Starting Your Landscape Painting With Shapes

[@LoriArt824]

Wow! I really enjoyed watching your process!

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Chaitanyawaichal]

This is so helpful! THank you sir!

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ronschlorff7089]

Hi Phil, good stuff as usual. I don't do architecture as a rule, opting for the pure landscape down here in Tucson area, been doing some studies of our local neighborhood in Oro Valley, with views of Pusch ridge in the background, just bushes and shadows with the blue mountains in the back ground, concentrating on big shapes like you say, cropping down to do a picture with three or four shapes, background, mid-ground, foreground and maybe a big shadow on a wash from a Palo Verde or Mesquite as a fourth shape. Little detail in them. Little picture too, a 6x8, and if I like it, I do a "really big one", an 8x10, which feels like "mural " to me, after doing all the little studies, LOL. Funny story about barns, I was in the Carson Valley. NV. years ago, painting with friends and I saw an old barn I wanted to paint, so I asked the guy in the yard I saw, may have been the owner of the property and I said, "I'd like your paint your barn". He said: "Yeah, I know it needs it, but I don't have the cash just now", I said: "No no, I mean paint a picture of it", then he laughs and says: "Ok, have your fun, but I've got some Real Work to do, see you later". LOL :D

[@philstarke.artist]

Get a Job!, I've heard that one before.Thanks Ron

[@ronschlorff7089]

Actually, I still had a job then, as a wildlife biologist, but was a "weekend painter". Good one though, and those funny experiences abound, especially whenever you are in the field painting. Bet you never heard the one, "My aunt used to paint"! LOL ;D@@philstarke.artist

[@Coco2345ful]

Fantastic! I would have looked for another barn to paint!

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you liked it!

[@DotyML]

I found this so informative especially since you did a painting to show how your alterations would appear. I still find editing takes a lot more thought than just painting what I see. You are providing such helpful information. Thank you!

[@philstarke.artist]

You are so welcome!

[@philmecup]

I’ll take one of your quick studies as my next full painting! Very pretty

[@philstarke.artist]

Thank you Phil

[@setenzer]

So helpful thanks! I enjoyed watching you refine the painting from the initial shapes

[@philstarke.artist]

Thanks, glad it was helpful

[@henriquejanuario881]

Great video and class! This format of video is very helpfull.. where you explain the composition and you do a painting...thanks a lot!

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KayInMaine]

Your color study was so good!

[@philstarke.artist]

Oh thank you!

[@song4night]

beautiful and informative.

[@philstarke.artist]

Glad you liked it

[@didgeridooblue]

The "x-thing" is a section of a circular bale (hay) feeder. The plastic thing is a tote for liquid storage, commonly fertilizer.

[@philstarke.artist]

Good to know, thanks