Richard Robinson's Blog – November 2009 Archive (3)

Plein Air Oil Painting - Farm Road

2 Hours painting down Uretiti Road.

The Photo

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

Added by Richard Robinson on November 25, 2009 at 15:20 — 2 Comments

Painting the Beach

New Version - 2009

Old Version - 2004

Painted this commission today. It's a redo of a scene I've painted a few times - one of my… Continue

Added by Richard Robinson on November 13, 2009 at 17:54 — 5 Comments

Seeing Color, Painting Value

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

Added by Richard Robinson on November 10, 2009 at 13:25 — 5 Comments