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How I Start My Landscape Paintings
I’m going to walk you through a simple approach that I use to start many of my landscape paintings. Particularly complex ones where there’s a lot of noise and information to convey.
Broadly speaking, it involves mapping out the subject with dark and simple shapes, then, with the paint still wet, going over the top with the highlights and light midtones.
It’s an efficient way to start because you can quickly cover the surface without needing to worry about the tiny details. And once you finally add the light colors, it transforms the simple shapes into realistic objects and things. The dark green shape becomes trees and plants. The dark blue shape becomes water and rocks. And because all this is done wet on wet (provided you’re using oils), you can paint in a way that the light and dark areas gently melt together in areas.
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Painting "O’Reilly’s Sunset" (Timelapse)
Переглядів 8 тис.Місяць тому
This is a timelapse video of a sunset painting I did a few months ago. It’s based on the O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in Queensland, Australia. I took the reference photo at sunset from the balcony. More painting tips: drawpaintacademy.com/21-ways-to-improve-your-paintings/ SUPPLIES: Ampersand gessoboard, 18 x 24 inches: amzn.to/32pcVTN Paper towel Palette knives Rosemary and Co Brushes (round...
Painting With a Limited Color Palette (Timelapse)
Переглядів 6 тис.3 місяці тому
I painted this with just four colors plus white. Alizarin crimson, transparent red oxide, cadmium yellow, and ultramarine blue. The subject is the botanical gardens in Queenstown, New Zealand (I’ll branch out from New Zealand subjects soon!). Join the newsletter for more painting tips and insights: drawpaintacademy.com/newsletter/ SUPPLIES: Ampersand gessoboard, 12 x 16 inches: amzn.to/32pcVTN ...
How I Painted This New Zealand Landscape: Part 2
Переглядів 6 тис.4 місяці тому
This is part 2 of my Arrowtown Reflections painting demonstration. In Part 1, I set the foundation of the painting. Now, it’s time to go around and refine what’s on the surface, add some more intricate details, and bring it all together. All up, this part took about 6 hours, but I’ll distill it down to a few key steps and decisions. You can watch part 1 here: ua-cam.com/video/d48NBhZaqSw/v-deo....
How I Painted This New Zealand Landscape: Part 1
Переглядів 7 тис.5 місяців тому
Download the free resource pack for this video here: drawpaintacademy.com/resource-pack-arrowtown-reflections/ In this video, I walk you through how I painted a landscape based on Arrowtown, New Zealand. I used oil paints, brushes, palette knives, and Ampersand Gessobord. Part 2 coming soon!
The Painting Process: Big, Simple Shapes and Colors
Переглядів 15 тис.5 місяців тому
One of my best painting tips, no matter your skill level, is to focus on the big, simple shapes and colors at the start and reserve the more intricate and complex details until later in the painting. When you’re a beginner, you tend to go the other way. You get lost in the tiny details at the start of the painting and then you try to fix the big-picture aspects later on, but this is counterprod...
Painting an Autumn Landscape (Timelapse)
Переглядів 11 тис.6 місяців тому
This painting depicts Arrowtown in the South Island of New Zealand, about a 10-minute drive from Queenstown. Chontele and I spent our honeymoon there back in April. This will be the first in a series of paintings based on that trip. I used oil paints, brushes, and palette knives on 12 by 16 inch Ampersand Gessobord. My overall thoughts: It was a challenging subject, but I’m pleased with how it ...
Painting "Fallen Trees, Striking Contrast" (Timelapse)
Переглядів 24 тис.7 місяців тому
This was a surprisingly tricky painting, particularly around the water. It took around 5 hours all up. I used brushes, palette knives, and oil paints on Ampersand Gessobord. Most of the painting was done wet on wet, with a bit of wet on dry toward the end. One thing I did well with this painting was working fast at the start and getting most of it done whilst I felt in the zone. In prior painti...
How I Painted "Elora With Christmas Lights"
Переглядів 11 тис.7 місяців тому
In this video, I’ll show you how I painted "Elora With Christmas Lights" using oils. It took about 17 hours to complete. I'll walk you through some of the key steps and decisions. If you ever want to learn more: drawpaintacademy.com/painting-academy/ SUPPLIES: Ampersand gessobord, 18 x 24 inches: amzn.to/32pcVTN Paper towel Palette knives Rosemary and Co Brushes (rounds, flats, and filberts): w...
