Simplify Your Painting with BOLD Starts (Painting Tips)

Get the painting basics right by simplifying your subject. This will ensure a bold start to your painting. One that you can build on before finishing with a few details. Many beginners start with the details and lose the impact in their painting. Watch the lesson and demo painting then try these tips out for yourself.
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[@marinab106]

Clint Eastwood style!!! That "made my day"!! :-D

[@MalcolmDewey]

🤩👍 legend

[@zahrachowdhury4049]

When the teacher’s drawing-the-shapes stage already looks more beautiful than my completed painting worth 3 days of work…sigh….you keep inspiring, ill keel trying!

[@MalcolmDewey]

you are too kind 😊 Thankyou

[@Sentient.Sentinel]

keep pushing, you can do it!

[@sipalingpaham]

Beautiful! All I have to do is just start!

[@vesnabreskvar9082]

Again!! I always say look at that dull picture... Than on your painting it glows and becomes interestingy attractive! Amazing!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you so much 😀

[@elizabethlineham4065]

Wow Malcolm, thankyou I certainly enjoyed watching this painting develop. There is so much to learn 😊Liz

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@RichardHerschberger]

Yes this is very freeing. Bravos

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you

[@atb8660]

Malcolm you are a legend. I was dealing with FUD and the stress of a new job, five minutes into the video I was inspired to pick up the brushes again. Thank you

[@MalcolmDewey]

Good man! 😎

[@albikapllani2119]

Unbelievable. Wow I love your ways of doing and expanding it. I feel as I am the artist doing it cause it is so naturally done and explained. Open minded teaching really means confidence and peaceful art mind like of your. Amazing. Gift for us to watch

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you so much!

[@user-eq2cw2db7h]

👍 from Frances uk

[@caroledavies5201]

Thank you

[@natalykenny2069]

That was so refreshing, thank you, Malcolm! Especially, after spending a couple of hours on painting pears and stressing out about the right values🤪🤣❤

[@MalcolmDewey]

😂 thank you

[@adrianmann7322]

Merci beaucoup ! Fabulous simplicity ! It sparkles!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you

[@munirah9020]

Awesome awesome.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you!

[@susanw6203]

This is very timely for me and I love the simplicity and colors! Thank you!

[@MalcolmDewey]

You are so welcome!

[@teresasternarts]

Great demo! I love seeing the process. Yep, guilty of getting too detailed too quickly sometimes here... excellent reminder and inspiration!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks so much!

[@grasachig1]

As always clear explanation and lovely illustration. So helpful, thank you.

[@genigee]

Thank you.. simplifies the start process

[@charlenekolesnik2399]

I love this study Malcolm. Thank you!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Excellent, thank you

[@zvarda]

So simple and so nice ,thank you very much.

[@MalcolmDewey]

You are welcome 😊

[@pennydefreyne]

Really helpful to go back to basics! Thank you!

[@MalcolmDewey]

You're so welcome!

[@e.u.2945]

Finally I found someone whose style is similar to mine and which I want to develop! Thank you for the tips and tricks!

[@MalcolmDewey]

So glad you find the videos useful!

[@joannemurphy4636]

Thank you so much, Malcolm!! You've given me great tips on what to focus on this year to help my paintings be looser...the very thing I continue to struggle with. You have simplified it yet again (maybe this time I won't wander off again) and within this video you have passed on a wealth of information. I plan on painting tomorrow and I am now going to pick something simple that interests me and apply the points you've made in this video.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Wonderful! Enjoy it Joanne.

[@janinem3280]

I learn something every time I watch your videos. Thank you, and Happy New Year, Malcolm. 💗 from US

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, happy new year!

[@robread-jones3698]

Very enjoyable video, thanks Malcolm. I'm just starting out oil painting, and your videos and Ian Roberts' videos have given me the basic knowledge and confidence I needed. Thank you.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Wow, thank you.

[@kamleshsunak3176]

Thank you Malcolm for this demo. I spent the afternoon, painting wine bottle and orange and lime, still life course. Loved the little barn house - has its own character. Definitely would love to try.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it Kamlesh, go for it!

[@sophiereinecke8659]

Thank you Malcolm. With this lovely video you touched on one of my New Years ideals, i.e. to paint more loosely and to STOP fiddling! I have just managed to break my own rule again when painting the "Red Building" reference recently! I do really need this "strengthening" of my resolve! Thanks again.

[@MalcolmDewey]

thanks Sophie, you can do it 💯

[@christinapoulengeris]

Thank you very much for this motivational advice!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Any time!

