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Stuck indoors with time on your hands? Take a walk with me to a beautiful lake in New Zealand. Along the way you'll discover the joy of painting in a colourful impressionistic style using large brushes and loads of paint.
Follow me step by step as I show you the techniques I use to paint these light filled scenes. Designing an inviting scene, painting with freedom, and a variety of fun techniques are all demonstrated in the video. Enjoy!
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Richard is a talented full time artist, who loves painting and teaching.
Hi I’m Richard. I’ve been painting my whole life and back in 2001 I traded my graphic design career for the humble life of a full time artist. I love painting, and as it turns out, I love teaching too.
Nowadays I balance my life between parenting, painting, surfing, travelling and teaching. My work is regularly featured in international art magazines, in galleries in New Zealand and America, on TV and in my Mum’s house.
I give outdoor painting workshops in interesting spots around this beautiful planet of ours and love encouraging people to paint. Two of my favourite artists are John Singer Sargent and Joaquín Sorolla.
My painting website: www.nzpainter.com
I’d love to be your new teacher.
Walk to the Lake - Oil 12 x 24. Difficult but rewarding lesson!
Hi Louise, nice work! Very punchy colour and lively brushwork. One drawing issue - be very sure about where the poles for the jetty touch the water. These should be lined up on a straight horizontal line. That’s easy to fix here by glazing over some of the pole bottoms with a blue/green, to make them look like reflections.
Laura's Lake
Hi Agnese, thanks for uploading your painting. It’s tricky squeezing this long scene into a shorter canvas, but you’ve made that work in the design. Let me draw your attention to a few things I think will help you with your next painting. 1. Horizons should be straight and level. 2. Shadows on light objects (like the beach here) are darker than you think. (Squint and compare darks to darks in your scene). 3. Use contrast to direct the eye. The jetty is the star of the show in this painting, so highlighting it more against the dark background makes sense to make it stand out. Keep painting!
A walk to the lake 2 12'x24'
Wow, that’s an exciting painting style you’ve got there, Pierre. There’s so much variety, the canvas is really singing with life! Nicely done. I can’t see anything to improve on.
I took a walk to the lake, too. Acrylic on 40 x 40 cm stretched canvas.
Artist: Adana VIRNA
Day 20: A Walk to the Lake, watercolour & gauche, by Eric Hillmer
Artist: Eric Hillmer
Master Study of Richard Robinson's Walk to Lake Wakatipu by Suzanne Bonham
Artist: Suzanne Bonham
Walk to the lake
Artist: Anita Costi
Walk to lake
Artist: Anita Costi
A walk to the lake - Nicola Crook - acrylic 20 x 20 cm canvas
Artist: Nicola Crook
A walk to the lake
Artist: Susan Laffin
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