PLEIN AIR oil painting MY CURRENT SETUP and MATERIALS

[@alanoodmm]

This channel slays in the most peaceful way possible

[@pjfreeman4789]

Thank you so much for the discussion about the paint colors. Really appreciate it. Also, you are so clever. That little square on your shoulder strap to keep straps from slipping off… genius.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Love those blocks. They changed my life 😂

[@soupysoup931]

awesome 2022 rundown of your kit and what you like to use, loving it.

[@aishan218]

This was a great video! Although I love the painting content, I also very much appreciate the vlog / chit chat / paint talk videos. Questions for the QA: 1) are the videos on your Patreon different from the ones you post on KZbin? 2) do you oil paint when you travel? 3) can a person not in your area purchase your paintings? Thanks for the delightful content as always!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! Ok I'll keep that in mind for future videos. And thanks for the questions!

[@-laurel]

What are your pros and cons of traveling with your set up, and do you have any advice for painting while traveling?

[@Anonymoi]

Thanks for this video. I really like to see this kind of content interspersed among the painting videos. It’s always interesting to see artists’ gear and clever DIY solutions. I wanted to comment on the Titanium White you use - I know you have frequently mentioned that you use Winton brand, but I’m not sure if you’ve ever mentioned that it is a combination of titanium and zinc pigments (as is typical with student grade Titanium White.) I think it might be useful to know this when watching you paint. The titanium/zinc combo is actually preferred by many painters since it’s less strong than straight titanium, and I was just reading that Gamblin recommends either their Titanium Zinc White (Artists line) or their 1980 Titanium White (student line, which contains zinc) as the best all-around white. I thought I would mention this since a lot of beginning painters get frustrated by what straight TW does to their mixtures. (I know there is the whole school of thought that one should not use zinc since it gets brittle, but I have read it’s not a big issue in mixtures, plus you use an alkyd medium which increases flexibility of the paint film.)

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks for the information!

[@Hair-today]

Rosemary Oil is so good ... for skin etc .. Frankincense is the Queen of Oils🔗📝✂️

[@jenniferrobinson9325]

I like the use of everyday objects, materials to get the job done. We can often use the excuse to not move forward because we don’t have the “right” equipment

[@chamberlainpaintings]

So true

[@annalancaster9357]

Great video, thanks you. Gamblin makes a permanent alizarin crimson. The properties seem, to me, to interact the way real AC does with my paint. Might be worth getting a tube and trying it out in the driveway as a guest color along with your real AC for a quick spit canvas study. That way you can compare any undesirable difference when the paint is wet and dry. I hat noticed a loss of rosiness on some family portraits I painted years ago. I used an indirect painting method for those paintings. So more linseed oil in the upper layers may have allowed more ultraviolet light to affect the pigment. I had already made the switch when I started painting live models Alla Prima.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks for the info! Maybe I’ll give it a try 😊👍

[@-laurel]

Great explanations, thank you for being thorough!

[@59jaguar]

Congrats on your upcoming show Michael!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Roger!

[@gautambarua8260]

Love your great vedeos. After a hard Day's painting in the studio, my idea of a relaxing evening is binge watching Chamberlain vedeos with a glass of chilled beer. Keep the good work going Michael.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@betulozakkas9072]

This and the recent vlog reminds me of your old videos and how much I loved them :') It was about a year ago when I first saw your channel and quickly binge watched the majority of the videos ahhaha Now I almost feel like I personally know you or have memorized everything but this channel gives me a lot of inspiration and dedication and I hope one day I can become the free spirited painter I want to be. I'm planning on being a patron in couple of months so excited for the built up info that exists there. Thank you for sharing these invaluable informations let alone the gorgeous views :D

[@ltwig476]

I like your easel set-up for larger canvas. I don't like painting small and confined. I think I want to build my paint box with hinged edges. I can't stand blobs of dried paint on my palette like I see with most plein air painters. I like easy scrape clean slick surfaces. I use a completely flat cookie sheet in my studio, it has it's neutral gray color I like mixing on. A large light weight box for wet paintings will be tough to figure out.