[@bobgoodnoe4583]

Well done, Malcolm. 👍

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you

[@theponderingpilgrim4342]

Another great demonstration Malcolm. I find it hard to adopt this approach myself. But I can see how much more interesting the painting looks; also how much quicker a result is reached. A lovely little painting, very nice.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad it was helpful. It does take time to work out as we tend to prefer painting between the lines.

[@francoforleo4971]

Another great tutorial…. 🙏🎨🙏

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you

[@lynnmcintyre5765]

Thank you so much for this video. It was very helpful. I struggle with painting more loose, but I am trying :)

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Lynn. Enjoy it

[@elenaivanova6470]

I wish to paint like you quick and effective.

[@MalcolmDewey]

You can, go for it!

[@eleftheriageorgiadouart7156]

Thank you so much!Please if it is possible show a video with mixed technic brush and spatula,thank you!!

[@MalcolmDewey]

I will try!

[@boooo6789]

Thank you very much, this is exactly what I needed right now! Maybe you can also enlighten me how you find your colors? I always end up overthinking things and try to match colors 1:1 with the reference. And in the end the painting looks just boring. Painting in gouache most

[@MalcolmDewey]

I try to push the light more whereverI see it. Contrasts show up these opportunities.Also color temperature is very important. If its warm then make it look really warn. If cool then make that look and feel really cool. You find you color recipes over time too

[@leesaunders5495]

I’m really focusing on simplifying and shapes this year

[@MalcolmDewey]

It really is the key

[@leesaunders5495]

@@MalcolmDewey I’m thinking that’s true regardless of the type of art I end up doing. Thanks Malcolm

[@hollieharlow1129]

I wasn't thrilled with your reference photo. By the time you blocked in the sky, I was electrified.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you 😄

[@watercoloracademy1083]

I love your art! I got into oil painting recently do you recommend any book on Impressionism landscape?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Yes, anything by Kevin MacPherson will serve you well

[@miglenayovkov2250]

🎨👏👍🍀

[@judymiller8883]

Such an important reminder to squint! I’ve been enjoying all of your videos and putting many of your tips into practice. I love the juicy brushstrokes you are able to achieve but for some reason my paint seems to dissolve into my glass pallet or it seems to get trapped in my brush and thins out on my painting surface. I’m wondering maybe it’s my paint? I’m using M Graham oils and a tiny bit of walnut oil as a medium just to get the paint less chunky. Any advice how to get around this? Thanks again Malcolm!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Work in the medium (literally a few drops) into the paint with a knife. Make sure you have a good volume of paint on the palette - this is the biggest mistake made. The second tip is to really get a lot of paint on the brush. Most artists barely wet the brush with paint - especially from blocking in stage. You have to butter on the paint. One or two strokes - wipe the brush off then scoop up a new load of paint. Then you will learn how to move paint or know when to leave it alone. Avoid blending your strokes away if you can help it. If you have got paint left over, try and use it all in the foreground with big juicy brushstrokes.

[@judymiller8883]

@@MalcolmDewey thank you Malcolm, I will give this a try!

[@ionlyemergeafterdark]

Yes, a good and helpful video. Thank you. I have reservations about Clint Eastwood. I don't like the political import of American Sniper, although I have not watched it, just one or two bits of it. I know what it's about. Also, in Beguiled, early on, there is a scene which I think is ethically dubious. But, he is a good actor, no doubt. Still alive at 91!

[@the_key_x]

Hi Malcolm, I have been watching your fantastic videos for some time and hope you can help me… I need a white oil paint that is zinc and lead-free, that has LOW tinting strength (AND semi transparent if possible)… but mostly low tinting strength. Is there such a creature out there?? I’m at my wits end trying to find one, any help would be appreciated!!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Rembrandt make a transparent white that will do the trick. Even their zinc white is quite good in this respect but the transparent white sounds right.

[@the_key_x]

@@MalcolmDewey Oh thank you for getting back to me - I have the Rembrandt transparent white, (LOVE REMBRANDT BRAND) was just worried about all the zinc/cracking/peeling info out there... but I will use it in small amounts and with medium. You have been a terrific wealth of info on your channel! Will be subscribing :)

[@the_key_x]

@@MalcolmDewey just discovered Williamsburg Porcelain White - apparently the Zinc Sulfide component of this pigment is not the same as Zinc Oxide and does not show embrittlement in any testing, so going to see if that does the trick ?

[@socratesthecabdriver]

🙏🌊🔱🌪🌪🌪

[@47579]

Do you find your suggestions fit better on a smaller canvas rather than, say, 16x20?

[@MalcolmDewey]

No, I try to follow the same approach no matter the size canvas. Larger brushes help and overall it makes the progress simpler and quicker.