My Plein Air Painting Process Broken Down Step by Step

[@TheArtistKiki]

As a live wedding painter, Im constantly thinking about how sometimes less is more - staying in touch with the impression - not wanting it to be too realistic. En plein air painting (your early sketch) is so beautiful in its own right. There is something about the need to "finish" or "perfect" a painting that sometimes trips me up. There is so much power in raw, intuitive brush strokes. Thanks for taking us through your process :)

[@zoluz]

I've never heard of this, that's so cool! How'd you get into doing wedding paintings?

[@lorrianneetheridge]

This is a workshop in 9 1/2 minutes! With limited experience doing plein aire while living in Florida, you have addressed all the main challenges that I had with it--especially the changing light and how not to keep chasing it. And once your composition of shapes and correct values is set, you pick and choose from what you see to refine it.👍That makes for a much more relaxing experience! Your explanations are so exact and clear. Next time, here in North Texas (and missing the beautiful beaches!), I will know just how to tackle it. Thanks, Chris. Enjoy Sarasota! You are a great teacher.

[@jeofthevirtuoussand]

And that ,my boyyy , it s how impressionist art was born . But more seriously, the apparition of factory which manufactured some recipients for painting allowed the artists to finally get out and paint into the wild . However it s definitely not has it was at home . They couldn't lock the lights, so they had to improvise and work fast , and there comes the illusion of details . Speed and essentials. This is what describe the Impressionistic painting. From all of the Era I learned at school this one of my favorite 😋. The time constraint pushes the artists to their limits and help improving their capacity to summarize the world ,to translate the nature, to be better at noticing things. It was just like take a cliché 😃

[@oldglory5728]

Your experience and discipline is beautifully balanced with incredible technique! thanks

[@turquoise770]

Love the Cezannesque rendering of the woman wading in the water just beyond the sea grape tree - reminds me of that similar figure in the background of Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe"...

[@divinefeminine8639]

painting looking good, coach looking fineee, all is well

[@susanfindell6154]

Great video, I’m saving it for future reference .

[@yumtaco7376]

The painting turned out amazing!! The end adjustments made it much brighter and colorful I loved it 😍

[@jonlord1038]

I'm a new subscriber. Been painting landscapes in pastels. Looking forward to seeing your other videos...

[@nagridgecreative]

I love Venice, FL! My dad lives there and I've done a little plein air painting during my visits. I must time my visits wrong because I never see any other plein air painters when I'm there, even though my dad tells me he's seen them at times. Maybe I'll see some when I visit in the spring. Any way, I thought your plein air painting was terrific, as is. But after your modifications in the studio, I liked your painting even more! Excellent observations on your part. I learned a lot from this video.

[@asons13]

Thanks for another video Chris!! You're an awesome teacher! Watching your videos gave me the inspiration and confidence to paint my first portrait..and it came out awesome!! Thank you times a million good Sir, the hard work is noticed and appreciated.

[@40bdg]

You always make it look so easy. Beautiful painting!

[@Handotr]

Love the video. It’s right in my back yard!

[@julioalarcon7092]

Wonderful technique and thank you for chowing us.

[@Connorstaub]

I recognized exactly where this painting was done before you even confirmed it! Love it

[@shellyenglandart]

Congrats on the RoseMary brush set.

[@lisahaaseckle]

Very pretty painting, Chris. My favorite! Perfect composition and focal point.

[@mikesideburns9791]

These are very interesting videos! Do you ever find yourself changing your colors for interest or playing with surreal aspects of painting? Thank you

[@kevinhawley403]

Im located in Venice. Gonna have to go take a peek around Jetty.

[@NickLMears]

This makes me want to finally paint outside. Suggestion to not use plain white or black has helped my paintings look a lot better. Thanks!

[@brucenunn3268]

“The Best in the Business” 👊😎

[@stormcorrosion176]

Hair looking good brotha!!

[@seapossumsforrest8162]

Really love the painting! Great tutorial! I have been collecting plein air stuff but have yet to leave the nest to go out into the wild. Did you find returning to the same spot over and over gives you confidence? I am so afraid of getting somewhere only to have to break down my set up and leave before I get in the 'zone'. Thank you for posting!

[@paintcoach]

Thank you so much! Yes, returning to the same area to paint is a huge advantage in my opinion. You learn all the good spots and times

[@phylliswillis717]

I tried doing this and wonder if it would be better to use acrylic paint for the under painting and putting in the darks because my colors ended up muddy.