[@helenrichards7866]

Answered a lot of my questions. We have started constructing my own wet painting carrier, your people close for summer. We are in Tasmania and often have to make our own stuff 😂

[@catholictortillas777]

Thank you always for your tips and help! Love all your paintings. My question is, what do you recommend for me as a self taught (youtube) new painter? Currently I have been painting watercolor and acrylic for 7 months. I have learnt a lot from you and Ian Roberts. I want to continue learning. Recently I went to my local nature park and found an out of the way bench, and sat and did watercolor and my inktense pencils. I took lots of pictures of spots to paint around the nature park also, to bring the pictures home to adjust the compositions so I can acrylic paint them at home. Thank you for any other ideas to help me expand my learning.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Angela!

[@lisahaaseckle]

Thanks for going over your set up/equipment. I'm in the market for a new plein air easel because I'm taking my Strada to Maui to leave in our locked closet for when I paint on the island. I really like the one you currently are using for painting large desert scenes when I go out with my plein air group in Reno and am thinking that will replace my Strada. Then I'm going to have to find something to do smaller panels for when I don't feel like painting large. What a dilemma. Decisions, decisions.

[@REKTcity]

QUESTION - Do you ever clean out the old oil paint on the part of the panel where you squeeze the paint out? Or do you just keep a bunch of older drying paint underneath and squeeze fresh paint on top of it like in the video?

[@sylhayes8152]

You are such a great teacher. Thanks for sharing all your tips.

[@henriquejanuario881]

Thanks for the tips! But why you don't remove the old and dry paint from your palette? This can be useful for new paintings?

[@paulclarke3086]

Thanks for the video. I think everyone personalises their gear and I like the way you make changes and adapt the stuff you have bought to suit how you paint. I've put hooks and screws into my gear (by the way mine is a French box easel) so when i reach for something the brush washer or piece of rag is there in the right place. Since i watched your video on making panels a few months ago, I've started making my own. Its cheaper and liberating as you can make them to you own size. I think over time you have refined certain elements of your approach to painting - we all do. the real benefit i get from your videos, is that i can pick up ideas and use them if they fit my style. Brilliant as ever - think you need a bigger car. Maybe a camper van? I'm worried your surf boards are going to be multi-coloured and the paintings get lost in a mush of greys. Get sponsored maybe. Cheers Paul

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks. I LOVE my Honda Fit. There's so much room and it gets 39.8 miles to the gallon. It's the perfect paint/surf mobile!

[@petergreen5319]

How about making a larger version of your Waymar wet panel carrier for larger panel sizes ? I'd love to see what you come up with re design & readily available materials .

[@asmaa-b5x]

My comfort yt channel 💖💖

[@matineesonmainstreet2005]

Q: How much time do you commit to painting during a day or a week, as opposed to other things (i.e. gallery issues, promotional work, making videos, life itself...) Alan L.

[@markparkey1218]

Michael, thank you for the nice video, can’t think of any questions. I wish you the greatest success on the upcoming gallery show.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Mark!

[@markparkey1218]

Absolutely, probably everything will find new homes the first day 😎

[@emilyzugay1]

Great and helpful video as always. 😊 my question is, what books do you recommend for a new painter? Thanks!!

[@joanndenson2957]

Good luck on your show!!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Joanne!

[@DennisTysonPleinAir]

You are so right about yellow ochre, it was indispensable for me in Montana last week. Excited for the show, will it be a traditional opening this year?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

No reception this year but I will be in the gallery a few times. Not sure the dates yet!

[@sogara1]

Thanks for showing your gear and setup.

