One of our painting members Brandon Nixon is going great with the Mastering Color course - he's going the whole hog, making his own color cubes and everything. When he sent me this video he made about what he's doing with the course I was really chuffed - it's like being featured on tv he's done such a good job of it.
My first oil painting at age 14 - "Crap no.1" - 6x8"
Thought you might like to see this and be encouraged - I often wonder how great artist's first paintings looked. I'm not saying I'm a great artist, but I can certainly see the improvement that practice has made. This painting was made from copying an old black and… Continue
Hi All, just got this interesting question from Robin in Hawaii...
Hi, I just ordered your cd's and I am very excited. I have been painting for about 12 years and I am still trying to get that glow of light. Do you under paint your canvas? What color and do you leave an area white where you want the light? Thanks for your time.
Aloha, Robin… Continue
It's what I've been asking myself for over a year now working on this Mastering Color course. Well I feel like it's all coming together in the latest chapter I've just finished - Chapter 5 "Mixing Color".
I'm always a bit nervous when I release a new lesson - never sure if it's going to be… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on December 14, 2009 at 14:18 —
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Hi Richard, truly I have no doubts whatsoever, your style of painting is fresh, it is extremely good, it is expiring. I like the way you paint. Every stroke of paint your brush leaves on the canvas, is a soothing experience in the eyes of the viewer. Yes, I personally think that you are far the best talented artist and teacher of this century. I have been very privileged to have known you. Your life's mission is to touch more and more people in seeing the beauty that lay around us. May the Lord… Continue
Started getting cabin fever working in the studio today so I jumped in the car with my paints and headed down the road looking for a likely painting spot. First thing you notice when you do this is that the landscape… Continue
Chapter 4 "Value" of the Mastering Color course is ready to go. I've spent a long time whittling this down to it's absolute core. There's just so much you could do here to learn about value, it was a matter of choosing the most powerful methods out of the bunch and putting that across in the best way. Most of the learning is about exploring it yourself, once I give… Continue
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.
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
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
Here's another working through of the style concept I mentioned in the previous post - allowing loose brushwork to be made real by the finer detail in the painting. It's also about making my painting stand by itself instead of relying on the viewer's knowledge of a specific place to carry the work. In other words I'm trying to… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on September 30, 2009 at 9:00 —
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Painted this in one day back at the studio from a photo in Queenstown - had to clamber down a muddy bank to get this shot, but well worth it. I was following an idea I've continued to be intrigued by; letting loose brushwork be defined and made real by the contrast of seemingly fine detail. Also… Continue
Back from painter's paradise in Queenstown, lower south island of New Zealand. Still one of my favorite places in the world - awe-inspiring, magnificent, grandiose, and WOW! are a few words that spring to mind. I can see why so many painter's move down here to live -… Continue
Here are my latest paintings. My goal was to paint these in one day. One was painted in 6 hours and the other was in 5 hours, 50 minutes.
Peyto Lake
Mountain in Clouds
Added by John Hunter on September 11, 2009 at 12:13 —
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Here's a painting I finished yesterday of Paradise Valley in the South Island. I was trying to give it a lot more drama than the calm scene in the photograph, so spent a bit of time trying to achieve a glowing look in the river and a wilder atmospheric effect in the… Continue
Here's an email I answered recently - thought it might help some other folks out if I showed you my reply to John's questions....
The question...
"Hi Richard, attached is a painting that is the view out my bedroom window. I mixed the colors to match what is really seen. Much better than from… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on August 25, 2009 at 10:35 —
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Well that was fun! 7 Nights in Rarotonga with my goodly wife and 5 friends. In case you're wondering, yes I did take my paints - lugged my big outdoor painting easil over there with me - don't know what everyone else had in their backpacks - mine was chocka! BUT, I didn't do any painting! I guess I could have made time for it but we seemed to be pretty busy most of the time - spent 4 days learning how to scuba dive and the rest of the time… Continue
But we'll be back. :-) Going to Rarotonga for a week's holiday (leaving the kiddies with Grandma) and heading off in a Boeing heat-seeking airplane to soak up some vitamin D. It's winter here in New Zealand at the moment - a good cold one too.
Helen (my wife) and I are going to do a scuba diving course while we're there and get our diving tickets. Am debating whether or not to take my paints with me. Umming and ahhing about that. Got a… Continue
Added by Richard Robinson on August 5, 2009 at 13:29 —
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