177 The challenge of plein air painting
Many people wonder why painting in plein air is so difficult. I consider it the greatest painting challenge. Contrasting plein air painting to studio paint...
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178 Use 3 values to simplify in the field
Here is an eight minute video about simplifying values in the field. In order to paint quickly you need to simplify. In the studio one might use four or five va...
179 Gbox evolution
Many of my videos are now available via Gbox, a new content provider primed to compete with media juggernaut YouTube. In time they will be a great alternative t...
180 Painting the foreground
I made a short video with Gbox about painting the foreground. It is often hard to get a really fresh and energized foreground. It’s necessary to use more ...
181: Five reasons to collect art
YOU BELIEVE IN AUTHENTICITY When people enter a well furnished room and see a fabulous painting they want to get closer. Such magnetism is a powerful emoti...
182 Getting Greens Right (remix)
I recently did a remix of the popular Getting Greens Right (over 120,000 views). This version is available for free on the Gbox platform, a venue that not only ...
183 Five Value Zones
I wanted to repost a video that has not been available for some time although it was very popular on YouTube. This time I posted it with Gbox. I used the larger...
184: Door County Show
I JUST got back from the Door County Plein Air Festival. It was a great experience. The painters in attendance were amazing and the resulting show was by far th...
185: Plein air revolution
I’ve been searching for a way to simplify and streamline painting in the field. My oil painting gear has expanded to the point I feel I’m on safari ...
186: Using the nine value grayscale in the field
Fellow thick paint enthusiast and painter José from Spain recently wrote me and asked how to use the grayscale in the field. I thought it was a great question a...
187 The Virtues of Chaos
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.–T. S. Eliot I st...
188: Using an acrylic marker
In previous videos I often used a Sharpie marker to draw my underpainting on canvas. Since it is a waterproof marker I assumed it would be safe to use with acry...
189: The power of dreams
One night I had a dream. And the dream changed me.Like most artists I have drawn since I was young. My earliest dream was to be an artist although I had no idea...
190: Landscape abstraction
I HAVE written before about the Canadian painters known as the Group of Seven. They all used an element of abstraction in their work but one, A. J. Casson,...
191: Interview with Dale Roberts
(UPDATE: click here to see the latest video of Roberts’ recent work.) I first became acquainted with the encaustic paintings of Dale Roberts at the Marsha...
192 Abstract Evolution
Here is a short Gbox video about how I add layers of acrylic paint to create the painting shown here, Abstract Evolution, 48″ x 36″. It is not a ste...