7 Things Sunset Painters Get Wrong
Seven things painters need to know to paint beautiful sunsets.
Seven things painters need to know to paint beautiful sunsets.
Painting advice from one of the greatest painters of all time - John Singer Sargent.
Next time you are considering painting from a photo, why not give yourself the benefit of the doubt and try working from a black and white image? You might be pleasantly surprised.
Hi guys, if you've ever looked out on a gray day and been at a loss for painting subjects, this one's for you. Gray days have a few strong advantages over sunny days...
Here are some of the basic principles behind painting a glowing light source (the sun in this case), based on outdoor painting observation taken through to a studio painting.
An exciting technique I tried out the other day. It's sort of like watercolor in that the initial dark washes are really thin, allowing the canvas (or in this case, board) to show through.
Have you ever tried to paint a still life? I find the hardest and most time consuming part of it is just setting it up. Getting it to look interesting, well balanced and well lit turns out to be all the more difficult by the endless number of options.
I sailed out to Peach Cove with my Dad and my Niece and Nephew for a day at this special little beach. Although I wouldn't call this painting a masterpiece by any means I thought it might be valuable for you to learn what I could have done to make this a stronger painting.
Leaving out the color gives you a good chance to focus on other aspects of painting that often get overlooked in the rush to paint dramatic color - important stuff like value relationships, accurate drawing and lost and found edges.
Getting the drawing right really is the major problem for most painters, including myself, so I was really pleased to come across this technique.
Nice couple of hours hunkered down in the dunes trying to capture exactly the colours I was seeing in the scene in front of me.
This video is the first of my "Painting Adventures" series. I originally intended this to be included in the first Painting Adventures DVD as the beginners introduction to the more complicated painting on Day 2 at Langs Beach.