PLEIN AIR oil painting COLORFUL SHADOWS

[@kevindwyer9023]

Just love your information

[@mauracarta.]

That was another great day hanging out with the seals and ground squirrels. Nice job on the painting, too.

[@amyarnelle]

😊

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Maura! Yes, it was a great day!

[@lesleybthedapperkiwi]

Starting my Monday with another fabulous creative video. Much better than watching the ‘news’. Seeing 3 different styles responding to the colour and light of nature 👏. As always, thank you Michael.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Lesley! Don't get me started about the "news"! 😂 I do my best to avoid it and focus on positive, real-life experiences. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@artformenow9257]

All three created wonderful paintings!

[@charmcrumrine8750]

Love Moura's painting too!!

[@brennacondon]

Love watching these when I do my makeup! My favorite medium of artistic practice 😁 so calming and love the final piece as always!!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Brenna!

[@nancykunik4370]

I think the most important part is to establish the dark areas early on like right after block in... Also standing back to judge when color mixing... basically throughout the process...you always mention these points ... can't be stressed enough.

[@elisabethseeger5837]

I’m amazed how different the mixtures on your pallet look from how they look when you put them on your painting.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Full sunlight is SO powerful. Some painters can't paint with their palette in full light. I'm used to it now but it took a while. It's so nice painting without an umbrella!!

[@elisabethseeger5837]

Yes! An umbrella. While nice is a real pain in wind!!!!

[@paintstorm1]

You knocked that one outta the park Michael. Beautiful piece.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@Tat2TankT]

Love seeing others with you put a camera on them to lol thanks for sharing

[@SuzWhat]

Three painters at the cliffs All looking good, looking fierce For the first time, Amy swings a big brush Maura’s able to capture the sea’s crush Michael squints from big shapes to more specific Gains perspective with the atmosphere of the Pacific Patreon has more, always something good We’ll stay creative, it’s understood 😁 🌊 🎨 👒 Maura’s paintings have an ethereal beauty to me. Her lights and shadows have something that is hard to describe but really great. Amy’s joy is fun to witness and I liked the shadow she painted too. You amaze me once again. Letting us watch the progression from scrub in to loaded brush stage is such an honor. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I have noticed I observe more colors in the water (and in general) since watching you paint. Bonus benefit. 😁 Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Suz! Maura's the hardest working plein air painter I know. She often paints five days a week and has no problem spending 3-4 hours on a painting. After 2 hours I'm toast! 😂 I agree there's a very special beauty in her work. I'm a big fan. Amy has such a great attitude. She's not afraid to jump in and go for it!

[@ariahmyles]

you are really an artist Suz. quite the wordsmith.

[@SuzWhat]

@@ariahmyles thanks 😁 You are very kind.

[@angelalewis4213]

Your seascapes are very beautiful!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Angela 😊

[@angelalewis4213]

@@chamberlainpaintings you are welcome!

[@ariahmyles]

Absolutely nailed this one! What a place. good job man

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks brother! We'll have to paint there next time you visit the north.

[@adisynnaylor58]

I had been feeling super uninspired lately until I found your channel. Being young it's hard to find what you want to be when you have so many options. Your vids gave me huge inspiration for what I want to do and be. Thank you, love your vibe

[@chamberlainpaintings]

I'm so glad you found this inspiring!

[@sophiefernelius6900]

Beautiful painting!! Thank you for clarifying how you handle warm colors in shadows, getting the value right first and them matching that value with subsequent colors, great advice!!!.. lately I have been struggling with warm light colors in shadows and how to make them read right. I will try your method in my next painting, thank you!!!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Sophie! It's such a challenge. So glad you found this helpful! Let's paint soon 😊

[@organicpaul]

All turned out good...thanks for that expalnation of the sdaow colour , very helpful!

[@40bdg]

Love the paintings!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

😊

[@1Thedairy]

I’m beginning to understand the importance of value and temperature thanks to your brilliant instruction. Super painting!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! 😊

[@59jaguar]

Good one Michael! Always good to watch these coastal beach paintings when it’s freezing cold here. Lol

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Roger! Hope it warms up for you soon

[@newartstudio5733]

great job

[@donleblanc7223]

Wow, I like all 3 examples very excellent !