Oil Painting Timelapse: Elora With Christmas Lights
Переглядів 17 тис.9 місяців тому
This is the most complex painting I've done to date. It's nighttime and Elora is illuminated by several different light sources of varying color and intensity. All up, the painting took about 17 hours, much of which was me tinkering with the subtle color relationships to get it just right. When painting your child, everything needs to be just right! I don't talk over the video, but it will give...
Painting Highlights Using an Old Palette Knife
Переглядів 4,4 тис.9 місяців тому
This is some footage from a landscape painting I’ve been working on. I haven't finished it yet, but in the meantime, I want to show you how I painted the highlights on the water and an interesting technique I used involving an old palette knife. For more painting tips, make sure to join the newsletter: drawpaintacademy.com/newsletter/ SUPPLIES: Ampersand gessoboard, 18 x 24 inches: amzn.to/32pc...
Landscape Painting Timelapse: Fraser Island, Analogous Colors
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This is about 2.5 hours of painting footage compressed into a bit under 17 minutes. The subject is a simple landscape with green and blue analogous colors. I used brushes and oil paints and painted almost entirely wet on wet. Join the newsletter for more painting tips and insights: drawpaintacademy.com/newsletter/ Reference photo: drawpaintacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dan-Scott-Fraser...
How I Painted This Simple Landscape Using Broken Color and Multicolored Strokes
Переглядів 51 тис.10 місяців тому
Hi there! Dan Scott here and I’m going to show you how I painted this simple landscape with analogous colors. I used brushes and oil paints and painted almost entirely wet on wet. All up, it took about 2.5 hours of painting time spread over a couple of sessions. Painting the Landscape (Free Workshop): drawpaintacademy.com/free-art-tools/painting-the-landscape/ Reference photo: drawpaintacademy....
Why I Stain the Surface
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Why I Stain the Surface
Painting a Landscape With Lush Greens and Pink Flowers (Timelapse)
Переглядів 19 тис.11 місяців тому
Painting a Landscape With Lush Greens and Pink Flowers (Timelapse)
Painting Fraser Island, Striking Sunset (Timelapse)
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Painting Fraser Island, Striking Sunset (Timelapse)
How I Painted This Striking Sunset
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How I Painted This Striking Sunset
How I Painted This Impressionist Landscape
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How I Painted This Impressionist Landscape
How I Painted Elora and White Roses (Oil Painting Tutorial)
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How I Painted Elora and White Roses (Oil Painting Tutorial)
How I Painted Magenta Flowers (Oil Painting Tutorial)
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How I Painted Magenta Flowers (Oil Painting Tutorial)
Painting Shimmering Light at Wynnum (Long)
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Painting Shimmering Light at Wynnum (Long)
Painting a Tree Series (Long)
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Painting a Tree Series (Long)
Painting a Lake on a Sunny Day (Long)
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Painting a Lake on a Sunny Day (Long)
Painting Minnippi Parklands on an Overcast Day (Long)
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Painting Minnippi Parklands on an Overcast Day (Long)
Painting a Rock Wall, Moody (Long)
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Painting a Rock Wall, Moody (Long)
Painting a Sunny Landscape (Long)
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Painting a Sunny Landscape (Long)
Painting a Moody Seascape (Long)
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Painting a Moody Seascape (Long)
Painting New Zealand (Long)
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Painting New Zealand (Long)
Painting Sierra Nevada (Long)
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Painting Sierra Nevada (Long)
Painting a Moody Sunset (Long)
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Painting a Moody Sunset (Long)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @OneRedDragonfly
    @OneRedDragonfly 4 дні тому

