PLEIN AIR oil painting DESIGN PROCESS narrated

[@sannefridolin]

You are so good at figuring out the design and not afraid to change things. I find that to be the hardest part, to slow down and wait for the right time to add the colors.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Susanne!

[@cmcl5543]

Cypress trees are definitely challenging to paint. You did a wonderful job with your composition, shapes and design of space. It is a joy to watch you paint and listen to your running commentary.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@las174]

Loves the shapes of the branches/design and all the good narrative!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Lesley!

[@marcyperrier5255]

I love the way you talk your way through a painting.....planning correcting and finishing. I don't comment often but watch you every day.

[@amyzahalka]

Love the feel of this site.

[@beccagee5905]

I love the cypress trees framing the ocean. Great tree angles, and movement through years of exposure to wind. Roots clinging to the rocky cliff edge. I just can't get enough of painting landscapes. Beautiful study, and will make an impressive painting. Possibly even a series of paintings in different weather conditions.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Becca!

[@joywhitley3141]

Adding the titanium white to burnt umber and ultramarine is very nice. You are a master of color. ❤️

[@mona2242]

Really loved your sketch, you should definitely go back and paint the same composition on a much bigger panel. Btway, your style reminds me very much of our Canadian Group of Seven . Looking forward to your next one!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks! I'm a big fan of the Group of Seven.

[@catherinebast4456]

Definitely a successful painting. I am looking forward to seeing the larger one. Cyprus trees are so beautiful and such interesting shapes.

[@joywhitley3141]

The negative spaces are beautiful ❤️

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Joy!

[@francescakirk4349]

would love to see you make a video about what art supplies to buy if you are a beginner. i find that im super overwhelmed on where to start and I want to invest in good materials. love this video!!

[@LG777.mother]

I think he has something like that on older videos. But maybe an update or a link to the older ones may be helpful.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Here's a link! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWSoXomHaL2grtE

[@janm8477]

Great video. The painting is just lovely, you evoke the drama that's down in the water very beautifully through the frame of the trees. Thank you.

[@evieharris8193]

You and your daughter are extremely talented. I love the bond you two have it makes me feel so happy knowing how wholesome your family is, also I love your paintings , god bless ❤️❤️🤗

[@heathercaldera1475]

A sunny day would change everything. I love the misty overcast. Impressive that you can achieve such value shifts in that lighting. I love this composition. I appreciate you sharing your learning and redoing. The end result is beautiful. Thank you, Michael.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Heather!

[@raynoladominguez4730]

I love this painting! Your trees always draw me in, the high contrast in the backlighting is so compelling, I also tend to find the moody, overcast days so appealing. I love Cypress tress too. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Raynola!

[@tallulahsrose]

wasn’t feeling my best tonight but this calmed me ♥️

[@davidmarten7753]

Thank you for your wonderful demos. I'm learning so much!!

[@AafiaKhanAmbitious]

Your technique is amazing. I would’ve gone to draw the background first (the sea); but now I feel this is a better way to achieve the vision well. Thanks a-lot 🎨 A huge fan!

[@nancykunik4370]

Trees are definitely a challenging subject matter... As you say carefully composing the design is very important ... I like the area in the lower left ... Looks like a little abstract painting ... would love to see more of these tree paintings

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Nancy, I plan to return to this spot!

[@miriamtong8808]

I really like the sketch-in of the trees. Great shapes! There's so much to learn in this video - adding/subtracting elements that improve the composition, color and value considerations, not progressing until you have a pleasing block in. Thanks Michael!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Miriam!

[@peterthespaceman.p.j.f.3067]

I like the rhythm in your drawing

[@CedricWilliamsFineArt]

Beautiful painting! I love how you painted those trees!!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Cedric!

[@yelenafurer541]

Very interesting composition, trees are painted colorful, like the water, simple but elegant. Thank you!

[@mauracarta.]

Gorgeous, and it’s so interesting to hear your thought process while composing the painting and trouble-shooting. Nicely done, as always.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Maura!

