i'm -7 in my eyes and when I take my glasses off I just see shapes. about to start attempting to paint with my glasses off and see what kind of impressionism it turns into.
I just became a patreon and this was the first video I watched. I can honestly say this one video of you completing a single work was worth a whole year's subscription. It finally clicked for me! Thanks for all your work and can't wait for more.
Loved this. Full of so many good tips and using students work to show how their paintings could be improved, whilst identifying the good points in each, really worked for me. Thank you.
Seeing shapes in landscapes is so important and your video does a brilliant job helping to identify them but it leads me to some questions I have problems with; 1) What is your thinking when first blocking in the shapes in a painting? Are you laying down approximate colours or values or is blocking in an opportunity to use complements eg having a red tone under what will be a green area like grass? 2) How do you approach shadows? Are they a cooled down desaturated darker version of the surface they are being cast on? How are variations in colour, tones and values established in shadows? Thank you for any feedback as these are inhibiting my painting development.
Thanks so much, Chris! This video really resonated with me. While I've seen videos address painting big shapes to set the light & darks, I often struggle with where to draw the line. Having a reference with alot of detail & showing how you break that down into masses, even if there are objects with light & shadow sides within, is far more instructive than using a very simple scene. Then seeing how you add detail on top of that is immensely helpful. Watching your critique process is beneficial, as well. Excellent video!
Helpful video as always. You've helped me better understand the value in mistakes and how to learn more from them. Painting can be hit or miss for me constantly.
Great video! One thing that could be improved in the second student sample is better use of 2 point perspective on the upper front side of the building. The farther away corner should be lower than the closer front corner on the upper edge. That would strengthen the drawing. Otherwise the painting quality is nice.
I just found your videos! I am WOWed by the priceless information that I have learned from a few of your videos. You have brought up tips that even my college professors and art workshops that I have taken never addressed! I don't paint with oil, although I am interested. I mainly paint with acrylic and watercolor. The tips and tricks that you have shared can easily be applicable to acrylic painting and some with watercolor. Watercolor painting starts with lights to darks, whereas, oils and acrylics work the opposite direction. Thanks for making your videos!!
Excellent demo and clear description of ways to make a painting better. Your time, knowledge and teaching skills are very much appreciated. Landscaping can be intimidating when it is loaded of objects around. It takes time and observation and patience to understand what is most important. Finding shapes along with lights and shadow will definitely make the painting easier. Thanks so much for this video and looking forward to more of your essential topics. Blessings and take care.
I love your videos I learn so much from them, recently I got this book you reccomended "Landscape painting inside and out" and doing the black and white plan and the value plan has been so useful for me and it has made painting so much easier
The focal point in this drawing will always be the side of the building with the eyes and mouth no matter how contrasty other parts of the paitning is. Awesome video!
New to 'paintings' but I do photography as a hobby and have a strong interest in traditional oil painting as an art form and an inspiration to photography. I picked up Vermillion VR on Steam to give this type of less immediate art a try and I've enjoyed your videos as a guide or as a challenge to try and paint something different each day. In photography I use the squint trick to ascertain if a composition is interesting and already have a good groundwork of color balance, complementary colors and the use of shapes and contrast. But it's one thing taking a photo and another making art. Love your videos, please keep doing it. And if you do ever get the chance I recommend Vermillion - it's a good entry into oil art without the mess or the space and upfront cost of suppliers.
Very important information here ! ... The value sketches/thumbnails are really valuable in deciding composition and also squinting to see shapes and negative space ... Thanks Chris for explaining in a direct and clear manner!
you are amazing teacher and painter. you make everything so simple. I've learnt so much from you. I really struggle with proportion and tried some techniques but often find the eye is 5mm away from where it should be etc. any videos on that?
As some who is dyslexic, this is exactly how i see things. Especially art. It's really interesting listening to you explain how you teach your students to shift their focus, when i struggle to do the exact opposite. Lol
And that's why the natural ways of composition to guide viewers to the umbrella-shadow-fountain will fail. All human viewers will see a human face-like thing and focus on it almost instantly.
I don’t see the face as strongly in the photo that I do in the paintings. So wouldn’t the painter want to downplay the windows so they blend in to the color of the wall? Once I see the “face”, I cannot let go of it with my eyes.
Hey Chris I really love your videos and I think up your a great artist and I was wondering if you haven’t already, do a video on mixing colors it’s always a struggle for me.
I live in Israel and I dont like to paint on canvas because of the movement the canvas has sometimes when painting. So i painted a few painting on wood. But you mentioned that there is a product if canvas on panels.I never saw them here. Can you suggest what you reccomend , that can be purchased through Amazon?