[@WendyDaCanuck]

I laughed so hard when you said “I don’t use this, I don’t need it in here” and then you tossed it back into the bag again before pulling out another tube of stuff and saying the same thing about that tube too. So relatable. 😂

[@chamberlainpaintings]

😂

[@SuzWhat]

Starts like a Bill Withers song, needs no intro Current setup, he gives us a seat in the front row From easel and materials to paint squeeze We get his insight and his expertise Prepping for a show at Studio Gallery So much to do, does he run on a battery? Check out Patreon, get all the deets Support the best channel on these KZbin streets 😁 🖼 🎨 That location looks beautiful. This is a great video. Super informative while being entertaining. You manage to make a “what’s in my backpack” video cinematic. Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Suz! Ha, yes I did sorta jump right into it. 😊✌💛

[@timprichard1831]

Thank you Michael. I had been wondering for some time where you got that easel. Thanks for the video and good luck on the show prep! I’d love to see more on your frame making. I cant get mine square, possibly because I don’t have a planer. 😊

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Have you seen my video on frames? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXiWhIann6-Ne9E

[@timprichard1831]

@@chamberlainpaintings yes. I think I was starting with slightly warped wood for my backing frame so the whole thing wasn’t square. :(

[@acceptingWhatIS]

best plein air vid yet - thnx

[@cranberryartworks]

I love that everything you have is covered in paint. :)

[@claygreen4723]

I was waiting on that teal paint to explode out of the tube when you really got to squeezing it! I do that whenever I use a tube of caulk.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Gamblin tubes seem to be plenty strong 😂👍

[@harryadams5651]

Can you cover use of mediums and drying times. With your plein air process you appear to paint over right away. How long does it take to dry,say the 2x4 ft wave one,which I loved. Big has more impact indoors for sure

[@chamberlainpaintings]

I’ve talked about it in previous videos but I’ll try to discuss in the future 😊👍

[@AlexKellyArtUK]

I wanted to make a Gloucester style easel as they are so versatile. I think it’s similar to the take-it-easel design Do you happen to know what the weight of it? By the way you could paint smaller panels - down to whatever size you wish - on your easel by attaching them to an another larger piece of board using screws to grip the painting panel. This is a ‘trick’ I picked up from Mark Boedges. This also works great if your support panel is the correct size for your wet panel carrier as it makes transporting wet paintings of various sizes possible. It’s also easy to make a wet panel carrier yourself for a few dollars from corrugated plastic.

[@miriamtong8808]

Yeah on the Jansport backpack! I’m using one that used to be our diaper bag for the kids. 😆 Good luck on your show and prep

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Miriam!

[@CedricWilliamsFineArt]

I'll definitely pay you a visit!!

[@annestickney7371]

re: making panel carriers. I've used old election signs (taken after election is over, of course) which are the same material as Raymar uses. I've made them with wood sides, but there are directions online on building them by just folding the material itself. Some of my Raymar carriers are 15 years old or more. Enjoying your videos!

[@paintingsofwaves_mikewoning]

Cool box palette. Did you treat the surface where the paint is on, to make it easier to scrap off? And if so, what did you do? I made my own (kinda inspired by yours) and dumped in some epoxy I had laying around. That works to a point but I not as easy to scrape as, say a , pane of glass. Curious what you did.

[@JeffLopes18]

This is the first time I have seen you show the value finders. Have you ever used Mark Carder’s Color Checker? He seems to have solved the problem of light interference that you explained. I’m looking to make one from his online video but just asking others if they have used it outdoors.

[@JeffLopes18]

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[@annlgs7303]

Hi Michael - I am looking for my first plein air set-up, and need a pochade or easel. You mentioned that you made yours and I was wondering if you had a pattern you followed or could share your steps? Many thanks!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

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[@MarkEGreen-rf4on]

Excellent set up for plein air painting. Interestingly, you don't include an umbrella in your kit. I find that in the summer a white one will keep the sun off the painting surface. I use a box or French easel which can get heavy, so the Andersen easel seems a good bet; it looks rather like the Hook easel which was invented by James Clarke Hook in the 19th C. Regarding Alizarin crimson, l use it, but l believe it can be fugitive, though the modern pigment is probably synthetic and not made from coal tar as in the 19th C. Best wishes and happy painting.