    Absolutely love your style!

  • @KrysKrys07
    @KrysKrys07 10 днів тому

    Love the colors and the technique ❤ nice work of art 👍

  • @zhard7890
    @zhard7890 10 днів тому

    Amazing!

  • @MfConnor
    @MfConnor 12 днів тому

  • @sandyschmidt8950
    @sandyschmidt8950 16 днів тому

    Nice job! I loved that your underpainting is in red, the opposite of nature's greens! Thanks, Dan!

  • @mayankjain2459
    @mayankjain2459 19 днів тому

    Lot of thanks to teach as It's superb. I learnt many things 🎉❤

  • @shafqatali3803
    @shafqatali3803 19 днів тому

    Very much info. Are you working wet on wet ? I mean on red wet base.

  • @MrJamlee88
    @MrJamlee88 19 днів тому

    That was one of the best landscape tutorials I have seen in a while. I really got a lot of the color theory comments you made . . . I could actually see the effects unfolding as you spoke through your actions !

  • @bettymckinney3584
    @bettymckinney3584 19 днів тому

    Will you tell me if you are using oil or acrylic paints?

  • @CeruleanTrees
    @CeruleanTrees 20 днів тому

    That was so helpful. I've recently transitioned over to oil paints from acrylic and am struggling somewhat. Now I know what I should do! Thank you so much. ❤

  • @silverleafmaple
    @silverleafmaple 20 днів тому

    This helps! I love your color palette and your glass one, too.

  • @oliviaboone-mh3jh
    @oliviaboone-mh3jh 20 днів тому

    Lovely video! Thanks for sharing your expertise. If you love this way of working you’d love the simplified way Ian Roberts does it on his channel, Mastering composition.

  • @cloverlea7591
    @cloverlea7591 20 днів тому

    Thank you for this! I am trying to get looser. I'm mostly a portrait artist. I really appreciate your generosity!

  • @Msonamission1
    @Msonamission1 20 днів тому

    Nicely done! Thanks for the lesson!

  • @ViVi_McA
    @ViVi_McA 20 днів тому

    This was great! Thanks, Dan. I have a long way to go before I can translate what my eye is seeing to what my hand is doing...can you say Overwork? Your videos are most helpful and I'm most appreciative.

  • @nancyloomis3046
    @nancyloomis3046 20 днів тому

    Thanks...very helpful! p.s. At least on my phone, until like the last 20 minutes, your video appeared very dark on the left side, esp with the darker paint used on that side....I could barely make out any of the painting you were doing there. I lightened my screen but it didn't make much difference. Just thought I'd pass this on. It may or may not be something within your control.

  • @LiscindaView506
    @LiscindaView506 20 днів тому

    Your instructions are clear and very helpful. Thank you.

  • @barbarabisson6337
    @barbarabisson6337 21 день тому

    Thank you. This is very helpful.

  • @susanmerila4958
    @susanmerila4958 21 день тому

    Wonderful! You demonstrated the build up of foundation/structure very clearly.

  • @JillandRayLeeton
    @JillandRayLeeton 21 день тому

    That lesson was WONDERFUL. Thank you so much . Excellent !

  • @joanhauser319
    @joanhauser319 21 день тому

    Fantastic!

  • @aldeletronica
    @aldeletronica 21 день тому

    Show😊

  • @daledematteo5461
    @daledematteo5461 21 день тому

    Thank you. This was excellent

  • @Ocean_and_Sky
    @Ocean_and_Sky Місяць тому

    That's pretty

  • @joanngoodwin5233
    @joanngoodwin5233 Місяць тому

    Enjoyed your technique. Just watched the video. Plan to paint it tomorrow. It's nearly 5pm now

  • @nickygrant1280
    @nickygrant1280 Місяць тому

    It's amazing to see you bring life to this painting ❤

  • @sattaurnikki
    @sattaurnikki Місяць тому

    Awesome!

