B.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l! Love the way you use a seemingly very boring picture to layout the basic structure but make it such a vibrant and colorful painting. The color harmony is mesmerizing. 😄

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm getting to like the result more 😊

A lovely painting. An inspiring tutorial. Your use of color is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

@MalcolmDewey

Ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Thank you for talking about the emotional feelings regarding if your work will be liked and accepted! It is the challenge! I on purpose post my paintings on my Facebook- to overcome this! And to my surprise a painting I didn’t like was my first one I sold! Thanks again ! Very informative teachings!

@MalcolmDewey

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. Well done on showing your work - it takes courage.

Wow! When I saw the reference photo I was wondering how you could make a good looking paintings with not much to work with. The end results was AWESOME!!!

Hi there like everyone else I’m so impressed with how you take what’s seems like a lifeless, colourless reference and make it into something beautiful. From my learning so far, I’ve got hung up on centres of interest, but I’m going to discard that idea totally. Choosing/deciding a reference should be so much easier now. I think the main thing to look for is the light dark contrast. That’s what I’m taking away from yourself. Now, I can’t wait to try out a Boring bush and drab hillside. Wish me luck😊

@MalcolmDewey

11 күн бұрын

Exactly, finding the beauty in the everyday is a joy

Such beautiful work and great video. This is the first one I’ve watched of yours. I wasn’t sure where you were going to go with the painting and I like your use of color. Thank you for doing this!

@MalcolmDewey

9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love your way to simplify a very ordinary photo into a very painterly loose painting, also your way of using colours

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Beautiful to see how much Color value control exists. Thank YOU MUCH

Thankyou for these wonderful videos. I am trying to break away from realistic paintings and now with your amazing lessons I am confident I can paint in a looser style. 😊 Liz

@MalcolmDewey

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

Dear Malcolm. Stunning. My breath stopped when I saw the finished work. God bless you.

Thank you sharing the key! It all makes so much sense now. Rewatching.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

It's a pleasure, Thank you

@sueharper1976

11 күн бұрын

Me too👍🏼

I love it that you mentioned Thoreau.

What a vibrant lively painting! You make it look simple but there's a lot - a great lot - of experience in there. I know because I sweat to emulate.

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jacques - I'm happy you enjoyed it.

Wonderful! I can watch you for hours simplifying "mundane" photos and turning them into fantastic paintings. I just wish it will really click with me one day! Everytime I start a new painting I try to follow your instructions, just to get bogged down into details soon after again!

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀 it will happen little by little.

@mrsmikster

2 жыл бұрын

Me too Sophie 😁 I’m new to painting and need to loosen up a bit! I have bought one of Malcolm’s courses so hopefully get there in the end.

Great explanation and example Malcolm. When i first started painting my goal was to try and get it as close to a photo as possible(realism) but that is just boring and i have totally moved away from that. The work by Tibor Nagy just blows me away. You want the viewer to work things out what they are seeing by using cool and warm colours , small and big shapes, light and dark values etc to make it much more interesting.

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I am also a fan of Tibor Nagy. Also look up contemporary Russian impressionists - some amazing work.

Such a beautiful painting from such a simple reference photo! You’re very talented 😊

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Polly!

Thank you Malcolm.This is a much needed subject- how to simplify. Yet I love some details in some area at least.

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes some details finish it off. Aim to suggest details too. Our mind likes to fill in the missing pieces.

Wonderful! I've always been daunted by my own slavish devotion to realism, while in the end I was never satisfied by the work I produced and I finally quit painting completely. But NOW I find all these amazing artists who paint so freely, and watching you today, I'm going to pick up my brushes and begin again. Thank you!

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! made my day!

This 10:15 was very helpful. Adding the purples and blues when I would have used greens is liberating for my paintings.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Glad that helped - its the Impressionists who came up with that idea.

Your paining is more beautiful than the photo! I love your work. Cheers from US 🙂

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Absolutely wonderful!!!

@MalcolmDewey

10 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Lovely video. I shall keep practising!! Thank you Malcolm.

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Pleasure, thank you

Brilliant colors! Love the expression and personal vision! Inspiring!

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

gosh it's lovely, the picture turned out dull next to the painting, i learned so much, thank you

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you. An amazing demo!

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

So glad, thanks Margaret.

