Mixing Dynamic Color For Your Landscape Painting

[@janetchang3657]

I enjoyed watching your demo and also explaining other artists’ paintings. Thanks.

[@philstarke.artist]

You're welcome Janet

[@pjjmsn]

Wonderful and powerful lesson Phil! I love your finished painting! It certainly vibrates, as you say!

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@vonkunstler884]

I appreciate how much you share with others! Helps a lot with my own work! Thank you 🙏

[@philstarke.artist]

You're welcome!

[@lindaolsen7828]

Oh wow! I love your painting but also the examples of other artists' work. It takes an artist to explain another artist's working methods, in my opinion. Art historians generally stink at telling me what I really want to know about a painting...maybe this is because I'm an artist (loosely speaking!). Thanks again for another excellent lesson.

[@philstarke.artist]

Thank you so much 😀

[@gunjanpuneet]

Thanks !

[@philstarke.artist]

Welcome!

[@albinobeach]

Thank you.

[@philstarke.artist]

You're welcome!

[@pjjmsn]

It is really interesting how it is necessary to push the color beyond what one thinks to get it to look alive. I realize that I had difficulty pushing color, because I would think it looked too garish. But then it would look too dead. I wonder why we have a tendency to fall into that trap. On the other hand, when I was a total beginner, my paintings turned out garish indeed. I swung from one end to the other, and hopefully I will now settle in the correct spot.

[@philstarke.artist]

The color in the photo usually isn't very good and we think if we copy it the color will work. But it usually doesn't.

[@pjjmsn]

@@philstarke.artist One quick question, if we are copying a photo of a painting, do you think it is still advisable in most cases to push the color? Or are you only talking about outdoor photos of nature? I have been using photos of paintings as reference material, and am unclear if I should be pushing the color compared to the photo.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Good one Phil. Reminds me of my workshop teacher T.M. Nicholas, who came to the Tahoe area several years in a row in the 90's to teach plein air. He always stressed use several different colors but try to keep the same value in any passages of paint that don't really require value changes. I don't do that enough. It really shows in the work to create nice vibrances, even in the sky, which Payne did a lot of too, never just a "blue sky". I see that a lot in work of my fellow painters here in the Tucson plein air group. First the sky goes in, all flat very dark blue, and then they paint the other stuff, and mess up the whole piece cuz the sky is the wrong value, and it throws off the entire rest of the painting. I usually try to hold off on the sky until near the end, to avoid that mistake. : ) As "They" often say, "the painting succeeds or fails in the first few minutes", then, tragically, it goes very rapidly downhill from there to only be something that is "bin-worthy" when finished!! LOL ;D

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks Ron, same value, different color. Words to paint by.

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@philstarke.artist yes, it's one of those little notes to "scrawl", with a Sharpie, on one's easel, both indoor and outdoor! : )

[@artplussk_222]

Nice video .

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks

[@gunjanpuneet]

Beautiful painting nd wonderfully explained ! Did you complete this painting in one go ?

[@philstarke.artist]

Yes, but I did take a look at it much later and made a few changes.

[@tjpaintfilms]

Love the finished work! And very helpful steps - thank you Phil. Do you put these up for sale usually, when dry? 👍🏼🙏🏼

[@philstarke.artist]

Yes I do!