CITYSCAPE plein air OIL PAINTING san francisco BAY BRIDGE

[@incognito3620]

This is how Monet approached his work. Good to see a master metamorphosise in one so young. Screw details . They won’t make your work better. Love this. Smart approach on the bridge wires.

[@Dennis-Hare]

Love the nearly Fauve simplicity. The way you handled the bridge cables is great. Your color gradations in the water work very well.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

It felt Fauve to me as well! I made sure to stop before losing that effect.

[@NancyTipton-u8e]

Happy Father’s Day to you! And thank you for sharing your painting today. I never get tired of seeing the San Francisco Bridge. My favorite takeaways from your narrative are the vanishing point mark (duh!), getting your darker color trees in first to use for reference, use of the larger brush to not get too picky too early and leaving out lots of detail as the viewer can and will automatically “fill in the gaps”.😊

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@matineesonmainstreet2005]

Very nice. I've switched to bristle because they seem to hold up longer.

[@garyleadmon5489]

Good morning Michael. Another Sunday and another wonderful painting! You do not need the straightedge for perspective; the trees in the foreground and the lightened green hillside anchoring the bridge do enough.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Gary!

[@tbone805]

Hope you have a great Father’s Day! Beautiful painting. Love the blue greens in the water. You can feel the cool SF atmosphere.

[@davidgough3512]

same here about the cool atmosphere

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@anthonydenson8874]

Happy Father's Day Mike,great painting

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Anthony!

[@pamelaabbott3274]

I always enjoy watching you paint on location. Thanks for sharing your thoughts while painting. Each time I learn something new from your videos.

[@KayInMaine]

Happy Father's Day, Michael! Love, love, love when you paint the San Francisco bridge!!!!! Beautiful!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Kay!

[@margaretsmilligan9393]

Oh wow, I love this , that turquoise wall………super colours, beautifully loose, thank you so much for sharing

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Margaret!

[@anthonyjohnson1519]

Awesome painting! Happy Father’s Day brother!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Anthony!

[@59jaguar]

I like the thumb nail pic showing the corner of bldg and foreground cement framing the bridge in distance . That would make for a nice large size painting imo. Good job Michael

[@timprichard1831]

Very beautiful painting. Happy Father’s Day Michael.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Tim!

[@markparkey1218]

Beautiful painting Michael 🔍 love your narrative , Happy Father’s Day Michael .

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Mark!

[@sjrl1999]

It looks incredible 🙌🔝

[@tmreinhart]

Nice work! Happy Father’s day!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@lm2487]

I love Sunday morning and my routine which always includes Michael's videos. Thank you!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

😊

[@sannefridolin]

So good. Love that subtle color scheme and the way you simplified the composition. Also the newish and improved hairstyle😊

[@davidgough3512]

love how the bridge towers frame the vanishing point, and the street aims right in there too.. no "happy accident" there; i bet it's more about a history of worn "shoe leather" ! SF has street views that look like drone shots ❤

[@maryannnash653]

Love this painting!! So cool how you handled the cables. You always show how fun painting can be. So inspiring!! Thank you.

[@bethhildick-smith6561]

Lovely ty for another good demo

[@constancearnold9367]

Love this one!

[@eloise.r]

I absolutely love your process! it really helps me seeing someone elses process to create my own stuff, awesome result too! Love from Australia 💚

[@chamberlainpaintings]

😊🙏💛

[@rivers10151]

I love how lose your work is. I feel I'm too tight with my brush work

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Loosening up is a challenge. It really helps to break things down into shapes!

[@alanhoward8920]

Such a bold approach to an obvious challenging composition. First class. Thank you for your input to me.

[@andrewrosney5708]

Absolutely beautiful, you art is tremendous x

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Andrew!

[@arinaldi91570]

Great job, love the technique you used on the bridge.

[@misterfrenk9942]

Wonderful! I’m new to your channel and definitely enjoy to watch your videos and follow the process. I’m German and also like to listen your short on point explanations. Your paintings are awesome, great compositions, color palette and textures. You’re very sympathetic Michael. Thank you for sharing.💫

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@banksy1311]

A stunning piece CP ❤

[@Snug-the-Joiner]

Leaving out the abundant 'smallies' makes this creation, to me, authoratative and appealing - an artist's worthwhile impression of this storied location. Sorry to be pompous, tee hee, but I really like this style of creation. Continue to wish you well.

[@cthawth]

another gorgeous piece and helpful video, Michael - thank you!!

[@markparkey1218]

- 7:10 - “‘Dream Factory’’ , ( freeze, enlarge to screen size , then look around ) , psychic creativity Michael . ( thank you )

[@joycebutler3494]

❤️ you captured the scene beautifully!

[@GGGG-zy3yn]

Hello from the east coast...NC. 👋.. I'm so glad I found you here on youtube!!! I'm just getting back in to oil painting after experimenting with dry pastels. Thank you, I'm catching up with yr channel. At first they were all years old. I finally found you only hours old. 😂

[@christinechadeyron4379]

Lovely as usual! Thank you

[@pattititman1621]

Better and better!

[@dianerose4469]

Once again you've done a great painting. You mention using gray several times. I have a hard time making a gray. Any suggestions on how to to make both a cool as well as a warm gray. thank you for your great videos!!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

The gray I'm using just naturally forms on my palette after mixing for a while. If I want to mix a gray from scratch I'll mix two compliments with a bit of titanium white. For example, ultramarine and burnt sienna with a touch of titanium white. More ultramarine will make the mix cooler, more burnt sienna will make the mix warmer.

[@dianerose4469]

@@chamberlainpaintingsThank you Michael!!

[@vonkunstler884]

Hey Michael! Just curious what you think about painting on smooth surfaces? Like sanding down gesso on canvas until the surface is paper smooth? Advantages / disadvantages in your experience? Thanks for the educational videos!

[@sandy411]

Great!

[@markparkey1218]

Good morning Michael

[@jefflevitch5068]

beautiful. do you use a viewfinder for you compositions?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Sometimes. More often I’ll use a photo on my phone. I only use the photo to get a few key lines in place and then I work from life. I use the photo like a thumbnail sketch.

[@sarahcreadir]

do you enjoy painting outdoor scenes when it's overcast?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

No, I prefer sun for most subjects.

[@ancaizcreativopintor6499]

Felicidades 🎈㊗️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@esarempee]

Why the rubber gloves?