Your Landscape Painting Will Not Work Without Doing This

In this video I go over one of the most important aspects of painting a landscape by showing highlights from a full landscape demonstration.
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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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[@anthonykoeslag]

7:44 - This is the moment I subscribed

[@carolfactor1865]

I love your plain talk about values and not getting all blown up about details before establishing these simple observations. Thanks for your videos.

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! I’m glad you like them

[@cherylhopkins5110]

Every video of yours I watch, I learn such valuable info. Thank you SO much.!

[@martimajor4766]

I love how sweet this landscape looks. And how sweetly tender you are with your dog.

[@leighhucker9]

Hi Chris, I live in NewZealand and really enjoy your clips. I find them incredibly useful as a process in painting and you are a born educator. Thank you very much for sharing your skills and knowledge.

[@lindaharden4831]

Looks exactly like my Lilly, who passed away last August. Thank you. Love your instruction.

[@triconcert]

That RODE microphone is very powerful! You SIr are awesome. Thanks for your pointers. I hope to be as prolific an artist as you!

[@whisperingleaves4157]

The dog being there all of a sudden, so cute 😄

[@vincentgiovannucci4048]

Chris, I’m addicted to your videos. When are you putting together a book? I’m sure it would sell.

[@kayfish7621]

I work mostly in portraiture, but appreciate landscape painting very much. Interesting to note the variety of styles in landscapes. Artist's like Jerry Yarnell are known (and quite successful) for taking a liner brush, and painting those minute details. Even after all these years of drawing, and painting, it's still frustrating to see "photo copier" artists receive more acknowledgement for their "ability", than those who can actually create original art. Ah well, happy painting!

[@paintcoach]

Many thanks!

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

Love that adorable pup. Oh,, yeah and thanks for the video. I always learn from you. Thank you Chris.

[@paintcoach]

Thanks 👍

[@sarahnewcombe4336]

wow, men with puppies... one of my new favorite things.

[@MichaelBrooksmsb400]

I believe it's same principles for the values of Trees, they get lighter the further away from foreground and Main point of Interest.

[@tissy327]

Lovely! So is Kinsey!

[@lucasmyint8140]

I often watch your instructions. They are very inspiring. Thanks.

[@scmcdougal8917]

Hey your videos are very helpful and I appreciate what you’re doing keep doing it thank you

[@Lorrieonline]

Love your explanation, Chris. Working up the nerve to paint again. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@lafortunato2894]

Your video was super helpful! I love how you guided us on how to Guide the eyes to the focal point.

[@laurasstudio]

Thank you so much for sharing. I am trying to find the courage to try a painting like this one.

[@paintcoach]

Go for it!

[@susanwong6471]

Another great utube instruction, short but pack with very informative know how - thank you so much ♥️- your channel is one of the best !!

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

Very good 6 synced information. The word is farther not further. Farther has to do with distance further has to do with ideas.

[@sallyfinch540]

Great video! Packed with spot-on tips and I love your kids.

[@0to100Art]

Your perspective on art is refreshing

[@pault2461]

Thanks for the instruction on values especially when you make an adjustment you have to remember to reflect it throughout the painting

[@sabihashaikh6180]

The best is coach that twinkle in your eye as you hail us for reaching the end of the video and asking us to pick up choices and deem it getting awkward. It s so hilarious. Thanks for all the tips.

[@shazlee100]

You have helped me heaps, thankyou so much!

[@pchabanowich]

Okay. I'm in. This is fabulous! Genius.💐

[@DanStratocaster1]

Thanks for your videos. Very helpful. I still suck at painting but..... your videos are a big boost.

[@marcyperrier7030]

That is a great idea to take your photos down to grey to study the values. thanks!

[@paintcoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@annfoster1980]

Working my way through your videos. Enjoying and learning so much. Thankyou

[@artsymie7231]

Thank you for those little advices, I'm binge watching your videos and I can't stop, help!

[@paintcoach]

I'm so glad!

[@LearningPleinAir]

GREAT explanations of color and values, love barn paintings...appreciate it thanks!

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

I *Think* the reason things start to get bluer the further away they are is because there are more air particles in the way of the object. Immagine you put a thin net over an image, you're can still pretty much see all of it but if you add more and more nets eventually they will overlap until the image is completely covered. that's basically how it is with air too you can see through most of the particles but some other gas particles like water vapor get in the way a few aren't even noticable but if you try to look through lots of air all those water vapor particles start to overlap in your sight until they block out everything behind them

[@lunaazul3000]

Thanks for this video, it was super explanatory and detailed. I learned so much from it! excellent teaching skills!

[@ashg6959]

I really want to learn to paint like this. I thought you had to be very detailed to have a good painting. This starts off as messy but turns into a beautiful picture, I’m amazed.

[@Out-to-Pastor]

Love your work. Thank you for the lesson

[@yolandalobban3015]

I love the way you teach. Very hwlpful!

