.” Great advice!

Looks like you started the Chamberlain Plein Air Painting Group or School !! Cool to see everyone at work 👍🌊🌊🌊

great idea about putting reds in the rocks to complement the greens in the water!! I learned something!!! thank you Michael!

Love this “workshop” style format. The critiques were very informative.

Great video Michael, you did make us look good!!😉your painting is stunning, I love that you pushed the colors in the water.. nice vibrancy between the redish purple of the shadows and the aqua green of the ocean.

You showed everyone’s process and still made a great painting. Thanks for an epic time!

What a beautiful day! Learning a lot from you. And also from the other painters. I like that you have a group to interact with,its inspirational.

You are so kind! I love how you help the artists and are so encouraging!

Always great to hear the sound of the sea in these videos. Interesting that no one chose to paint those amazing clouds. Good work all.

This is so wholesome! Even burrito time with all of the painters🤗 would be a dream to paint with you guys one day!

'Sometimes you gotta lie to tell the truth' - so true with painting.

YES!!!!! YES!! " you have to lie to tell the truth."!!!!! love it!!

I love the variety of painting s amongst the painters (and want the sweet man in the straw hat to take off his sunglasses for sale of his colors). Beautiful day and you're positive, calm way is lovely to see.

You are just such a nice and genuine guy! Really enjoy your videos. Look forward to watching one or two a day. Love the ocean paintings the best. I love seeing and hearing the ocean and beach. I also love your San Francisco cityscapes and the ones that include the Golden Gate Bridge. So fun.

Excellent instructional video. You’re very generous with your time. Looks like a good group. Fun.

Beautiful strong values, and amazing handle on colors and beautiful composition. End product is lovely to look at. Well done, as always and thanks for sharing!

When I used to make my canvases I used Fredrix medium canvas mounted to board and then gessoed that...love the feel of a medium textured canvas.

YES!! I agree!!!..you have to exagerate the focal points whether it's the water, the white caps, the mountain or all of it...I love your bold brushwork and your color choices, Michael...But I think your white waves should be smaller as they recede into the background...

Really nice video. "you have to lie to tell the truth"!!! Words to live by, when painting.

What a nice video Mike. You are already doing plein air workshops lol...don't know if you've noticed. This "revisited" painting was really beautiful.

What a awesome location.

Great video! Loved that you addressed composition, shadow colors, reflection color, changes to actual scene to make it work! Painting as a group is much more fun!

23:45 wow the color saturation you pulled off is amazing. A take-away I got from this is if I'm going to boost color saturation in one area, like the water, also think about ways to consistently match that energy across the whole scene (bluer shadows and redder rocks). Very simple advice, and reflected in masterpieces in museum, but in practice that takes some confidence!

Definitely one of your best.

Mike, you are a really good teacher. Humble critique, yet right to the point. Hard to do.

Very nice helpful comments for the other painters. You would be the perfect company for painting plein air! Love your rock pattern, it’s shadows in the water and the rhythm in the white water. Your fellows painters works were made better with your advice-you’re very kind.

So much fun, what a great day! Love seeing different artist interpretations & your suggestions. Great video! Thanks

So inspiring

A lot of helpful instruction in this video! Thanks so much. I’ve painted for a while but only as a plain air once and that was with water color so you are giving me the inspiration to get my set-up ready and go paint outside. I love the finished looks of your paintings and glimpses of daily life.

Really cool video Mike. So good to see a bunch of artists out painting together and enjoying themselves. And to see their work...all so different. Love your painting. I like the saturation very much. And the reds in the rocks. Thanks. ..this was great.

"one has to lie...to tell the truth" - brilliant

I knew you would be a great coach... you gave everyone good advice without being a know it all...rare quality. I’ve always said you’re one of my favorite painters but really you’re one of my favorite people who just happens to paint. You deserve a burrito!