[@michaeltollen588]

Your pallete is purchased separate from the easel tripod?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

I made the palette

[@markparkey1218]

Michael, noticed an image , 13:41 , there is more than one, but this one some people may see. “” At the top of the right panel , more near to it’s folding edge , and towards the corner, , , “” an iconic countenance, famous, perhaps known around the world still today. The Villian from the cartoon series “”Dudley do - right “” . Look first for the moustace, waxed and curled “”down”” on the ends, just above see his two eyes with slightly heavy thickening “” eyebrows “” . There are distinctive “” eyes “” too . As one looks on see the eye on the left, it’s features , in random enough are concise to complete the presence of his head , hair , cheeks . He would tie Dudley’s girlfriend to the railroad tracks, Dudley always saved her as the train approached. The villian taken into custody by local authority. Only to escape and attempt his villany again. ( back to the video ) -->

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks for your observations Mark!

[@barbarabrown7960]

Gosh, after all that setup, I was ready to watch you paint. Now I have to wait for a week. Sigh.

[@soupysoup931]

13:00 is just hilarious, imagine that as what you want but it'll still make you laugh hard.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

that tube was having a rough time

[@jimreid9674]

Excellent video. How long did the 35 paintings take to do. That's a lot of frames to make, a LOT of frames and inserting of paintings etc. Not much choice as they are so damn expensive to buy. Framing is a pain.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Jim. The paintings in the show are my favorites from the past year.

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

Fantastic video, sir! It was really fun to watch. Good luck with the show!!! Btw. Also, brilliant job in the Netherlands! Hope you enjoyed the coffeeshops! LOL ...

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Olda!

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

@@chamberlainpaintings Cheers! Btw. It should be about 5,500 miles from your place to Europe. That is really a long way! Well, at least for me. lol ... I've never flown before ... lol ... Have a good one!

[@nickrodis6862]

Thank you

[@amyholderness8142]

You mentioned books you read when you started out. Could you share a few titles?

[@fyrecurcle]

Great video. Thanks

[@beckywebb1916]

My professor told us not to use Winton because when he did, a client needed him to repair a painting (it was hanging over a fireplace) and the Winton colors changed so much, it was impossible to color match. I’ve always wondered why some artists leave dried paint on their pallet? Wouldn’t it cause your fresh paint to dry faster? Is there an advantage to doing that?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

I'm sure your professor meant well but he was obviously confused. First, if he couldn't match the colors that's because he has trouble mixing accurate colors. You should able to match a color regardless of what it is! Especially if you teach painting! If he couldn't match the color that's on him. Second, it's my understanding that Winsor & Newton uses the same pigments (check the codes on the tube) in both Winton and their artist grade paint. There shouldn't be any color change at all over time. Student grade paints often have a lower pigment load so they may not be as saturated or have the same tinting power but they're often the same pigments. Check the color code on the tube. The color change in your professor's painting was because it was hanging over a fireplace! It was most likely the heat and smoke that changed the color. As for the dried paint on the palette, I leave unused paint on the palette for the next painting. The paint often dries a bit at the edges but I waste a lot less paint.

[@camisimington7306]

Q- What are some books you recommend to read as a beginner?

[@annalancaster9357]

For landscape painting, Kevin MacPherson Landscape Painting Inside and Out, KM’s Oil Painting Light and Color. Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting. 3 Essential books for a solid foundation in materials, composition, value and color.

[@Angela27red]

Thank you so much for this video!,,

[@maryperona6631]

pthalo blue is outstanding

[@chamberlainpaintings]

I agree

[@nikm2045]

When will surfing footage return? 🏄🏽‍♂️

[@WithMunchkins]

Is that at Fort Funston?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

It was at Moss Beach near Half Moon Bay

[@susankahn7219]

I notice you never use an umbrella for shade. Don't you find your colors too bright when you bring the painting inside?

[@markparkey1218]

good Morning Michael 🙂

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Good morning Mark!

[@-laurel]

What has been your favorite plein air travel location?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

great questions for the Q&A! Thanks

[@MR.AYRAL9]

♡♡♡

[@hazelcoate9203]

I paid $45 NZ dollars for Titanium white 200 ml oil paint , Windsor Newton is all I can buy locally in my town, it works well ,

[@terrygause29653]

Is Steve Carell doing the voice-over for this video?

[@jaydenfoster2225]

I want switch now eat lol chicken time then now

[@Hair-today]

Let’s have a premier 🧾🗑🧧