[@Newlinjim]

You’re the best Chris.

[@debrahampton4992]

I love this coach. I have learned so much!

[@margehaiduc9096]

Love uour tutorials❤❤😊

[@MalvinaPrimerose]

This painting really worked well. Good colors too. I am just trying to remember some good american painters to compare to the europeans. Georgia O'Keef of course. Or may be Botero or Diego Rivera. And many others I just can not remember right now the names. It is definitely not a way european would do it. :) I guess one majour diference is that mostly everything, even the big shapes would be done with smaler strokes, but very fast, energetic and leave a lot of openings on the canvas " to breath". But I love what you do. And the way how you explain. Short, clear and to the point. :)

[@YourLocal_Egg]

literally, I learned from you! I'm good at art by you but I actually am learning in a class that I use all my knowledge about your videos my teachers teaching way sucks i dont even understand LOL thanks for teaching me or else i will be a noob in my art class

[@petraschultz7292]

I love your videos, so helpful ! I’m not copying a photo, I’m an artist !

[@kaiballington55]

Poor Kinsey got scared. Needed to be comforted. Great vid, as usual.

[@felipecoelho1936]

Your tips are so helpfull. Tks a lot

[@Paul1970]

Awesome tips and advice. Very helpful!

[@suneshchandra6807]

Im a huge fan of u from India

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! If I ever travel... if anyone ever travels...and I end up in India I'll hit you up!

[@suneshchandra6807]

@@paintcoach that's a pleasure

[@francescobonacorsi5778]

Grande Maestro

[@renatobfa]

👏👏👏 Great advice and painting

[@paintcoach]

Thanks so much 😊

[@dashonaubrey1321]

Here, looking to grow my surrealist/abstract landscapes.

[@BarBaraWhorleyCrawfordESS]

Wow. Thank you

[@shdwstrkrgaming]

dude, i colored apple, now I can literally paint. U sick!

[@shankarimanoj6938]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@katnic8030]

Hey Chris i loved this one! Thank you for the encouragement and all the fun tutorials! Do you have one on night sky with stars and moon?

[@elenaborowski2520]

Nice as usual. Thanks

[@kutchhuak6116]

My paint coach 👍🏻

[@HanieAbbasi]

So useful Thanks

[@ginnibrower596]

Great job.👍

[@40bdg]

Helpful as always! Thanks 👍

[@paintcoach]

Happy to help!

[@Radhaaisch]

Wahat software did you use to study the reference photo? Many thanks for wonderful videos. I am learning so much!

[@maggietattersfield2859]

Brilliant!

[@fereshmahta6113]

i painted! i like it!

[@ProfessorBraus]

Question. Does atmospheric perspective act as a "blue lens" that makes everything blue - or does it act as a turbid medium which causes darks to turn blue and whites to turn yellow? Meaning the snow in the sun should be more twinged yellow, and the snow in the shade should be more blue?

[@rlgarza205]

Good lesson...how did barn get lighter

[@zpitfiyer]

Very helpful advice.

[@paintcoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@randyshaves7956]

How long is you typical full length video tutorial? For instance, how long is this one?

[@BrianWilkesMedia]

Great instructional! What would you think of shifting all the buildings to the left, so that the center of their mass was at the 1/3 point rather than the 1/2 point? Wouldn't that accentuate the zig-zag composition of the hill. Just remembering art school rule (50 years ago!) that "dead center is dead".

[@leighfoulkes7297]

But isn't the door the center point and not the whole building? The door comes close to the 1/3 rule.

[@pegleg2959]

@@leighfoulkes7297 I agree

[@shellycristiani5339]

Hi Chris. Thanks so much for your incredible videos and paintings. I particularly like this old barn with the mountains in the background. Do you ever sell your work? ?? I couldn't find any listing for them.

[@paintcoach]

Shelly Cristiani yes I do! If you wanted to buy that one you can message me on Instagram @forza43

[@swatim5848]

Very helpful video. What brand and size brush have you used here in this video?

[@ReedJ26]

Do you prime your canvases with any gesso before the wash or is the wash the first thing you do?

[@wiadomosci1]

What do you think about Photoshopping a color landscape photo giving it an 'oil painting' look, then working from that to do a real oil painting?

[@artsymie7231]

how you do that?

[@paintcoach]

I do that all the time with the dry brush filter

[@TheBuldog2000]

Thundershower 🤭🌩

[@jamestierney7123]

Wow Chris great find for me! Excellent teaching,very succinct thanks 🙏🏼 How do you become a Patreon? What is the cost?

[@paintcoach]

Thanks! You can check out my Patreon at www.patreon.com/paintcoach I have 4 levels but the basic one is only five bucks a month. Happy Painting!

[@fereshmahta6113]

sometimes i change the colors or add people or animals to the reference picture.

[@khadijatahir129]

What are the colors used?

