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Clouds over Laniakea

"Clouds over Laniakea" 11x14" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 29, 2012 at 15:11 — 5 Comments

Cropping for success

"Pounders" 10x20" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

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Hi guys, yesterday I relearned a good lesson about cropping a…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 27, 2012 at 6:33 — 8 Comments

Haleiwa, Epilogue

"Haleiwa, Epilogue" 9x12" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

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Went for a brief surf this morning and got out in time to paint with Mark Brown again in Haleiwa. The light continues to amaze me here - it's so strong it bounces the colour around everywhere making for vibrant shadows and strong warm…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 18, 2012 at 15:19 — 3 Comments

Lost in Paradise II

"Lost in Paradise II" 10x8" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

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Painted this colourful little one today working from the one I did yesterday. I wanted to see how vibrant I could make the colour. There's a fine line between colourful and gawdy and everyone draws that…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 16, 2012 at 15:35 — 4 Comments

Lost in Paradise

"Lost in Paradise" 12 x 16" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

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Not sure of the name of this beach but…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 15, 2012 at 10:30 — 5 Comments

Painting in Haleiwa

"Haleiwa" 11x14" Oil on Canvasboard by Richard Robinson

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Hi guys, spent the morning painting in Haleiwa - the local village. Got so far with this one and had to pack up because the sun hit my spot after about 4 hours so I went home and added the…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 11, 2012 at 18:07 — 6 Comments

Painting at Makapu'u Point

"Makapu'u Point" 11x14" oil on canvas by Richard Robinson

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We drove an hour to the other extreme of the island this morning to paint with Mark Brown and a few others at…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 10, 2012 at 16:28 — 6 Comments

Painting in Hawaii!!!

"Painting Mark Brown" 10x8" Oil on Canvasboard



Finally got to paint today! As usually happens I flew into the first painting back with…

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Added by Richard Robinson on August 9, 2012 at 13:42 — No Comments

Selling Prints of your paintings

 

Hi guys, if you're interested in learning about selling prints of your paintings

online using a print on demand service just click here: Selling Prints

 

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Added by Richard Robinson on July 22, 2012 at 15:28 — No Comments

Chickens in Paradise

"Chicken in Paradise" 11x11" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson.

Painted this yesterday. Hope you like this one guys as it's the subject of our next workshop which will begin on the 1st of July.

Had a day snowed in here with no power. Heaps of big fololopy…

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Added by Richard Robinson on June 26, 2012 at 21:18 — 5 Comments

Painting Glenorchy Boat Shed

"Glenorchy Boat Shed" 12x12" oil on canvas

Photoshopped - spot the one difference. Is it better?…

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Added by Richard Robinson on June 24, 2012 at 19:23 — 8 Comments

We won!

"Norwester, Glenorchy" by Richard Robinson

"Glenorchy Norwester" Oil on Canvas by John Crump…

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Added by Richard Robinson on June 23, 2012 at 10:00 — 14 Comments

Painting in the South Island

"Rees Riverbed" 11x11" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

Back again to the beautiful South Island of New Zealand with my good friend John Crump. This first day's…

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Added by Richard Robinson on June 21, 2012 at 17:48 — 5 Comments

Contre-jour Painting

"Morning, Waipu River" 12x9" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

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Got out painting again this morning in the crisp winter air and painted this, one of my favorite local scenes just 5 minutes drive from my house. In the background is our…

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Added by Richard Robinson on June 11, 2012 at 12:30 — 2 Comments

Learning from Monet

"Sunrise, Grand Canyon" 24x30" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

Hi guys, been slogging away on this one for 2 weeks now - not my usual method. I prefer to get a painting done in one session if possible but I really wanted to push myself on this one. I got done with the first blockin of all the major colours and felt that there was a huge problem with…

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Added by Richard Robinson on May 17, 2012 at 13:30 — 38 Comments

American Adventure Video

Hi guys, I'm in transit at the moment - stuck in Melbourne Australia because my plane to New Zealand got cancelled due to fog. Such is life. Thought I'd use the spare time to make this highlights video for you of my adventures in the US. I apologise for the shaky camera - it's all shot on the iphone because I didn't want to take my proper video camera with me. Still, there are some great memories in there.

Really looking forward to getting…

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Added by Richard Robinson on April 22, 2012 at 11:31 — 9 Comments

THE GRAND CANYON!!!

The adventure continues…

I survived the 5 hour drive from Vegas to the Grand Canyon. Not much to say about that big old barren landscape except that I really wouldn't want to be doing it on a horse. Stopped off at Hoover Dam which was a pretty awesome testament to human engineering.…

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Added by Richard Robinson on April 19, 2012 at 14:22 — 7 Comments

Leaving Las Vegas

"Painting at Bonnie Springs" 10x8" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

Today was the last day of the Plein Air Painting Conference in Las Vegas. We all painted at…

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Added by Richard Robinson on April 16, 2012 at 14:00 — 7 Comments

Second day painting in Vegas

"Red Rock Canyon" 10x8" Oil on Canvasboard by Richard Robinson

The scene. Again, being close to tall mountains their shadows move very quickly so it was important to get the blockin done as quickly as possible...…

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Added by Richard Robinson on April 12, 2012 at 12:41 — 9 Comments

PAINTING in Vegas!

"Mt Wilson, Las Vegas" 10x8" Oil on Canvasboard.

FINALLY got my baggage from the airline with all my paints and easel safe and sound. God bless the GPS. I will write a ballad and a sonnet for the GPS when I get some spare…

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Added by Richard Robinson on April 11, 2012 at 15:51 — 3 Comments

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