[@karenwhite6140]

This is such a great painting, Michael! Interesting to watch your process - trying things out to see what works, creating a composition that reads well! Your negative spaces between the trees and the individual branches are perfect!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Karen!

[@RRW177]

thank you ~ for permission to move things around. you are so good at explaining everything

[@RRW177]

definitely advanced plein air painting.

[@kerrykonecny800]

I like it!...thank you for talking through your painting!

[@markparkey1218]

Michael, it’s a beautiful painting, something feels like de ja vu, in a good good ways brilliant video , thank you .

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Mark!

[@markparkey1218]

bless you michael 💭✨💭

[@soupysoup931]

great painting, awesome location, thanks for explaining your work and steps, very nice.

[@christianday6759]

Very Californian Impressionist. Nice Oriental feeling about it--like Chinese or Japanese landscapes. Great block-in. You had me there. And cypresses are difficult to capture. And capture, you do!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Christian!

[@barbtate3763]

Love this you really captured the movement in the tree branches

[@SuzWhat]

A day at Moss Beach, calm and fine While our artist improves on nature’s design Dark edges on cypress branches and trunks Balances color and value, results in goose bumps There’s more…just follow the Patreon link A way to “stay creative”, a way to think 🖼 Wow! I was amazed at how much changing the right side branch direction affected the whole painting. The result is really beautiful. I love it. Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Suz!! 😊🙏💛✌

[@sophiefernelius6900]

I really like this one, beautiful composition. Trees are not easy to paint at all, especially those cypresses!! Love that spot!😉

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Sophie! Yes, it's a beautiful location!

[@joycebutler3494]

Love this , the lesson and finished painting!

[@janis6363]

Love Mendocino coastal scenery. The prevailing wind sure makes interesting tree shapes. Your painting is coming together w your eye for symmetry and balance. Love it. I think it looks mission style if that's part of art neuv influences of area.

[@veronicagreen6180]

I love this composition,,,great painting..

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Veronica!

[@thisandthatdailylife9081]

The composition is excellent. thanks for the inspiring video

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks!

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

Very nice scene, sir! Great location! ... Btw. I've noticed that you now like much more to paint nature scenes rather than urban scenes ... I mean the ocean is fantastic, but you made in the past also some amazing urban paintings! Have a good one!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Olda! Yes, lately I've preferred spending time in nature.

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

@@chamberlainpaintings Cool! Cheers!

[@iibbu]

your art is so inspiring i really enjoyed watching the video

[@Wildflowerartstudio]

I really like how this one turned out. The Cypress trees against the ocean .... beautiful. Thanks for sharing Michael! Love watching your videos.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Julie!

[@59jaguar]

Good one! Yes to see you doing a 2x3 size of that .

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Roger!

[@paulclarke3086]

Great painting. New subject with its own challenges. It felt that you were compressing the values with the trees. Its almost trying to show subtle changes in colour without it ending up a kaleidoscope of unnatural colours. I thought you could have retained the rocks in the middle with some white water and spray. Again, enjoyed the 'journey' and how you dealt with some of the issues the subject presented. Brilliant video.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Paul!

[@edinaszvinicsan50]

it's so beautiful!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Edina!

[@meredithboswell4003]

Beautiful trees

[@carlstoveland]

Nice handling of those tough trees!

[@CatsInaCradle]

What a beautiful scene to paint. So good to see you and hope the world is being good to you. ❤ (now I will sit back and watch this painting come to life...LOL!)

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks, hope the same for you!

[@jimreid9674]

Looks good , I like the various green sea marks. Perhaps more white water would add energy. I still looks unfinished but it is a design study etc. Interesting that you 'skyholed' the ocean sorta. That stops it looking like wallpaper. Well done and thanks for posting.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks for your thoughts Jim. I like everything about the painting except for the foliage. I may need a different ratio canvas to capture more of the top of the trees. It's all about problem solving.

[@DenisPombriant]

Really nice work on the trees though I would have liked more info on foliage. Looks like Ultramarine+cad med yellow but what else? Some red to desaturate? The sea is not my fav and I thought a dry brush in spots would have been nice to blur edges. Love your work!