[@bicepius]

I feel at 5:45 you had it, but for some reason you lost balance by the end. And it became a bit fussy. This happens a lot with my paintings too.

[@RT-wl6tq]

The painting looks great...on my end the sky and path look to be the same color but it works.

[@ArtBSP]

Lovely painting! You have inspired me to try out plein air painting 😄

[@paintcoach]

Go for it!

[@user-hy9rj6zw8f]

Great video

[@antoniogilart]

Very interesting video, thank you.

[@Robocop-qe7le]

Nice lesson! Just one question: towards the base of the bushes in the shadow you have the burnt umber showing through as your darkest value. I know green and umber work well together when they are close but i am wondering if you can push further the value toward black/blue. I see the deep shadows in the bushes more dark cold (as in blue) than dark warm (as in umber). Why you chose not to use blue i these, as in the textbooks?

[@GalleryBry]

Perhaps I can help!! Often times bushes have warmer internal shadows because of the bark that is showing. If you look just to the left of the painting you can she the bare bark of the bushes showing. This bare bark reflects light and makes for warmer internal shadows compared to the gravel and sand which reflects the blue of the sky. Sometimes it helps to look at the local color of objects near shadows to see what light they might reflect. Was that helpful?

[@Robocop-qe7le]

@@GalleryBry Thank you; indeed this makes sense. I guess for me it was not very intuitive since things in the shadow do not reflect the light too much being well...in the shadow. :) I think looking at the local color of objects near shadows is very helpful. There is a painting by Sargent with a white building (in Corfu) with both cold and warm shadows on the same white building.

[@GalleryBry]

@@Robocop-qe7le I know that painting!! It’s a great example of how there are not set rules to light and shadow and how the elements in the environment have a major impact.

[@fnas2010]

Can someone (or Chris himself) tell me what is the size of the linen panel used here? Great work Chris, as always. Many thanks.

[@janapeony8561]

Awesome !

[@nathandavies9964]

How do you take the oil painting back, seems like everything will get smudged packing it in somewhere.

[@Newlinjim]

Good ?.

[@aesaehttr]

That blue is great. What is that?...

[@stephensinksen7259]

I don't see the link for the umbrella.

[@paintcoach]

www.artworkessentials.com/products/UMK-45/UMK45.htm

[@jameslabs1]

Thanks

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

👍🏼 Now go break up that dotted line of evenly spaced spots in the further grapevine. You’ve got a pattern going.

[@lefthandstory1280]

Beautiful love it😃✌️.✌️.

[@nickfanzo]

We all love some form in the bush 😂

[@SereneStudio]

Hey you're just down the road from me! I live in Sarasota, haha. And you're right tons of painting spots- I've just starting doing plein aire this past weekend and it is HARD. Is there a certain time of day that's best for painting for best lighting or does it depend on what you're looking at? This came out beautifully!!!

[@user-vd3tt5du1u]

How does one get in touch with you? I have a question...

[@jeofthevirtuoussand]

To me, painting is just like writing down your feelings.

[@doloresvincent8987]

❤

[@ddokeyoke6720]

❤️❤️

[@lisalindberg9980]

Why not pre-prime all your canvases before you leave your studio? Or just pre-prime a bunch of them anyway? Love your channel.

[@GalleryBry]

That’s the most efficient process for sure. I find that I like being able to manipulate the paint more while painting, for example to wipe out highlights or to have my paint mix slightly with the toned ground. I think it’s just a personal preference for how one likes the paint to handle and interact. What do you think?

[@lisalindberg9980]

@@GalleryBry I am new to oils so I am asking only to gain insight. thank you for the explanation!

[@GalleryBry]

@@lisalindberg9980 Happy to help!! :)

[@lisalindberg9980]

@@GalleryBry 😁

[@nidhimoda605]

**Casually clicks the like button** Just noticed I got the opportunity to click on the like button and change it from 99 likes to 100 ! ! ! :D

[@dmanium2916]

hi

[@suecalvi9862]

I used to love your videos but now there’s too many ads. Lost me. You’re better than that.

[@TheYammerHammer]

Too much info

[@Newlinjim]

Never too much info!

[@davemalt2451]

Thanks for this one Chris. Good, practical advice on adjusting colours and tones on the painting was very helpful. Having a go at a h’20 oil today or tomorrow, so this demo was timely indeed. 😎🇦🇺🦘