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Follow me one brushstroke at a time as I take you through the full process of creating this expressive painting of a colourful beach in New Zealand. Learn how I used Artificial Intelligence to help in the design stage. Discover the power of a simple palette and a painterly approach.
Good design, colour mixing, passionate brushwork 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.
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.
"Mimiwhangata" 16x16" Acrylic on Linen
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"Mimiwhangata" 16x16" Acrylic on Linen
Mimiwhangata Beach (study)
Artist: Tracy Feldman
Tracy Feldman's attempt at this
Artist: Tracy Feldman
Mimiwhangata Beach by Nancy Newton
Gidday Nancy, beautiful strong brushwork and attention to shape-building in this one. Nicely done. Wouldn't change a thing.
Beach Lesson
Great work, Geoffrey! Clear vibrant colour, fluid bold brushwork, good drawing. Mission accomplished. That'll look great on the wall.
Vibrant Beach - Afke van Mansum
Hi Afke, good job keeping the colours really vibrant in most areas, which was the main goal in this lesson. I see that you've struggled with the dark hill and eventually decided to paint over the detail there and that much of your brushwork was covered eventually by 'scumbling', rubbing drier paint lightly over the surface. That's generally what I call 'over-working' a painting, and it's just what we do (me included) in the beginning when we're not sure about the techniques, it doesn't work out, and we smudge over the top. This problem will fix itself little by little with every painting you do. Enjoy the process!
Colored beach, acrylic with oil glazing, canvas, 40 cm x 40 cm
Beautiful vibrant colours with bold expressive brushwork Elena. Nicely done! Maybe you could use a finer brush for those seagulls next time. That's my only suggestion. Beautiful!
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