Paint Up the Creek with Richard Robinson, one clear step at a time.
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International Artist
Australian Artist
Plein Air
Put Some Colour in Your LifeFollow Up the Creek step by step with Richard Robinson using the workshop lessons, guide, and reference materials. Keep access to revisit the painting whenever you need.
Use the reference image, value-study sheet, supply list, and printable guide to keep each stage focused.
Paint alongside others, share progress, ask questions, and keep moving when the middle gets messy.
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Learn · Paint · Critique
A simple cycle that helps you finish the painting in front of you—and grow your eye for the next one.
Work on the same painting as other painters, see how their versions develop, ask questions when you’re stuck, and share the small wins that keep you going.
Follow the same reference and compare approaches with painters working through the workshop too.
Share a question, get unstuck, and keep moving instead of waiting until the painting is finished.
Submit your finished painting for the opportunity to be selected for a personal critique by Richard.
Selected paintings from the workshop will be featured in International Artist - a chance to see your work in print!
Student paintings and published critiques from previous workshops, plus member experiences with Richard’s step-by-step teaching.
“I’ve invested in so many online art courses and video tutorials over the years, but nothing comes close to this platform. The clarity of Richard’s instruction and the caliber of the final paintings are genuinely unmatched.”L HeinleinUSA
“I used to feel completely intimidated by the thought of painting, but these step-by-step lessons remove all the guesswork. I’m finally painting regularly without any pressure, and I absolutely love what I’m creating.”Julie WhitehallAustralia
“The goal isn’t to copy my painting. It’s to understand the choices well enough to make the subject your own.”
Richard Robinson
Artist and founder, My Painting Club
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Personal critique · selected member work
“Hi Howard, this is a great painting with just a few adjustments needed. Your colour is beautiful and the drawing is good, the brushwork is confident and interesting. Three small changes I'd make would be to add some soft edges and small details to the edge of the green tree, make the background shapes a little more tree-ish, and make the white flowers/weeds smaller in the background. That's it. Otherwise, great work!”
Personal critique · selected member work
“Bold colour, Janet and lovely and warm in the foreground contrasting with the cool background. I get the feeling the background is a little too blue and could do with a touch of grey-green in it to create some connection with the foreground. My painting is a little guilty of that too. Also the darkest dark in the foreground is too blue making it stand out whereas it should recede beneath the mid values and lights. If the left side of the tree was a little darker it would add more roundness to it - at the moment the value is very similar all over and it's causing it to flatten out a little. You've done very well with your edges creating depth by contrasting sharp edges in the foreground with sift edges in the background. Overall you've made a very good copy of the demo painting and I hope it helps inform your other work in some way.”
Personal critique · selected member work
“Hi Nancy, I do like the design of this a lot but unfortunately it's all got a bit muddy and garbled. Your cool darks have mixed with your warm lights through too much dabbing and not keeping your brush clean enough and reloading with fresh colour. Can I suggest you take another look at the demo video and follow the process more strictly of darks, then mid values, then lights. Also the thickness of the paint is important. If you put too much medium in your darks to start with it makes it hard to paint over and if you put too much medium in your lights they'll tend to mix in with the darks. If you give yourself a bigger canvas you'll have more room to move too. You can do it!”
Personal critique · selected member work
“Hi Sarah, there's a real jolly feeling to this piece caused largely by the warm colours in the foreground and the sparking little details throughout. The figure is a nice addition too but unfortunately he's about a third the size he should be compared to the rest of the scene which gives him the appearance of a garden gnome. The value structure of the painting is good, including the depth you've created in the background, though the V shape there is a little too regular an the sky holes are creating more of a lacework pattern than actual tree shapes. That blue sky should also be reflected in the water. By flattening out the base of the river banks you've lost some of the shape interest. A few things to look at but overall a good result.”
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