Excellent video and so informative. I am new to oils and have considered your course. But honestly right now I am stuck as to what brand to buy. The W&N oils I have smell awful to me... so does linseed oil. Gives me a headache. I have no idea what else to buy that does not smell bad and is not toxic (as I have cats/dogs).
I’d like to possibly sign up for a class . I’m already a pretty good oil landscape artist but I wanna learn portraits . Is your class a flat rate or the $227 a month ?
I wonder about your decision not to show the curved shadows around the front windows or the sculpture in the fountain. They make the scene special. What in your final image captures the imagination? What sense of meaning? What attracted you to this image? I love your tutorials and critique, but I want to hear more of your creative thinking too. Thank you!
All I care about are shapes and composition. I don’t think about the meaning of anything. The scene got my attention and that’s all that matters for me. It’s all about the process for me and translating what I thought was interesting about the scene
Hi. I am currently using acrylic, but would love to switch to oil. The problem is I am painting in my appartment and I'm worried about oil paint ofor and toxicity. Any advices???
I don’t really think oils have much of a smell. The low odor spirits are strong but you can wash a used jar with a lid and close it when not using. Wash the brushes with dish soap when done.
i'm -7 in my eyes and when I take my glasses off I just see shapes. about to start attempting to paint with my glasses off and see what kind of impressionism it turns into.
Ah that's very clever
Haha.. I'm -4 and I do the same thing, glad to know I'm not the only one. LoL!
That's a great idea! I'll leave my glasses off and see what happens.
I just became a patreon and this was the first video I watched. I can honestly say this one video of you completing a single work was worth a whole year's subscription. It finally clicked for me! Thanks for all your work and can't wait for more.
Wow, thank you!
Loved this. Full of so many good tips and using students work to show how their paintings could be improved, whilst identifying the good points in each, really worked for me. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Seeing shapes in landscapes is so important and your video does a brilliant job helping to identify them but it leads me to some questions I have problems with;
1) What is your thinking when first blocking in the shapes in a painting? Are you laying down approximate colours or values or is blocking in an opportunity to use complements eg having a red tone under what will be a green area like grass?
2) How do you approach shadows? Are they a cooled down desaturated darker version of the surface they are being cast on? How are variations in colour, tones and values established in shadows?
Thank you for any feedback as these are inhibiting my painting development.
I really appreciate how you break things down for your students.
Great break down of composition and painting process.
Thanks so much, Chris! This video really resonated with me. While I've seen videos address painting big shapes to set the light & darks, I often struggle with where to draw the line. Having a reference with alot of detail & showing how you break that down into masses, even if there are objects with light & shadow sides within, is far more instructive than using a very simple scene. Then seeing how you add detail on top of that is immensely helpful. Watching your critique process is beneficial, as well. Excellent video!
I completely agree! Extremely helpful thank you!
This is a great tutorial, but all I see when I look at the building is the big 😬 on the front lol
Helpful video as always. You've helped me better understand the value in mistakes and how to learn more from them. Painting can be hit or miss for me constantly.
One of the best videos I've ever seen on blocking in shapes. Clear, concise, eternal. Thanks man! Sub'd for life!
Well done.
Great video! One thing that could be improved in the second student sample is better use of 2 point perspective on the upper front side of the building. The farther away corner should be lower than the closer front corner on the upper edge. That would strengthen the drawing. Otherwise the painting quality is nice.
I just found your videos! I am WOWed by the priceless information that I have learned from a few of your videos. You have brought up tips that even my college professors and art workshops that I have taken never addressed! I don't paint with oil, although I am interested. I mainly paint with acrylic and watercolor. The tips and tricks that you have shared can easily be applicable to acrylic painting and some with watercolor. Watercolor painting starts with lights to darks, whereas, oils and acrylics work the opposite direction. Thanks for making your videos!!
Excellent demo and clear description of ways to make a painting better. Your time, knowledge and teaching skills are very much appreciated. Landscaping can be intimidating when it is loaded of objects around. It takes time and observation and patience to understand what is most important. Finding shapes along with lights and shadow will definitely make the painting easier. Thanks so much for this video and looking forward to more of your essential topics. Blessings and take care.
I love your videos I learn so much from them, recently I got this book you reccomended "Landscape painting inside and out" and doing the black and white plan and the value plan has been so useful for me and it has made painting so much easier
The focal point in this drawing will always be the side of the building with the eyes and mouth no matter how contrasty other parts of the paitning is. Awesome video!