  • @hanssing1
    @hanssing1 Місяць тому

    Well done Dan 👍👍👍

  • @MaryOReilly-c6g
    @MaryOReilly-c6g Місяць тому

    Love your O’Reilly Sunset. I wonder if O’Reilly is any relation? Mary O’Reilly. 😂

  • @JanePimm
    @JanePimm Місяць тому

    I always enjoy watching your timelapse paintings, and having the reference photo as an inset really helped - thankyou :)

  • @TeeBurton-i3o
    @TeeBurton-i3o Місяць тому

    Love the Chopin in the background!

  • @arttherapist
    @arttherapist Місяць тому

    Dear Dan you are an inspiration to our Joyful Art Journey Group, Art as Therapy on Friday's. I reference your work and your suggestions often. Thank you for sharing your world.

  • @sara2010M
    @sara2010M Місяць тому

    Amazing 👏👏👏 ❤❤

  • @EtelkaBuvár-i4m
    @EtelkaBuvár-i4m Місяць тому

    It's like a little orange light filtering through the clouds.

  • @susanmerila4958
    @susanmerila4958 Місяць тому

    When you switched to the brush, together with the music, it looked like you were CONDUCTING your masterpiece! Well done! 😮

    • @sattaurnikki
      @sattaurnikki Місяць тому

      Hey! I thought the same! 😅

  • @CarlWinter-oy8uf
    @CarlWinter-oy8uf Місяць тому

    Sorry --typo. ---to purchase a regular supply of oil paint from o/seas is agonising !

  • @CarlWinter-oy8uf
    @CarlWinter-oy8uf Місяць тому

    Here in Africa is hard together a regular supply of decent quality paint --but we soldier on regardless !

  • @CarlWinter-oy8uf
    @CarlWinter-oy8uf Місяць тому

    That pallet knife effect with oils is quite striking ---well done ---lotsa hard work involved !

  • @dianadumitrascu
    @dianadumitrascu Місяць тому

    Wow!

  • @bleumustang6362
    @bleumustang6362 Місяць тому

    Soo beautiful! Thank you 😊

  • @jamesday5636
    @jamesday5636 Місяць тому

    Portraits are what pays the bills

  • @jeaniebowman5458
    @jeaniebowman5458 2 місяці тому

    Thanks so much - just found your youtube channel. I am newly retired and have purchased a couple of your courses - I am a stone cold beginner but have always felt I have a painter hiding inside of me. I love to frame my photos as if I am going to come back and paint them. My Christmas list is all painting supplies!

  • @DavidThomas-ec1ch
    @DavidThomas-ec1ch 2 місяці тому

    thank you, Dan; inspiring and instructive; a step by step work of art; you have given me a whole new world of the palette knife.

  • @carolanaya8877
    @carolanaya8877 2 місяці тому

    Do you have a reference picture you are using? Beautiful

  • @ZolotoiKluchik7917
    @ZolotoiKluchik7917 2 місяці тому

    Thank you, I always find your advise very helpful!

  • @elizabethkoeman1149
    @elizabethkoeman1149 2 місяці тому

    Striking gorgeous painting! Thank you.

  • @cloverlea7591
    @cloverlea7591 3 місяці тому

    Thanks, Dan. Love your generous demos!

  • @arabellahorwitz2622
    @arabellahorwitz2622 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @RexeenGarry
    @RexeenGarry 3 місяці тому

    Why do you start with th crimson background when it all gets painted out?

    • @drawpaintacademy
      @drawpaintacademy 3 місяці тому

      Good question. It is mostly to help me judge the colors. It also gives me the option to leave parts of it exposed, though I don't always exercise that option. That red tree in the back is mostly the surface color showing through.

  • @BonnieHouse-on5hy
    @BonnieHouse-on5hy 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing such a lovely painting. It was fascinating to watch you paint it.