TIPS for painting STREET SCENES

In this video I go over what I feel is most important in painting street scenes.
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Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.
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[@sophialagae3888]

Whoa this is just very hands-on advice. I never learnt so much about painting city scapes in less than 10 minutes. Thank you Chris for your practical approach, I will definitely paint a cityscape soon. The fear of making it, is nearly gone...

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful

[@bondsons]

I've watched you for a while and this was one of the best videos you have done IMHO. You hit on some specific details as far as perspective and shading. You have a talent for teaching, thank you Chris!

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! I really appreciate it. It's one of my favorites too

[@AnimalArtbyTerraCotta]

I never heard of atmospheric perspective and the order that colors drop out of visual awareness! What a goldmine of information!

[@Johor9]

Thank you Chris, I learned so much from this video. What strikes me on this one is that you actually made the painting more interesting than the picture itself. I see the light you painted is like a sunset whereas the original picture is taken at a random time.

[@wwanderful]

Thank you for including the source picture and your pallet. Great tips all around, especially the flat brushes for windows. Your lessons are well thought out and very enjoyable.

[@marcyperrier7030]

Brilliant explanation that really helps make a complicated project doable.. ..thank you Chris.

[@claireonlinex]

You always have a video for just the specific thing i'm looking for! Great channel, love your content

[@FantuzArt]

Great work on the video, well put together and packed with a lot of good information from values, atmospheric perspective to brushes and paint!

[@rachelmillington6243]

So helpful! Beautiful painting. Just started a painting yesterday and was looking for some tips. Thank you!

[@jillmorris2849]

Thanks for great video. I took notes! I teach watercolor at the Roswell Visual Arts Center in Roswell, GA and trying to get my students to loosen up. We are going to do city scapes next Tuesday so thanks for tips. Love your painting!!

[@saolyartstudio752]

Thanks for the tips. I have never done painting building and street before. Sure will try out with your tips. Great painting always ❤️

[@jessikacaroline72]

Very useful advices! Sometimes we see great landscapes paintings, with a lot of concepts and details, and we forget it began with the simple: shapes, volume and planes. Thank you very much for calming down anxious artists like myself 😂😂😂

[@jeanastowell4635]

Excellent tips! Thank you!

[@user-ex3py1ki8n]

Oh my goodness! I'm just halfway through the video, but your instruction is what I have been searching for for years! I tend to immerse myself too much into details and I've always suffered from my inability to come up with an abstraction. I thought it was only my flaw. Thanks for the instruction!

[@user-lf6nh5cj6p]

Love your painting tips man your a creative genius 👨‍🎨

[@jamesb2059]

Brilliant, once again. Thank you.

[@coopergurl90]

You channel is so freaking awesome and helpful and always on time when I need it! Thank you thank you thank for such great content!

[@paintcoach]

Glad to be of help! The goal is to have every video be helpful.

[@heathersimmons9234]

Another great video Chris! And I'm excited that my brushes that you recommend from Rosemary and Co arrived today, and I did tell them that you recommended them...which they appreciated!

[@AlinaHuynhArt]

thanks for sharing your tips and experiences with us new artists ;)

[@daveweir4429]

This was super helpful. I'm working on a city scape that only has a few buildings but one has a LOT of windows and I need to really simplify it. It was driving me crazy... but now I'm just going to loosely indicate the overall value they create and see how that looks. Thanks!

[@scotthendersonart]

Thanks, this has been very helpful. Good tips 👍

[@AiramSsor]

Thanks. I keep coming back to your channel when I ask KZbin for painting advice.

[@neotank874]

This is the style of art prefer the most.❤️

[@marcosandreorlando2011]

Excellent lesson. Thank u !

[@Paranoid1996]

Great video. Helped me a lot.

[@duncancameron9734]

Wahl, just discovered you bud. You're a top teacher.

[@Marinamosova]

Thank you! This video is just for me! Now I will throw my ruler away!

[@rezartsy]

Amazing, thank you!🙏🏻

[@paintcoach]

Glad you liked it!

