Thank you, Dianne for always teaching us 'how to fish' (HA). The general techniques and interpretations of the image are so much more helpful than learning how to paint a specific piece.
You are describing the difference between a technician and an artist. Give a man a fish you have fed him for a day, teach him to fish, and you have fed him for life.
Diane, can you do quick tip on reflections. Wat are the rules on painting reflections of things and people in windows? Darker lighter? What if it light on the other side or lighter? It appears to be in the same high exactly behind the subject... etc. That kind of stuff. Thanks in advance, Paul
Paul, I will put this one on the schedule. Meanwhile, let me say that all the rules you hear only restrict you. Learning how to see and use techniques to interpret what you see is so much more freeing than depending upon rules.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thanks Diane. I know it about observing but I find this one difficult. Some tips and guidance is appreciated, similar like perspective and finding the horizon. Or like your tips on how shades are mixed from colors. I very much like your tips as a starting point for learning things by doing. Thank you!
I love your thought process......I never would have imagined to paint the sense of rocks behind the falls; rather I would have attempted to add the shadow to the water itself. It makes so much more sense to build, and ‘set the stage’ ......thank you!
Diane what a wonderful lesson. I'm very new to oils and this was so helpful on how to apply paint on top of wet paint. Thanks so much. I do have a question I have paintings that I was working on and it's been at least eight months of drying. Can I just go back to them and add new paint on top. I read somewhere that you have to oil the painting. I'm not sure how to proceed. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on the way to go about this.
I get this question quite often, so I'm going to put a Quick Tip on the schedule showing the process. But because we film these several weeks in advance, it will be at least May before it appears on RU-vid. Meanwhile, find lint-free clothes or towels. I used gauze pads. Lay the painting on a flat surface. Using these, clean the surface area thoroughly with rubbing alcohol. Let it thoroughly dry. Then, use a 50/50 mix of gamsol (or some highly refined mineral spirits)+ refined artist grade linseed oil. Pour onto the painting and thoroughly work it into the surface with a wide, artist grade bristle brush. Let it sit for at least a couple of hours (some say over night), then wipe off the excess. Keep wiping until the surface is only slightly damp and you are ready to paint onto it.
Great video! I realize now just how much I've been lacking the 'thinking thru things" part of creating art. My thoughts that typically rattle around in my noggin usually have to do with trying to get the shapes and proportions correct, or the composition to make visual sense. Boy, there's a lot of thinking I've been missing out on! Thank you so much for your demonstrations like this! Love you!
Your Quick Tips are really a blessing. I was viewing QT 270 Tetrad Schemes and it prompted 2 questions. With a picture like your example, how would you, choose the focal point and how do you reuse, keep your extra paint, not used?
To find the explanation about the extra paint, see Quick Tip 115. Re: the focal point of this reference-- sometimes we choose the focal point according to what's most obvious in the reference and at other times, we create it by calling attention to what we want the viewer to see first. In this case, the falling water is the focal point because as a subject for a painting, it would be where I'd want the viewer's eye to go first.
Nice demo Dianne! I need to rewind back to tinting strength of TROxide vs Ultra marine blue. I think you had a tip on transparent vs opaque. Since both of these colors are transparent, I want to understand what you said in this video about this subject.
Thanks all your tips are so helpful. I do have a request could you do a quick tip on bird in oil paint. I see mostly people choose to paint them in water colour or pastel.
D Taverner, could you be a bit more specific. What about a bird would you like to see? Is it flying or perched? What species of bird? What kind of light would it be located in? Thanks.
Well I was thinking 🤔 if the way the waterfall was approached (with the paint application) would work for very colourful birds like hummingbirds, toucans, parrots etc. The birds close up seem more difficult to depict than those in the distance because of the form of the feathers. Not that I’m wanting to paint individual feathers … way too mind boggling! I did see the quick tip on the duck.
So many facets to the waterfall that I honestly hadn't considered. I generally try to build a painting value by value but whenever I've done a waterfall in the past, I've pretty much skimped on it by dipping into zinc white (my lazy person's value and light builder) and laying down a few down strokes to vary the transparency a bit, before moving on to something else. It looks OKAY, but you'll only ever get away with flippancy for a while - eventually, it'll get the better of you. And I really don't intend to become a 'modern' painter.
Hi Dianne. Good lesson. Nowhere on your quick tips do you ever discuss a pallette of black colours. I am doing a black painting with yellow and gold accents. I have Ivory black..Mars black and Lamp black and am trying some pallette coloyrs. Anything I add to black makes gray....what colours will make variable shades. I also have Irreverent graphite. Very confusing. Also can I add water to my acrylic paint to make a wash over finished image? Renata
Great demo! Great explanation for stumble. I often hear artists mentioning scum le and missing the colors. I’m glad you clarify it. Lovely way to build a waterfall without difficulty. Thanks so much. Take care, blessings and be safe.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Oh... I've been watching dozens of your videos thinking they were acrylics. Oops. Do the techniques apply to both or should I be looking specifically for acrylic videos? Thanks.