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Don!

[@retiredpainter259]

Very helpfull and interesting Michael ,, thanks especially for explaining the colour mixes

[@matthewgyulay2961]

What a gorgeous location! Such a variety of views and colour. I like what you said about values are more important than colour. It is true, if you have your values right, colour is where your interpretation of a scene can take over. This may seem a bit out of left field but Philip Burke is a great example of value over colour, (to an extreme actually). He's not a landscape artist, but a brilliant caricature illustrator. His likenesses are fantastic, but distorted. But he can push his colours so far because his values are spot on. Love the explanations as you paint Michael. Also great to see such enthusiasm for painting in the people you paint with.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Matthew! I'll have to take a look at Burke's work.

[@alvinray9080]

Great paintings and amazing scenery!!! I like how your shadowed greens worked out on that shadowed face. Good to hear about your thoughts on value vs. color. Thanks for sharing! PS. Amy is a blast! :-)))))

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Alvin! It was a great day 😊

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

Amazing views, sir! So beautiful place. Great painting! I also enjoy your analysis at the end of the videos. Have a nice day!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Olda!

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

@@chamberlainpaintings Enjoy the rest of the day! 1:50 AM in my country right now lol

[@chamberlainpaintings]

@@harryjamessmithmusic7762 Thanks! Get some sleep lol

[@AditiChanda]

Great to see you Michael!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

😊

[@mariamgogichaishvili5930]

love your paintings! i wish i could paint like you🙁❤️

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Mariam, glad you like 😊

[@ketigogichaishvili8827]

you are so creative and special just like Emma ❤ hope she comes back to us soon!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

😊

[@williamwiggins2908]

Great Michael. I’ve said this before - I always get something out of every video. It’s not necessarily the lesson you are putting out there. But there’s always a solid piece of advice there.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks William!

[@wow-hw5dj]

you are so talened, i love ur paintings so much!!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! 😊

[@wow-hw5dj]

@@chamberlainpaintings omg u repliedddd no way this made my day ahhhhh thank youuuu 🤩🤩

[@gregwing6409]

Hey Micheal…I really like the way you got the color/value shift on the main cliff in the painting here. Then, just a random thought. The composition reminded me of Rene Magritte’s painting “Time Transfixed”. HAA! Like the cliff juts out in a threatening way into the canvas. Anyway, I digress. Cheers -Greg

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Greg! Hopefully the rocks don't appear to be suspended in midair like Magritte's locomotive! 😂

[@martingimenez339]

Beautiful spot, beaufitul painting, nice colors and very fresh, love it. Your compo and Maura's were kind of similar. She is also such a good painter Im impressed by the detail she puts on her paintings in such a short amount of time, maybe it's because her canvases are small.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Martin! I can't wait to go back to that location. So many compositional options.

[@Hair-today]

Santa Cruz 🥵you showing us all your secrets ❤️🇿🇦

[@markparkey1218]

Good Morning Michael

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Good morning Mark!

[@barbtate3763]

Inspiring need to get back to your beautiful part of the world

[@maxlinesartist]

Enjoyed the video .

[@soupysoup931]

9:50 I like Maura's painting

[@markparkey1218]

Three great paintings, nice day with great weather : )

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Mark!

[@markparkey1218]

. . . Michael , your luminous peach ambered cliff face , gentled by peering through the elongated depth of suspended shadow, a point of creativity you captured. You’ve been seeking this perception, look behind the blue surf board, long ago, shadow traverses pavement , it’s center delineation, perpendicular to roadways edge, emerge from angular shadow in daylight. Today’s painting is an evolution I hope to comprehend, the complexity of reflecting color while peering through and outside of a “ day - lit “ , shadow, I think it’s beautiful. 😌

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks for your observations Mark!

[@markparkey1218]

😌

[@hopkinsvonrabbitarius8233]

hi love it!

[@hazelcoate9203]

very nice painting, lovely day out,

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Hazel 😊

[@TJ-jq9bz]

Beautiful paintings!!! Do you use a Plein air umbrella? How do you deal with painting in shade or sun?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! I don't paint with an umbrella. It's usually too windy and it's just one more piece of equipment to carry. I turn my panel so that it's in the shade. I don't mind having light on my palette. It's a mid tone neutral grey so I use it as reference for value and color.

