Enjoyed doing this yesterday. Trying to get my head around colour and value, knocking the value back so I can keep the saturation high. Very interesting.…
Oil on Canvas. 114x38cm.
Pretty happy with this one - achieved a good glowing effect and managed to keep it all fairly loose despite all the detail.
Live Online Lessons
I'm still working on getting my live online lessons going, but in the meantime have a look at the live lessons of American… Continue
Finished! Took me about half a day to get the face where I wanted it - turned out to be the trickiest bit, not just because it was a face, but because I was trying to achieve the likeness of my Father and still retain the expression in the broad brushstrokes in such a small area, which meant I had to have the big strokes… Continue
Here's a commission I'm working on at the moment. The size is 36x64". It's based on a previous painting here: http://www.newzealandartist.com/z343.htm
It's for the main foyer of the Cancer Society. They would have purchased the 'Footsteps' painting but thought the boy… Continue
It occurred to me that a lot of folks reading my blog might not know much about where I live. I found this video on youtube and couldn't resist showing off a bit - it's a pretty cool place, however I'm not skiing, swimming with whales and doing the Maori haka (war dance) every day - only on friday's when we all take our pet sheep over to the Shire and have a barn raising with the… Continue
"We Gotta Get Outta This Place..." 12"x12" original oil on panel.
Well, I don't know if I will keep doing this, but let's just see where it goes. I've been very inspired by some of the 'Daily Painters' you can find on the web. It's a great opportunity to hone my skills on little studies and also let people purchase… Continue
It took a couple hundred hours of development, field testing and incorporating suggestions from over 50 other artists from around the world, but it's finally finished, and it is… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on February 15, 2009 at 8:30 —
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Finally a waterlilies study I'm not completely disgusted with! It's tough going because it's not my usual subject and I've been studying Monet's techniques which is a whole new ball game PLUS I'm working with new water mixable oil paints which don't behave like my normal paints. I've been… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on February 11, 2009 at 14:26 —
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What I beautiful day we just had! It could not have been more perfect at Langs Beach today. Just have a look at the video to see for yourself. Unfortunately not as many painters showed up as I had hoped - I will have to give you all more notice next time I do this.… Continue
From the onsite painting sketch, then the studio study, now I'm designing the finished painting. I've been studying Monet's Water Lilly series at the same time as I have been building the next MasterClass lesson on colour and building 'The Ultimate Artist's Tool'. The new things I am learning from my studies are starting to… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on January 22, 2009 at 16:30 —
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Finally managed to get this file small enough for download which means you can get it for $15 now instead of the $35 for the dvd. Lots of info in this one - it's 60 minutes long - twice the length of the previous lessons. Haven't heard any feedback on this lesson yet because it's so new. Would you like to be the first to comment?… Continue
I was out sailing on the Pacific yesterday dwelling on the subject of passion. If passion is the wind that fills your sails and gets you moving, inspiration is the rudder which uses that power in a useful direction. Without direction to our passion it's easy to just sail around in circles. Here's some tips on finding inspiration:
1. Re-evaluate. Look at your latest works and notes to see where you have come to and try to recapture your previous notions of where you were… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on January 14, 2009 at 9:07 —
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Today the poetry went on painstakingly slowly with a tiny brush, I played with the inset sunset photo - adding deeper glazes and some layers of complementary colours to enrich it's palette and darken it at the same time. A hawk and a few other little details went in as well (a skink on the cabbage tree trunk and a tui in the… Continue
Painted the two insert paintings and the dead tree in the foreground today. I always enjoy these little paintings as they're so quick to make and alter you can play with ideas much more easily than with a large piece. I might yet glaze over the sunrise painting when it is dry to tone it down a bit, but will wait till the poetry is painted on before I make that decision. The other little painting was a real joy to paint as I again took my artistic… Continue
Everything went pretty smoothly on this today - no major hickups and it all just seemed to flow off the brush. It’s a real joy when that happens - decisions are made easily and instinctively and there seems to be a cooperation between the me and painting rather than a struggle. I guess in this case it comes from completing the left hand for-ground section in the previous session and learning from that work how I could easily achieve what I… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on December 29, 2008 at 22:30 —
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