Plein air Painting Sedona - Coffee Pot Rock on Andante Trail - instructional Demo

Instructional video plein air painting on the Andante trail in Sedona, AZ. Featuring coffee pot rock!
Surface- Ampersand gessobord
Paints:
Titanium White
Yellow ochre
Cadmium (free) lemon yellow
Cadmium (free) yellow medium
Alizarin crimson
Cadmium (free) red medium
Cadmium (free) red light
Ultramarine blue
Cerulean blue hue
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[@audreyweigel4620]

I like how you transform a landscape in to being radiant

[@cdcopley8207]

Very nice with no background music. Love the painting.

[@ricklabadie172]

Very inspirational you’ve captured the colors of Sedona, well done

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you so much!

[@cellobliss4]

This was a really neat painting to watch come to life! Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful natural landscape and your calm narration, lovely thoughts and kindness towards us - how delightful all around for everyone 😊

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you! I’m very touched by this reflection 🙏

[@GarrisonFall]

It was very interesting to see 'three dimensional' shapes appear with two dimensional brushstrokes. I like how you what you are doing and why - it is clear and infomative. Great painting! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!

[@matthewalexander2436]

Beautiful work❤

[@foltz-art]

Good stuff girl your painting turned out so incredibly beautiful, great plein air session I enjoyed this immensely ✌️🏞🌞🎨🖼

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you I’m so happy to share!!

[@a.m.6208]

Beautiful painting! Love Arizona landscape 😍

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you!! Me too!

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Beautiful painting! The landscapes in Arizona are amazing, I painted there last year and really enjoyed it. You've captured it really well here!

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you so much! Living here is a total dream!

[@BobbyK-mt5dx]

I'm a watercolor artist but really loved your approach,mindset and the stages of this painting. Really turned out nice, not to mention that you didn't have the brushes and rags you needed. Painting is stunning.

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ivocarvalho7135]

Muito bonito seu trabalho e esse lugar e incrível. Valeu apena assistir seu vídeo parabéns.from Bahia Brasil.

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you so very much! I am so happy you found value ❤

[@starshipsky7185]

Beautiful creation as always Lydia, thank you for sharing your process and grace!

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thanks so much love…it is a joy to be able to share in this way!

[@kristirauckis]

Lydia, you are incredible!! I love to see you sharing your knowledge, grace and art expression with everyone. I've learned so much from you! Cheers on your journey

[@lydiagatzowart]

Aww thank you Kristi. It feels really good, thanks for inspiring me to play with this again!

[@pollyester6627]

Great composition, well done capturing a stunning landscape, even without a few necessities!

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you! We do our best!!😅

[@sherilegacy8870]

Hello! I’m a new subscriber and really enjoying your channel! This particular video and piece was really amazing! Take care and happy painting!

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you! I hope to create more like this!!

[@setforglobaldoom]

Love ur painting it’s super great. 🔥 subbed ✅

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you so much 😀

[@GloriaRN]

I love this painting! Thank you for sharing your process.

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you!! Hoping to keep creating and sharing!

[@HARDYSPAINTINGADVENTURES-j4v]

i love this well done, il be out tomorrow over here in france see what i can find

[@ruthannlocke14]

Beautiful!!Thanks for sharing!

[@lydiagatzowart]

@@ruthannlocke14 thank you for watching!! 💖

[@meredith7236]

Stunning

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you! 😊

[@judithwinter3688]

Nice job!

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thanks!

[@tammyclark1207]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!🦝

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thanks!!😊

[@danellenelson1013]

Gorgeous. Makes me want to go paint it! Was it super hot??

[@lydiagatzowart]

Thank you! Yes it was! I was drenched in sweat by the end 😅but worth it every time!

[@jaiveesndvl6854]

Wow! Nice painting. I like your painting. You are good. I also liked you too. So very much. You're pretty and very artistic also. Nice!

[@lydiagatzowart]

So glad you enjoyed!❤

[@jaiveesndvl6854]

@@lydiagatzowart yes! I enjoyed it very much. I liked watching you paint. It's very relaxing.

[@vincentterracciano8214]

The switch to your palette knife was absolutely brilliant, it gave a subtle but essential dimension to this wonderful rendition of Coffee Pot Rock. I think this is one of your best paintings, I’ve visited Sedona numerous times over the years and gave serious thought to moving there. Planning another trip there later this summer. Love what you do.

[@reneekroyer5104]

Can you tell me what colors of paint that you use to achieve these colors? I am really struggling with color mixing to get the colors that I want, especially to hilite where the sun hits the rocks.

[@lydiagatzowart]

@@reneekroyer5104 my palette is pretty much warms and cools of the primary colors! Titanium white, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium lemon yellow, yellow ochre, alizarin crimson, cadmium red light, cadmium red medium, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue hue. For the highlights of the rocks I basically add a bit of yellow and white into my red rock mixture, which is typically red with a bit of yellow and ultramarine blue + white. The reds and yellows I choose depend on if I’m pushing a warmer temperature or cooler temperate which shifts a lot depending on what’s closer or farther away, whether its in light or shadow! Does this help? Let me know if you’d like me to clarify anything further! I think I will try to film more color mixing in future videos ☺️

[@reneekroyer5104]

@@lydiagatzowart Yes, that is VERY helpful, thank you. I would LOVE to see more videos with color mixing. I am a visual learner -- especially as I'm getting older. lol Seeing it done before my eyes is a huge help.

[@johntolsma5026]

This looks great. I learned a lot from watching it (painting the intensity of the rocks was super hard for me when I was in Sedona in April). Couple quick questions to help me please... 1) Can you show how you like to mix your greens sometime? 2) Can you push the top layer of the teapot to be more cad yellow-ish (maybe just desaturating with a warm white, pushing the value, and pushing towards yellow more that way?). I dunno, just brainstorming on things I might try in my own version of this place. 3) I think the temperature shift here of the light is perfect. The light on the clouds is not too yellow, so suggests a midday sun that's cooler, and the same cool light is obvious on how the highlights on the red portions of the cliffs is mostly lightened with a cool ivory white and only a little cad yellow too. Awesome. 4) Would you show a slowed down video of how you paint just a single tower from start to finish, including all the last hightlights added? I want to learn how to make them so voluminous (great use of color mods to create form) -john.on.the.road

[@lydiagatzowart]

Hi John!! Thank you SO MUCH for your amazing comments and questions here! I really appreciate it. I will absolutely create a video focusing on the modeling of a single red rock feature or spire, as well as mixing greens! Those are great ideas for future videos. And the key to painting Sedona for sure! You can totally push the yellow of the top sandstone layer, but because those cliffs are pretty far away and atmospheric, I wanted to grey them down more using a violet mixture even though the light is hitting them. Keeping things in key and pushing the atmosphere, but I’d be curious to see the result of that! It may mean adjusting the surrounding colors a little to make it work! Hope this helps…happy painting!!!❤❤❤