Painting a Field of Wild Flowers. A Demonstration

[@gizmogimble9559]

I dont believe there is a better art teacher on KZbin, your lessons are SO very helpful. Thanks again

[@helenem4586]

Very interesting. Nice work. The fewest strokes possible. Love it.

[@suresh.karthikeyan]

Not only are you an amazing artist but also a great teacher. I love listening to the simple guidance that you provide, particularly about how to break down the subject into a few major components. You are a real Guru.

[@carolinawu6951]

Beautiful. Painting comes alive!

[@ronniecremers2354]

Even though I am a watercolorist, I learn so much from you. Love your books too.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Thanks Ronnie. I appreciate your letting me know. All the best, Ian.

[@paulahaynes6131]

Again what a wonderful result! Thank you so much.❤

[@dianamiguel4906]

It's so beautiful!! So simple and so beautiful!! Thank you Ian!!

[@daviaraujo1693]

Wonderful, sunny, beatiful landscape. Congratulations Master Ian Roberts.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Thank you Davi!

[@jamieb7342]

I love your style of painting and you impart so much in little time. Thank you Ian!

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Thanks Jamie

[@ghvideodotnet]

thank you for sharing your knowledge and creativity with us!!

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Hi Gillian, you are most welcome. All the best, Ian.

[@vickiescallan5651]

Thank you so much for this instruction on this piece. You are such a great teacher. God has really blessed you with that and your heart abilities. I appreciate your time and your instructions. I love this piece. This is beautiful. Thank you so much.

[@paintlady2268]

Found both; watched both. So informative. Thank you,

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Hi Brenda, glad you enjoyed them. All the best Ian.

[@janeiwan3809]

Beautiful painting and great demo. Thanks, Ian.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Hi Jane. Thanks and best wishes, Ian.

[@desleykakoulidisgallaway3382]

That’s such a beautiful painting - I like it better than the original

[@anniehalvorsen2469]

This was wonderful; it was also a skillful demonstration on the use of many variations of green one can use to create the sense of distance and light and shadow. My personal wall that I like to bang my head against ;) Thank you, Ian..

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Glad you found the video helpful. Hope it gives you a couple of ideas so going forward your head hurts a bit less.

[@jjroseknows777]

You did do a beautiful job here! Thanks.

[@javanthisingaram4843]

Thank you so much for your videos. I am learning so much about structure, composition and. values in a way I never did before.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

I am glad to hear it Javanthi. Thanks for letting me know.

[@markaszkenasy7395]

Lovely clear demonstration, thank you!

[@yogizum]

Thanks for the good demo..fun to watch you bring it to life.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Thanks Holly.

[@123tabatha]

Brilliant

[@claudemaximus9409]

Ian, le tableau est plus beau que la photo! Merci 🙏🇨🇦

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Merci beaucoup Claude.

[@BibleStudyPastor]

Fun to watch you paint this in oil, just backwards from watercolor. :-) Very helpful to see how you develop this with big shapes, and just a few detail flowers to suggest individual flowers.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

I have to say it would be harder to "save" those few flowers in watercolor unless you had gouache. I can just pick and chose based on how it feels. Pull them out if they feel they are in the wrong place. Whew, watercolor you would have to do a lot of planning for that section. You know what they say, water color is the medium of the masters. All the best Ralph.

[@fatoomgierdien2181]

Beautiful! Thank You.

[@marcialiepold8034]

Thanks for your great video👍

[@lisaferrell8934]

Love it

[@SpiderSolitaireSolving]

Could you please upload the full version of this demo? I believe it would be so helpful

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

They get pretty long. An hour or so. If they aren't edited and also without the palette it gets a bit slow.

[@sandraworrall-hart3840]

Ian has full length videos available at Artist Network, available individually, as streaming or download; type his name into the search. They are very reasonably priced. Ian talks all the way through the videos and we can see his photo and his palette. I am a watercolour student but get so much from Ian's tuition on these Artist Network videos. Superb.

[@SBClaude]

One of the best episodes of your wonderful series of lessons, Ian. Btw, I just bought your Mastering Composition book and it’s a great complement to these videos. For one thing, in the videos you focus on the blocking portion of your work, one of the reasons I was drawn to it, as a retired engineer all to tempted to focus way too soon on the details of the subject, and, while you briefly show the finished painting, they don’t do full justice to your artistry. I wonder if you could have a video starting with a blocked piece of work and taking us into your finishing process (and maybe you already did that, I have seen several episodes but not all). Anyway, thank you!

[@SurfaceofBeauty]

amazing work thanks for sharing

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

You are most welcome.

[@mbegonasastre6938]

Thank you

[@pintorazer6006]

Thank you !

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

You are welcome Azer.

[@johncowburn4444]

I really love this style of painting, the process deceptively simple, but very effective when finished. Does this style of painting have a name?

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Hi John, I'm not sure specifically. The idea of just painting the whole thing in one go, or largely in one go with perhaps a few touch up later I guess is usually called alla prima, at one go so to speak. Can be a lot of planning behind the scenes beforehand. But the painting, all in one go. I guess that is the best expression.

[@anitawinter7040]

Do you have any examples with a sun setting and how it changes the greens?

[@lorrainedespres3129]

Your brush seems so flexible,would you share it’s provenance?

[@joanistotler8804]

Ian, I love this!! Do you have any suggestions for someone like myself that would be inclined to neutralize that beautiful mustard field too much and not get the background colors gray enough. I always seem to end up with needing to pump up my lights and or darken the darks.

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Joani, I"m not sure I can in 25 words or less. Part of it is knowing color intensity, so like value, you pull the eye where you want us to go and not inadvertently pulling us somewhere else.

[@florenceconnole9638]

Do you use acrylics????

[@IanRobertsMasteringComposition]

Pretty much all my work is done in pencil and oils. None of the paintings in the videos are done in acrylic.

[@florenceconnole9638]

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Thanks for getting back to me...I work mostly in watercolors but I still enjoy your videos!