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Waterfalls are one of the most alluring subjects for painters, but also one of the trickiest to get right. Learn the keys to painting successful waterfalls in this comprehensive and inspiring course with New Zealand artist Richard Robinson.
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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.
Richard is a master artist with an exceptional skill in identifying and communicating key factors to making successful paintings. I have found his video workshops an excellent resource for improving my own work.
Colour Studies by Richard Robinson
"Mystic Falls" 14x14" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson
Colour Study by Richard Robinson
Robinson Falls
Painted in 'Procreate' on the iPad Pro.
Yosemite Falls
Yosemite Falls
Four waterfall studies, oil on mdf.
Artist: Dave McBride
Water flow
Artist: Brian Caesar
Weekly Class Recommendations- Mastering Waterfalls 12”x16” Acrylic on canvas by Karen Woodhouse (Sorry, have mislaid resource photo)
Artist: Karen Woodhouse
Waterfall
Artist: JOSE FELIX
My 1st Waterfall by Anna Rice
Artist: Anna Rice
Waterfall Redo by Sharon Repple
Artist: Sharon Repple
Waterfall
Genevieve Reinke
Canyon Waterfall 12"x9" by Barbara Haviland
Lovely painterly work Barbara. I like that you've kept your brushwork bold and focused on the big shapes, but contrasted that with some nice fine detail in the lower trees. Your composition is nicely done, excluding everything that's surplus to requirements. I would have liked to see a stronger light and atmospheric effect in the sunlit area beyond the top of the falls. All you need to do to achieve that is make all the darks a little lighter and add a little of the colour of the light to every colour in that area. The easiest way to achieve that is to apply a light glaze over that area, maybe two. It can look a little chalky using glaze with white in it so I usually try to achieve the same effect by adjusting each colour as I go. Tricky, but well worth a try. Notice in the resource photo that the mist rising from the bottom of the falls lightly obscures and simplifies the background behind the foreground trees. It's a great method to create depth and enhance foreground objects. Again, you can achieve that with with glazing or pre-planning.
Waterfall by Denis King
Really nice work, Denis. All good except for two small things - the background waterfall is too light against its cliff and the trees on the right are nearly clones and could be a bit less regular on the edge of the foliage - a pattern has formed there presently. The colour of the sky is too grey for the vibrant yellow of the cliff. If anything the sky would be higher chroma in this situation. That's why it currently looks a bit like a yellow cliff instead of a light-filled space.
Toska Courbron - Waterfall
A captivating painting, Toska! Beautiful work making all those interesting colour variations. I guess you used masking fluid to preserve the white of the water itself? That's worked well to allow you to paint the darks in there, but it's left hard edges everywhere which is more indicative of a frozen waterfall rather than the soft edged look of water in motion. If you were to paint this again (because you only get one shot with watercolours!) I'd suggest that you try painting it with masking, all into moist paper to achieve softer edges, which can always be sharpened up in places with subsequent washes. You've already achieved that a little at the base of the waterfall. I'd also expect to see darker water and reflections in the pool. Great work!
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