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Join California plein air artist Scott Hamill painting on a west coast beach along the beautiful pacific ocean. Scott demonstrates his step by step process of painting the coastal bluffs and ocean in an impressionistic and painterly style.
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Scott Hamill feels fortunate to have found an outlet for his artistic expression in the plein air tradition. As a native Californian Scott has lived most of his life in and around the ocean and mountains of this beautiful state. He has developed a strong connection to the water and land while surfing along the Pacific coast and fishing, backpacking and canoeing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Scott’s goal is to share this connection with those who view his art.
Scott feels fortunate to have found an outlet for his artistic expression in the plein air tradition. As a native Californian Scott has lived most of his life in and around the ocean and mountains of this beautiful state. He has developed a strong connection to the water and land while surfing along the Pacific coast and fishing, backpacking and canoeing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Scott’s goal is to share this connection with those who view his art.
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Four Mile Beach
12x16" Oil on Canvas by Scott Hamill
Resource Photo
Four Mile Beach, Santa Cruz
Overworked the sea a bit, I can never leave well enough alone!
Artist: Nancy Murray
after Scott Hamill
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"Silver Lake View"
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Beachtime
Artist: Laurena Beirnes
FOUR MILE BY MICHEL BOULAY
Great feeling of light and shadow here Michel. Well drawn and nice contrast makes for a very strong painting. Great loose brushwork creates an energetic piece. My only suggestion would be to make the curved line of the foreground cliff shadow a bit less regular. try cutting into it with the background or add a slash or two of shadowed color to create an implied edge or step in the cliff face. As I look at it again I might try softening the distance wave foam with a clean dry brush just touching and feathering the paint so that you create a feeling of movement which won't draw the eye so strongly. Great job!
Four Mile Beach, Oil on Paper, 40x30 cm
Well done Genevieve. Lively and colorful feel to this piece. I like the energy in the ocean waves. Just a few suggestions... To help with the feeling of distance in a painting remember that in general colors coo and gray as they recede. The distant headland and rock shelf below it are a bit warm(orange, red, yellow) which brings them forward. Try using that color mixture in the foreground and cool (blue, violet) the headland and I think you will see how atmospheric perspective can create the illusion of depth. The foreground shadow and light reads well but the distant headland is not as well defined as to whether it is in light or shadow. It is very important to keep everything in either the light family or shadow family. Value structure can be difficult to grasp when color is involved. Try drawing the original scene in just three values, light, mid tones and darks with a black sharpie on white paper. Lastly, be careful to create variety in your shapes. Those two small rocks back there look like twins. Overall you should be happy with this painting and I think you have an excellent feel of the day here.
Four Mile Beach Painted by Genevieve Reinke, Oil on Paper, 40x30cm
Artist: Genevieve Reinke
Morning Mist Willow, 30x30cm, oil on panel by Silke Sauritz
Hi Silke! I've enjoyed seeing your recent work on facebook! It has been really beautiful. This is no exception! Love the directional brushstrokes and cool/warm color relationship in the sky. Nice tonal control as well. It may just be my interpretation but I feel like the amount of sunlight I see would be casting a shadow behind the tree. If the sky is cloudy or foggy than you've captured it just right. This is the kind of painting that is a treat to see in person because of the beautiful texture in those fluid brushstrokes. Lovely!
Four Mile by Sharon Repple
Hi Sharon. Excellent work! This painting really feels like the place. I appreciate the calm cove and warm light. Very calming piece. Well drawn and the design leads me through the canvas nicely. Shapes have become forms with excellent value structure. If I could be picky I'd like to see the foreground shape and background headland have a bit more variety. They feel pretty equal in how much canvas they occupy and both end at the same spot on the left vertical line. Try pushing the foreground rock shelf back a bit (shorten) and I think you'll have less of a feeling of two similar shapes. You'll notice in the reference photo the foreground shelf has some cuts and irregularities that could also be exaggerated to create some difference. Put a frame on it and get it under a nice light! Great piece.
Four Mile Beach
Great effort! Lots to be happy with here. Nice reflections in the foreground puddle. Well constructed headland. Great color in the ocean. Nice light on the focal point rocks. Some things to work on: Try graying the green foliage at the top of the distant headland as it moves away from us. Keep the color more intense toward the left and add some of the greens compliment to gray it as it moves toward the right of the canvas. Be careful of the angle of the waves. They're a bit steep and that can make the ocean plane feel like its falling off the canvas. Good work, now get outside and paint a sunlit scene to practice seeing into the shadows with your own eyes. There's a lot of beautiful warm and cool moments in there!
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