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"Gone Ashore" 12x16" Acrylic on Canvas by Richard Robinson
The boat sailed across the bay and anchored at our camping beach. It was the reddest red boat I've ever seen; so powerfully vibrant against the turquoise tropical water. I just had to paint it. Join me to learn how!
This demo is in acrylics but it's fine for oils too.
I'll take you step by step through this whole process. Just a couple of hours and you'll have a beautiful painting.

I’ll guide you all the way.

Helps more than you know.

Painting stress-free with editable layers

Just a few tips will have you drawing acurately

Being careful to subdue the area directly behind the boat - an essential skill.

Easier than you think with a 3 step process.

Not an inflatable. Just pure punchy colour and a few crisp details.
I'll take you step by step through this whole rich process and you can choose which parts you'd like to try out in your own work.
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
—Walt Disney
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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.
The Red Sailboat
Gone Ashore
12x16" Acrylic on Canvas by Richard Robinson
Boat at Urupukapuka Island, New Zealand
12 X 12" panel in oil - The Red Boat
Artist: Laura Searle
Quietude
Artist: Jeremy Elder
Red Boat
Artist: Kaye Sherley
The Red Boat - 9" x 12" Oils on Canvas Board by Fay Thomson
Hi Fay, I love your approach with this one. The colour is scintillating and your brushwork is beautiful and painterly. I like that you changed the composition and tried to balance the boat on the left with that long elegant dark reflection. However, what is that a reflection of? That's the question it leaves me asking. You might have been better off using a squiggly line of sea foam instead. Other than that hiccup, gorgeous!
"The Red Boat" in acrylics by Eric Hillmer, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hey Eric, lots of beautifully painted engaging detail in this one. Lovely to see the camping situation brought to life and the crisp details in the boat. I'd advise removing the tent behind the mast as it competes with the foreground. It looks to me like you lost your way in the water there whereas the rest of the painting is very well finished. To get a grip on this complex subject I'd recommend you do the same as Louise and paint a few studies of this section in just black and white. Works wonders.
Red Sailboat Acrylics and Oils
Hi Nancy, nice to see you doing this one. Your extra dark background has really made the light on the beach pop out - very tropical! Your colours in the water and boat are good too. Lovely calligraphic brushwork in the reflections - not easy to do and you gave it a sterling effort! You've scumbled it a bit in there though, leaving some of the wavy shapes less resolved that they could be. Still, very nice. Last little thing, your wires on the boat should be angling up towards the top of the mast.
Red Sailboat, 12 x 16 Oil
Hi Louise, good job with the drawing of the boat, the vibrant colours throughout and the painterly wet-in-wet brushwork. I like that you've lightened the red in the back of the boat but it could stand being a little darker around the motor which should be blocking some light on that surface. The reflection of the boat and sail could do with another try. Currently they're too light and too regular or pattern-like. A helpful exercise for you would be to paint on a separate canvas a few of these watery reflections using just black and white paint, (after converting the reference image into black and white). That would take colour out of the equation for you for a while so you could just focus on the shapes and the values. Every painting is practice for the next one. Enjoy the process!
Red sail boat 12x15 oil on panel
Hey Mark, Great work here. Punchy colours. Nice interest in the background particularly with the trees. Beautiful vibrant colours in the water. I'd just suggest you trim little off the bottom of the back of the boat, add a little shade to the mainsail and trim its reflection a little because, although it looks great with all the right colours and movement, it's grown too big for what it's reflecting. Nice!
The red sailboat, acrylics with oil glazing, canvas, 40 cm x 50 cm
Solid work, Elena. Looks great!
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