[@elisabethseeger5837]

I really like that painting - I wonder how the trees would be affected if there was full on sun.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Elisabeth! Maybe I'll go back on a sunny day!

[@SM-Artist]

That is beautiful painting Thank you for sharing It was awesome 👋😍🎨🖌

[@JAnaya91]

looks fun using that #4 😲

[@chamberlainpaintings]

It was!

[@ThomasFisherArt]

Well done.

[@derondadozier1938]

You can spray ur stainless steel container with easy off o en cleaner an it will clean it like its brand new...u may have to let it sit a few mins an possibly spray twice cause urs is pretty bad...lol...also u can soak ur brushes in Murphys oil soap an it will clean them like new which u probally already know this...happy painting!

[@derondadozier1938]

That was easy off oven cleaner sorry

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks for the info. Will try!

[@tyreesetranh4074]

Nice selection and composition of complex elements! I'm unfamiliar with painting in oil and find your videos fascinating. I did have a question about the brushwork you used to render the Monterey Cypress foliage, which to me looks counterintuitive. I know that in ink painting (admittedly a very different medium), unless distant conifers are being depicted the brush movement would be essentially very short, vertical strokes moving horizontally outward to express the mostly vertical energy of the needles even though they are only visible as a foliage mass. Did you avoid this out of stylistic considerations, or would it simply not work in oil?

[@mariaazevedo8756]

Você é fantástico, acompanho seu canal. Grande Abraço-Brasil-br

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Muito obrigado!

[@douglasriddle6447]

Great video and really like how you handled the shadows on the tree trunks. But, the 5 branches in the bottom left quarter that run off the edge, somehow feel unresolved. What purpose do they serve and how do they strengthen the composition? Personally, I think the number could be limited or done away with all together. Really looking forward to seeing revisited one a larger size.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks. Monterey cypress are very challenging to paint/compose. Especially close up. They're beautiful but awkward. If you clean up all the random branches it doesn't capture the true nature of these trees, As I mentioned, I don't have it figured out. To be honest I don't think anyone else does either. I've seen very few good paintings of these trees.

[@douglasriddle6447]

@@chamberlainpaintings I think the painting is great. Those branches just led my eyes off the edge of the painting. For the sake of composition, what lessening the number of branches to two, only one leading off the edge and one shorter with vegetation/leaves on top? Personally I think all trees are a challenge, as are skies and the ocean, all of which you seem to do so effortlessly. And am really looking forward to seeing a bigger version of this painting

[@chamberlainpaintings]

@@douglasriddle6447 Thanks!

[@markparkey1218]

Good Morning Michael

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Good morning Mark!

[@augusteayral6739]

SUBLIME !!! I feel like you would resonate with macrobiotic (research of yin/yang balance in every aspect of life). The first book i read about it is : Zen macrobiotics by George Ohsawa. He wrote a lot, it's profound and also very practical ! ☮︎☯︎

[@bendunselman]

Nice painting and well designed. I find showing the underpainting a little confusing since it gives a too sunny impression.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Thanks Ben

[@martingimenez339]

You were here in the south 3 weeks ago and you didn't tell meeeeeeeee

[@chamberlainpaintings]

Unfortunately we were only in the south for a few days of filming. I can't wait to return! Is the water still warm in early October?

[@martingimenez339]

@@chamberlainpaintings Oh I totally understand I was just teasing you. You are becoming a regular guest here, glad you like it...Water temperature depends on currents as usual but it doesn't go below 68 during September with a registered lowest of 60 during October but it's rare. Considering the temp you have in the Pacific you'll be fine.

[@chamberlainpaintings]

@@martingimenez339 Thanks for the info! I love it. Next time I'm going to push to stay longer.

[@martingimenez339]

@@chamberlainpaintings A couple of weeks at least travelling the south and Provence, and Italy is a must

[@xeveraltonen4232]

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[@callumbakalar]

Can I get noticed?

[@callumbakalar]

Good painting!

[@chamberlainpaintings]

@@callumbakalar Thanks!