[@Julesong]

Excellent and really helpful, Chris, thank you! I appreciate your covering the subject and acknowledging that it's a difficult type of image to paint. I haven't seen many folks willing to tackle busy street scenes in their instruction videos, and applaud you for doing so! One set of buildings I was wondering if you might take on is Ca' d'Zan in Sarasota, FL, a Venetian Gothic revival residence that is part of the Ringling family museums. It and its grounds are gorgeous, and would be a wonderful painting. Its architecture features a lot of light and dark planes, making it a great subject. 🌼

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! They are tough. Bryan Mark Taylor has a great video tutorial for sale on cityscapes. I learned a lot from it.

[@23stylie]

Good tip about lightening the ground planes in shadows.

[@paintcoach]

Thanks!

[@lorenbk]

I’m a retired illustrator and photographer and not being an oil painter, I’m learning so much from your videos. One thing to keep in mind is that nearly all lenses (camera or phones) distort perspective in all photos. We especially notice it in photos with straight lines, like cityscapes. Knowing perspective well enough to fix “barrel perspective”, caused by lens curvature, can help your painting look more natural, as opposed to a painted photograph.

[@anhkimnguyen2223]

Thank you so much

[@user-mf1rz9mn3l]

Amazing!

[@paintcoach]

Thanks!

[@mackybarr]

Hey Coach, regarding photos, i heard of a trick that might help. Get 3 pics, a "normal" one, one with short exposure/shutter time for the lights, and one with long exposure/shutter time for the darks. The latter 2 are gonna look horrible as stand alone pics, but it'll help with colors in said areas

[@stevietv321]

I have been waiting for bright sunny days to paint outside. That was dumb. Now I’m looking for more variation in the scene weather-wise. I want to do some cityscapes but have failed miserably in the past.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Hi Chris, how could you paint around not over ,when you want to adjust values again again ? Will it not become muddy?

[@nxmb.ydwight141]

U inspiare me so much

[@paintcoach]

Happy to do so!

[@jamesoliver505]

Hey, that's Broad street in Richmond where I live.

[@mr.sc00by16]

@Paint coach, I have a doubt. After you finish painting what would you do if there are some colours in the palette remaining, and what will you do with the medium/ paint thinner after the painting is over? If you could answer this it would help me. Thanks!

[@johnleusink6226]

Beautiful and very helpful, thanks! Amazing how much you show with so few actual details. Did you vary the the paint thickness/consistency throughout the painting?

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! Yes I started out with thinner paint and got thicker as I went

[@ZOONG12345]

Hi Coach, was wondering what camera you use to tape the video. I enjoy all your instructions. Thanks

[@carriefoscatodesign]

I have an automatic blur filter at my disposal anytime...just take my glasses off..haha! I paint often with no glasses so I literally cannot see details

[@ablofaiz]

I have found your videos to be extremely helpful. My favourite subject is city scapes. Can you tell me how to deal with white buildings in city scrapes? Cos they always seem lighter than the sky.

[@frankovitchgrimowski4950]

Well, now, I want to paint a cityscape! Thanks coach. (Please note spelling is corret)

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! They are tough but fun

[@akshatjain2087]

Can u plzz tell what is the difference in cheap and expensive linseed oil???? Plzz reply

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

I'm Mark carder fan like you...How could I paint whole picture not small part of the picture...if I want to adjust values? If I follow his method...I have to paint part by part ..not whole picture ...please say about this

[@user-zo2pk7dc5t]

Hi, coach. Did you mix right from the beginning white into your paint? I see @1:04 some white in the blues. White makes paint both thicker and more opace. I am allways afraid of the white from the beginning. It is more dificult to manipulate. A bit of white will do not much harm, but if you strive to make first layer thin it can create mudd. Normaly what I would do will use more thinner and paper towel to lighten. For the darcks mostly transparent paints like ultramarine, sepia, maderlake, cinnabar green, etc. In fact even blue I will use much later. Start with oringish reddish shades and darken later. To me the start is essential for the good outcome. As underlayer especially for the sky it should be bright oringish. The yellows that are cadmiums, in fact all cadmiums and cobalts will be used later, since they are thicker too, but before the white. With thinner and paper towel you can do most of the shades like aqwarel and it is fun too. The only think is that can be poisonous a bit with closed window and without gloves. I love to see the colors being much more vivid that way.

[@akshatjain2087]

Sirrr I lovere ur art. Can u plz provide me with price bcz It would really help me

[@stardollxo5982]

How long did this take you to paint?

[@paintcoach]

an hour and a half

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