Your demonstration for using negative brushwork in landscapes was clear and easy to comprehend. Thank you so much for these useful tips which help us get past being too detailed.
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@normg224210 ай бұрын
THAT'S the one thing that's still missing in my paintings. Thanks for the tip, great stuff as always!
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@BirdKat532410 ай бұрын
I watch all of your videos , usually as soon as they’re available. Today I wasn’t ready to“buy in” to this topic of negative space when the video started. Lol. After listening, and watching, I realize now how that can really help the shape of the overall tree or other element. Thanks for the great information.
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
You're welcome Kathy!
@incognito362010 ай бұрын
I never thought of this in these terms. ‘Negative brushwork.’ Now I have a name to put to my work. Thanks
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
You're welcome
@bonniemccarty671310 ай бұрын
So glad this video popped up! This will help me with a tree in my painting I'm working on. 🙂
@philstarke.artist9 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@frappedelimon435110 ай бұрын
This channel is pure gold. Thank you for your amazing videos and hard work behind them all. They really have helped me out, you have no idea! Cheers from Mexico!
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
You're welcome, glad they help
@ronschlorff708910 ай бұрын
Good one Phil as usual. This is becoming my morning ritual, wake up, get coffee, watch Phil's channel, and go out into the studio (garage), getting warmer now, to paint, and try to apply what I just was taught, or more like reminded of, on the vid. Good one here, the "sky hole" thing, not just in the sky, too easy to make stuff look like "Swiss cheese", so restraint in the key, and remembering you are not documenting the scene, with bunches of detail, especially if it is out of your focal area of the painting but trying in to use all at your disposal, as an artist, to get a good painting. Not easy, but doable, to a degree, if you pay attention to the basics, and most importantly, Remember them, like you teach here. Cheers from beautiful Oro Valley, AZ, still not going outside to paint much, yet, but doing many small panels in the studio, as like the studies you always show. On a Sedona scenes, (from my photos taken years ago), kick lately. Tough not to make them look too "neon-ish", all that damn red rock. LOL. I need some nice music playing though, like you have when you paint!!
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
I do miss Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon is so good.
@ronschlorff708910 ай бұрын
Yes, the nice thing about those wonderful places; they will still be here in thousands of years, virtually unchanged, so we all have a bit of time to paint them, once again, eh? ;D @@philstarke.artist
@sharynlightfoot380610 ай бұрын
Many thanks! Negative painting is fun. I do not know why I did not do it more often. I was guilty of trying to paint in too many branches.
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
You're welcome, it does make painting easier.
@lauravalenzuela223310 ай бұрын
Liked the painting at the end and the way you added the people
@philstarke.artist9 ай бұрын
Thanks Laura
@fedeabascal10 ай бұрын
Super useful. I always struggle with thin branches. Looking forward to trying more negative painting. Thank you. Beautiful final painting
@philstarke.artist9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@MbSchrum10 ай бұрын
I’ve been working on a painting of an olive grove in Italy, so this is really helpful! I’ve been watching your videos over the past couple of weeks. I’m going to start another painting using this method. Love your videos. Thanks so much.
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@ronschlorff708910 ай бұрын
Olives in Italy, "fruit of the gods". Love them in all their forms!! ;D
@maxgurman63310 ай бұрын
The demo was especially helpful for this lesson. Much appreciated!
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@DDartlover888810 ай бұрын
Great tips. I was just thinking I need to improve my brushwork, this will help.
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful
@robhead2210 ай бұрын
What a great lesson. Much needed for me! Thank you!
@philstarke.artist9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@susanwong647110 ай бұрын
amazingly illustration and examples - thank you so much! would the approach be the same when doing a floral painting ?
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Thanks Susan, yes, using the background to shape up the flowers is very helpful, much easier to get subtle changes.
@henriquejanuario88110 ай бұрын
Great tips! Do I should wait the blocking layer dry before using this negative painting?
@normg224210 ай бұрын
I personally think - it depends on if you want the skyholes to be completely free from twigs and leaves and branches, then yes. But if your skyhole paint picks up some wet paint from the tree, it will look like there is still some more small stuff in the holes you paint, like twigs and leaves and stuff. So I would say - both ways work...
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
I don't wait for the first layer of paint to dry, it creates edges that are too hard. Make the second layer thicker so you can paint on top.
@henriquejanuario88110 ай бұрын
@@philstarke.artist Thanks!
@nrgisameer147310 ай бұрын
Thank u Sir , do mean by negative painting painting z sky first ! , sorry cos I have no idea about that , as I didn't study art before ..
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
I paint the clouds and sky separately then use the sky to cut into the clouds (or trees) to create better shapes.
@deaconseptember200210 ай бұрын
Phil: Can you paint in the negative shapes by doing wet over dry?
@philstarke.artist10 ай бұрын
Yes you can, the edges get harder so you have to use dry brush to soften the edges a bit.