[@purchasestheriault8110]

My apologies Michael - I asked what you used for carrying wet panels... I had searched for the answer but didn't find your blog on this, but after my comment I searched again and of course found it. Good info. Thanks!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Sorry I missed your question! I've been very happy with Raymar wet panel carriers. Unfortunately the largest they make is 16x20. I'm going to have to make my own for larger sizes.

[@t.m9237]

👍👍

[@59jaguar]

Michael had to watch this one second time. I’ve been painting as much as possible thanks to your videos! So thanks for that!Does Maura always paint so small? Her work is fine but I was curious.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Roger! She paints larger in the studio

[@margaretsmilligan9393]

Well done, great subject

[@tracyfoskuhl4658]

Hi Michael - love your videos! I paint plein air and what you talk about makes such sense to me. Do you use mineral spirits to thin your paint? Also, do you teach workshops? Thanks!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Yes, I use Gamsol. I may teach workshops in the future 😊👍

[@KathyFortenberryRealtor]

Very nice!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Kathy!

[@braddiller9289]

I noticed in each of your videos, you tone the canvas on site. Is that part of your process? Why not tone it before hand to speed up the start of the painting? Thanks in advance and I love your work!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Brad! Actually toning onsite speeds up my process. Painting on a dry panel slows down the paint application. Having the panel or canvas slightly dampened with the mineral spirits from the tone really helps speed things up!

[@bertorr7211]

Great lesson in shadow colour Mike, the girls work was a good contrast too to the lesson. Your white water around rocks and such, do you use a slight tint in it while maintaing the brightness? Always enjoy your videos mate.

[@joanndenson2957]

Beautiful scene.Great job.Sell it

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! This painting will be in my October show at Studio Gallery in SF. 😊

[@daikayll1897]

Your shadows are so vibrant Mike. Did you have flip flops on too ?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Dai! No flip flops! It was too long of a walk to get out there 😂

[@paulallentaylor6034]

How early on are you using the liquin, after your initial lay in? In this piece you said you were keeping the mixture rather thin with the sky and water addition. Did you use liquin at that point? Do you find it helps speed up the drying outside? Thx

[@chamberlainpaintings]

I start using Liquin after the line sketch.

[@wajang1000]

How can she paint with shades on? Aren't the colors distorted?

[@CloakNE]

youre so good

[@chamberlainpaintings]

thanks 😊🙏

[@umchileanywaysso]

Hi chamberlain paintings! Hope you're doing well😊😊😊

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Doing well thanks! Hope the same for you 😊

[@umchileanywaysso]

@@chamberlainpaintings yes thank you 😊

[@canananneninhayat505]

Nice work. Questions: You leave a space between the frame and the picture, won't it get dirty over time? What is so important about tonal values and colors when everything is actually allowed in artistic design. Doesn't that limit you?

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! Everything gets dirty over time. That's life. 😂 The dirtiest part of the frame is the top. Fortunately, when things get dirty we simply clean them. As for artistic design, if values and colors aren't your thing go with whatever makes you happy.

[@canananneninhayat505]

Jeah, especially on the top. But in little spaces “especially behind the panel you can’t clean it well.It’s a serious question, how are you handle it? Ok, 2. questions isn’t answered, but it’s ok.

[@mariamgogichaishvili5930]

hii❤️

[@charlesa3374]

The young lady in the middle with the sunglasses, hit the nail on the head...get those dark shadows DARK so you can judge surrounding values...a mistake I make lots of times..and it's tough to go back and correct them....As always, add another great lesson to your existing videos!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Charles! Yes, everything is relative to the lightest light and the darkest dark on your palette. Establish them early in the process!

[@robertradocha6871]

💞💯🎨🎨🎨

[@Angela27red]

Does Amy have an IG? I love her painting

[@davepane7306]

No shade to your channel but I'm going to say something that I think ought to be said even though it's not politically correct. I don't think we should water down the term Plein air. I don't think we artists ought to go outdoors, paint a hill, sign our name with a stick and call it Plein Air. Plein Air is one thing only... It's a French country landscape painted with a clearly implied emotion through the use of "impression". That's my thought on the subject. Nice job though!!