Richard Robinson's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

Mastering Color Chapter 3

I'm on a roll! Shortly after completing chapter 2 last week I had a wee accident on my scooter. I had been intending to do some paintings for a local exhibition, but I found I couldn't hold a paintbrush at all, but I could still push a mouse, so I got to work on chapter 3 of the Mastering Color course.

All done now, ready for download here:… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 18, 2009 at 14:30 — No Comments

Mastering Color Chapter 2!

Get it here: www.livepaintinglessons.com/colour.php

For all of you who've been waiting for me to get moving on this color video lesson, my sincere apologies that it's taken me so long to get around to it. A big part of the problem is that I keep learning new stuff about color, so at… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 7, 2009 at 14:00 — 3 Comments

How to paint footprints in sand?

Summer Lacey asked me how to paint those little indents and footprints in the sand.

Here's some of what I wrote back...

I had someone who sent me a link to this viewing software: http://www.prvsoft.com/movie-player.html

This allows you to slow down some of the detail painting in the sand in my… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 6, 2009 at 10:44 — 8 Comments

Summer - 30x30" Oil on Canvas

Just finished this one. Tried to really push the colour and brushwork and spent a lot of time trying to get the infused light effect of the sky pushing past the edges of the Pohutukawa tree. To do that I painted a pure blue layer first blocking in the shapes, then a darker layer just inside that one, painted the sky into… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on October 1, 2009 at 17:28 — 4 Comments