[@aylinkwksksksks]

can you publish a book? i would definitely buy it

[@celticpridedrums]

easier to lighten , than to darken?

[@sheliawilliams5467]

What oil color can be used to lighten black . (I don't use white though) Thanks

[@tsmith235]

❤️👍

[@ryanrozwadowski8708]

What is Portnoy-PSD??

[@sunriseboy4837]

Millions 'paint' but very, very few can draw.

[@kf4hnf]

Hi Chris I thought your stomach was growling. Thanks for the video. Lawrence

[@cinderblockstudios]

So much great advice here but I have to completely disagree about your focal point. The roof of the barn's side shack has the most contrast and the flow of the piece all leads there, NOT to the window through the doorway. It's larger and all the lines lean toward it. Not sure where you got the photo but there's a lot wrong with the composition if the window was supposed to be the focal point. If nothing else the rule of thirds makes this a bad composition from the start. I think your students might struggle trying to make such a small detail the focal point for a piece like this as would I as a professional. Light next to dark doesn't dictate the focal point line and shape play a part too (but I'm sure you know that)...with all the awesome advice you gave regarding the painting process I was shocked to see you overlook something like that.

[@isabella-zx2dc]

i love your channel and always recommend it, but why the click bait-y title? it makes me feel like I'm inherently doing something wrong

[@paintcoach]

Hahaha I got a little carried away

[@honeygirlsapiary]

Are there any color mixing exercises I can do to learn my paint and how they mix together? Can this only be done once I am set on a certain brand and really learn that brand’s colors well? I seem to be randomly mixing in more yellow, that didn’t work, how about red, whoa tooooo much, a little blue? I always end up with an entire tube or more of extra paint on my palette and have the most difficult time mixing colors for what I want. To the point that I’m planning to buy a color mixing book of some sort. A non-painting type exercise...like not trying to paint a subject...just straight up getting to know how to mix colors lighter, darker, different values and shades of red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, earthy colors...thanks!! Is this stuff in your monthly patreon subscription? Just looking for answers :) I cannot seem to get this painting thing in order lolol! Thanks!

[@paintcoach]

I wouldn't worry about what brand of paint. Especially if you say you end up with a lot of left over paint from mixing. I recommend sticking to the primaries and white. Ultramarine Blue, Crimson, Cad Lemon, and Titanium white. Any other colors act as short cuts but you have to get a handle on the primaries first. Understanding the primaries very well will give you a strong instinct with color. I painted with just the primaries for years and now I don't even think when I am mixing. I instinctually just think does it need more blue, yellow, red, or white? An example of how the short cut colors work: say you want to match a green in trees which is a natural earth green. If you mix blue and yellow you get green but it's too vibrant. So you mix in some red to desaturate or muddy it a bit. Well if you have yellow ochre on your palette which is a desaturated yellow you could mix that with blue and be a lot closer to your earth green because you used a less vibrant yellow. I hope this all makes sense. I don't have any exercises like this on my Patreon but maybe I will add a tier for that.

[@honeygirlsapiary]

Paint Coach I am ordering more paint friday, will get only primaries you recommended and go from there. Thanks!

[@denigallant461]

And in the meantime, when you start to have too much paint on your palette, you could try taking a scoop of that to a clean spot, and add your mixing in colours to the smaller amount, you will be able to add less, it’s easier to get the mixing to work with less base paint. Careful when adding the blue, just a bit at a time, it’s powerful. I hope that helps.

[@iCharlesT]

I also recommend using paint diluted with medium (e.g linseed oil). That way your paint is thinner, you can use less, but still understand how mixing works. But judging from when you posted it, hopefully you already made some considerable progress!

[@honeygirlsapiary]

@@iCharlesT thanks for the reply, I don’t get to paint much but yes I have made some improvements...still getting used to maneuvering the paint around...especially when it gets all thick and gooey!

[@maarit971]

Me, at 19: "i'Ll oNlY lIsTeN tO aDvIcE fRoM pEoPle LiKe Me" Me, a 30 year old woman: "SHUT UP, the TSN painter guy is talking and I missed what he said about depth"

[@sebastianschmetterling4767]

Your videos are super helpful and really enjoyable to watch. You’re hot too so that is a bonus.Thank you 😀💕

[@urflofit2010]

Yeah...puppy got scared

[@larryeiler9281]

How many more billions of Mint Mobile ads must we be subjected to on You Tube? I would never buy their product after all these intrusions

[@sarahdubois2386]

real men paint and have dogs!

[@mikel4510]

Why is this in the search results for "how to paint landscapes digitally"? Fail

[@nicklewis9203]

Same rules can apply

[@mikel4510]

@@nicklewis9203 First phrase in the video, "I'm not going to say there are ruuuules...." Boy, did they see you coming! 🤣🤣

[@davemalt2451]

I enjoyed this tutorial Chris. Learned heaps in a short time.😎🇦🇺🦘

[@PegaGunawan]

Thank you 👍👍👍