New to 'paintings' but I do photography as a hobby and have a strong interest in traditional oil painting as an art form and an inspiration to photography. I picked up Vermillion VR on Steam to give this type of less immediate art a try and I've enjoyed your videos as a guide or as a challenge to try and paint something different each day.
In photography I use the squint trick to ascertain if a composition is interesting and already have a good groundwork of color balance, complementary colors and the use of shapes and contrast. But it's one thing taking a photo and another making art.
Love your videos, please keep doing it. And if you do ever get the chance I recommend Vermillion - it's a good entry into oil art without the mess or the space and upfront cost of suppliers.
Very important information here ! ... The value sketches/thumbnails are really valuable in deciding composition and also squinting to see shapes and negative space ... Thanks Chris for explaining in a direct and clear manner!
you are amazing teacher and painter. you make everything so simple. I've learnt so much from you. I really struggle with proportion and tried some techniques but often find the eye is 5mm away from where it should be etc. any videos on that?
great video and class! thanks a lot!
As some who is dyslexic, this is exactly how i see things. Especially art. It's really interesting listening to you explain how you teach your students to shift their focus, when i struggle to do the exact opposite. Lol
I enjoyed this video and learned from it. It’s a great teaching method using students work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent as always!😀👍
This building looks like a cartoonish face. The architect had a sense of humor.
And that's why the natural ways of composition to guide viewers to the umbrella-shadow-fountain will fail.
All human viewers will see a human face-like thing and focus on it almost instantly.
I don’t see the face as strongly in the photo that I do in the paintings. So wouldn’t the painter want to downplay the windows so they blend in to the color of the wall? Once I see the “face”, I cannot let go of it with my eyes.
@@sallyfinch540 yeah, the student version went full Thomas The Tank Engine. 🚂
The light pole was a nice addition.
Best art video ive seen! This will help immensely!
Very helpful, thank you!
Hey Chris I really love your videos and I think up your a great artist and I was wondering if you haven’t already, do a video on mixing colors it’s always a struggle for me.
you are a great painter and a nice person :D
this is cool I like this. I still haven’t tried oil paints thoooo
Great info - thanks Chris👍
Excellent tutorial, you are clear and to the point. How can I submit a painting to be critiqued? Thanks!
Do you have a link for the gray markers?
I live in Israel and I dont like to paint on canvas because of the movement the canvas has sometimes when painting. So i painted a few painting on wood. But you mentioned that there is a product if canvas on panels.I never saw them here. Can you suggest what you reccomend , that can be purchased through Amazon?
Thank you for the great video, Chris. What marker pens do you use for sketching?
great video
Excellent video and so informative. I am new to oils and have considered your course. But honestly right now I am stuck as to what brand to buy. The W&N oils I have smell awful to me... so does linseed oil. Gives me a headache. I have no idea what else to buy that does not smell bad and is not toxic (as I have cats/dogs).
Water soluable?
@@starvictory7079 The W*N I have are water soluble, yes. But I don't like them as they smell. I want to get new ones.
Normal oils with odourless thinner?
What are the markers you use to draw the value study?
I’d like to possibly sign up for a class . I’m already a pretty good oil landscape artist but I wanna learn portraits . Is your class a flat rate or the $227 a month ?
New sub! Liked 🙏❤️🌞
I wonder about your decision not to show the curved shadows around the front windows or the sculpture in the fountain. They make the scene special. What in your final image captures the imagination? What sense of meaning? What attracted you to this image? I love your tutorials and critique, but I want to hear more of your creative thinking too. Thank you!
All I care about are shapes and composition. I don’t think about the meaning of anything. The scene got my attention and that’s all that matters for me. It’s all about the process for me and translating what I thought was interesting about the scene
Hi. I am currently using acrylic, but would love to switch to oil. The problem is I am painting in my appartment and I'm worried about oil paint ofor and toxicity. Any advices???
I don’t really think oils have much of a smell. The low odor spirits are strong but you can wash a used jar with a lid and close it when not using. Wash the brushes with dish soap when done.
Not much contrast in the paintings to make them pop. In this style, I'd take contrast over detail any day.
Is this Sponge Bob House? Fantastic lesson!
내보기엔 둘다 스튜던트구만 ㅋㅋ
This is a creepy faced house is what it is 😂
Why is nobody talking about the face on his houses
is it just me or does he look kinda like Matt mercer?
2nd viewer here. 💙💙💙💙💙💙👋👋👋👋👋👋
1st view bro🥰