One of your best! Congrats and thanks for sharing. Jill R 🇬🇧

Michael, seems like you're forming a bit of a Pescadero School or movement. It is refreshing to see several takes on one area and how each person observes. Also, the way the different styles come out. I admire the generosity of your time and positive feedback to each of your friends. It's invaluable to have that kind of insightful feedback. Now they each have that experience to help them grow and achieve even better pieces in the future. One thing the world will never have too much of is artists. Love your piece. Great colour and superb contrast. I really get the feeling of distance out on the water. I'm really craving a burrito!

Next time you see Tad remind him to take off his sunglasses when he paints. What a good workshop you just gave!!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY Michael.! I get sooo excited to PAINT outdoors, but not many here to paint with, except for my friend Bunny!!! greetings from the eastern SIERRAS!!

Beautiful compliments and color Mike! It definitely makes makes the painting feel more luminous

If you want to lay down gesso without having to use the grid just use a roller that has a tiny little bit more fiber in it instead of the foam rollers. It will make little teeny tiny microscopic divits that make the paint adhere better. I do use pumice when using foam rollers. Fun video Michael. You are a natural teacher. Wish you could come paint in the Tampa Bay Area. I’d love to paint with you. Ya never know. 😉

you are a great teacher ...wish i wuz there....

This was an amazing video! THANK you so much! Beautiful scenery, and you're knocking it out of the park painting with vibrancy and your kind suggestions to all. Extra thanks for your clips and narration re: color mixing/palette. Super helpful. Great instruction! You deserve LOTS of Patreon support! ;-) Oh! And, Happy Valentine's Day. Beautiful day in Pescadaro - wonderful vid for us to see today!

Fun video. You are a great teacher! I like how you gave positive critical feedback to everyone!

Looks like you had a good workout ! You accomplished alot! Love the artists you were out with, each one very individual and very impressive! Looks like it was a lot of fun!

YES!! burnt sienna does a great job of neutralizing UMB..

What a great group session Michael, like the result too. Well done mate! Your lesson on using complimentary colours for adjoining shadow areas was helpfull too. Cheers Bert from Oz

Beautiful vlog! The views are amazing! The most used expression: "white water". lol Great job!!!

Lovely to see so many painters and art in one place! I’m curious as to what paints and brushes you use though. Keep up the great work!!

Looked like wonderful fun!

A couple of things I really liked, which leads me to believe you've taught classes before. Firstly, you always asked first before offing an opinion. I think any artist, regardless of skill or experience is entitled to that courtesy. But also when you were giving some direction, you used what I used to call my "shit sandwich" approach. The first thing you tell them has to be something positive, a compliment. Then give them the direction, or what they might do to correct the issue. Then leave them with something positive. Sometimes it's just about confidence, and by making sure they hear positive stuff on either side of the correction, they are more likely to do what you suggest. When I taught beginner art classes, I did that, and more than 2 decades of teaching people to ride motorcycles - where it's really effective. Good video. And I like the painting too. I wouldn't touch it the way it is. I think you're right about the transparent reds near the foreground, they really stand out.

Wow this painting is great!

beautiful work!

Nice!!!!!

Love this Mike. A really good one, and you had a great day. 😎

YES!! you understand the compositional technique of dividing your canvas space UNEQUALLY!! what size are you working on and where are you painting??

Que hermosa e interesante clase.pintas muy diferente a muchos,me gusta tu técnica. Yo soy aficionada.un saludo cariñoso desde Chile,América del sur A.s

i wish i could be a painters! you are so talented !!

Your videos make me wanna quit my office job and become a full time artist😅 Anyways, what a lovely painting! Keep up the great work

This coast is very beautiful, I also like to go to such a place to paint and sketch. I like this kind of scenery, but you need to pay attention to safety and don't venture on the reef.

Great video! Like a plein air class. Are you doing mentoring now?

Marine artist Don Demurs has an excellent video on the colors of waves,water and everything in between...a MA oil painter.

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So fun to see everyone’s styles and voices come through in their works! Great location, group, works, and video. Another perfect Chamberlain moment with a beautiful piece of art to capture the mood! @anonymous.palette

where are all of you for this??

So when is "Chamberlain School of Plein Air" going to start accepting students, because that's the only education I need.