Free Art Lesson : How to Use a Value Finder to Paint from a Plein Air Sketch with Brad Teare

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 : 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲
In this lesson, Brad Teare will paint an oil painting on a pre-drawn canvas, using two plein air sketches as reference. Brad will be using a grayscale to evaluate and replicate values.
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[@robertradocha6871]

Hello from Salzburg Austria, i love brad tears style and technik sooooo much 💕💯🎨🎨🎨 i hope it soooo much that comes a new painting video (to buy) from brad teare !!!! Thank YOU very very much for this great Video and teaching brad !!!! Very very best regards, robert

[@rezahosseinzadehnasser993]

In one of your videos Mrs Chola painted on a monocolor underpainting which was also very helpful. Thanks.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Good topic Eric and Brad. For landscape painting in particular, be it plein air or studio, the value scale and how to use it is a must to understand! I have little hand painted scales in both my backpack and on my studio easel. It's very helpful if you get sort of stuck as to which way to go, value-wise. When I began plein air landscape painting, mid-90's, coming from several years before as wildlife painter in the studio, I devoured all the books I could on the subject. One of best being Keven Macpherson's. He had many neat homemade tools in there, and how to make them, like the color isolator, the view finder, both made as cardboard cut outs, and a "value finder" made of red clear plastic. Same functionally as your glasses you sell now Eric. Quite by accident, on a trip to Las Vegas, in the late 90's, I found my "value glasses" from a street vendor selling "Elvis-inspired" stuff including red lens sunglasses, in a chrome frame. Very cool looking and they work well, of course, to see the landscape before you in grey values! But the issue, always, when I wear them, is to try to refrain from breaking into my not-so-great impressions of the great King of Rock and Roll!! "Huh, ha, ha, huh, ha, ha, huh ha ha!!,. Thank you, Thank you very much, ...Momma", ...I mean Eric!! LOL ;D Cheers from southern AZ.

[@cheryrobertson2735]

Hi from California 🎉

[@cyndewilson1487]

Hi from Wyoming!

[@cheryrobertson2735]

Thanks Brad, great lesson. Beautiful painting!

[@marywittman7927]

Hi from Ohio. Thank you for this useful demo on values.

[@artieross9537]

Hello from beautiful Arizona! 🌵

[@robynwhite5662]

I’d love those value finder glasses but you didn’t put the link in the description. I’m in Australia and freight is an absolute killer! I’m hoping when I find them on your site they’ll be cheap enough to buy to justify the dollar exchange and freight.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Check your local drug stores/chemists for red lens sunglasses; they work Exactly the same as the so-called "value glasses", plus they will much cheaper!! G'Day!! LOL ;D

[@robynwhite5662]

I’d love those value finder glasses but you didn’t put the link in the description. I’m in Australia and freight is an absolute killer! I’m hoping when I find them on your site they’ll be cheap enough to buy to justify the dollar exchange and freight. Also what was the brand of the palette knives?

[@deborahbarnes8475]

Hello from Townville SC

[@kimberlypeterson9274]

Westchester Il 2 or 3

[@noblenoble8]

Where can you get the titanium palette knife

[@merrickelsner5520]

I think the brand is called oak blade Google search and it comes up

[@wmasmk]

Hello from upstate NY. The value range displayed on screen (NOT the one by Brad Teare) has all the numbers backwards. Number 1 is supposed to be black and number 10 is supposed to be white, that is the convention. With higher value, colors get lighter! Brad Teare’s value range is correct! (Notice that his 1 is darkest and 9 is lightest)

[@rosemaryclark610]

I've seen them done both ways, so it's a little confusing. Some go from light to dark, with the numbers 1-10. And others go from dark to light, with the numbers 1-10. The main thing is that there are gradations of value in whatever you use.

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@rosemaryclark610 Right, LOL, "don't sweat the small stuff" like which number it is!! Geeeezuuuuz, folks!! :D