Thank you for making this video, definitely will help me to paint more loosely. I appreciate your style and pace.

@MalcolmDewey

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent lesson!! Especially for me! Thank you!

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for taking us through the steps.

@MalcolmDewey

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Simple. Amazing what you did.

@MalcolmDewey

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very, very nice this simplest possible, delightfully fresh, highly educational sketch. And so fast ! Love it.

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Simplified truly a fine piece Flint

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Stunning painting, small, modest, yet incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing Malcolm. The true is that you opened my eyes wider today. I am deeply grateful for that

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

You made my day! Thank you

Love the texture created by thick paint. I need to be more generous with my paint!

@MalcolmDewey

5 ай бұрын

always good to add more paint 😄

Wonderful demonstration of loose and colorful painting. thank you, beautiful.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks for your demonstration. Simplicity but powerful expressive painting.

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just discovered your channel. This video is extremely informative, telling us what we need to know without being too long and drawn out. I needed this exact lesson right now. Thank you.

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, glad it helped.

I enjoyed this demonstration.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you very much.

Quel talent et connaissances des couleurs , mdrci de partager vos connaissances et votre professionnalisme .

Wonderful. Thank you!

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Its beautiful.. thanks

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too

Love it! Merci.

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Wonderful. Thank you 😊

@MalcolmDewey

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

that is beautiful

Lovely and Inspiring.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Margaret

Nice!

Love it. Thk u

Loved how you opened with Henry Thoreau quote, it's so true, I've been trying to weed out all the unneeded junk in my life, both literally and metaphorically, I just want a simple life with a more minimalist approach. And as far simplying a landscape, this is something I continue to struggle with. I either do too much detail, or end up with something that resembles a finger-painting. Not always, but enough times to be unsure of myself everytime I go to paint. You honestly couldn't cover this concept enough as far as I'm concerned. I guess I have a hard time keeping it simple but also giving it some depth and form that brings it to life. The last painting I did, I was about to throw in the towel, but then I started adding subtle variances of color, without disrupting the values in the composition, and that seemed to help a great deal. Thank you for covering this deeply complex subject, please feel free to do as many more as you like!

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

It is a trial and error process so keep on painting. When it clicks you will be thankful you persisted :) Do you use the notan approach to get big shapes and values worked out first?

Amazing work🙏

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing work

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Wow! I would love to know how to apply this to Watercolor.

Very enjoyable 🙂

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I like these paintings and videos and think you have good taste. Don’t agree that this style is inherently any more charming than other styles though

Malcolm - I would have never guessed the simple photo could be transformed into such a lovely painting. I would appreciate your sharing your use of mediums. Did you use one in the early stages, or did you simply thin out your paint with a Gamsol-type product? Thank you!!

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks. Correct - a little white spirits at the beginning, but no mediums thereafter.

this is amazing

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I lllllove your videos and demos, the shapes simplifying gives me a huge step forward in my paintings, so, thanks a million, sir - and please keep doing what you do. Best wishes from Ukraine!

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you for watching.

Congrats MD, your painting = way better then the original , rather uninteresting-looking photo. Thát seems to me the real thing about good, genuine painting: think painting, not being 'carried away' by an , at first sight, nice looking or (in this case) rather not so nice looking photo ... See the purely painterly possibilities in an image, find a 'motif' that really works ... things like this Thank you MD

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That is good to hear, because it is the expression of the artist that must transform the scene.

Malcolm that is very nice! I can see the background as sky and the white area as horizon.

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you, between yellow lemon and cadmium yellow deep, which is best used for depiction of light in impressionism?

I need to simplify my paintings...thank you sir..you help me. John from India 🇮🇳

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

It's a pleasure John

@sujithjohn4393

2 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmDewey i am trying to join a master artist

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

@@sujithjohn4393 you can join on my school site too. Look for Artists Live Channel.

Wow! Beautiful! From looking at the photo, I thought it would be a boring painting but I love it!

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that!

Hi Malcolm - first time watching you work - beautiful painting that emerged! Thank you. Forgive me for asking but what is the 'notan' approach that you refer to in a response to a comment from Matthew Ressler 5 comments further down the page?

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Notan is a Japanese word which essentially means a painting of mass shapes. I have a free short course on this if you want to learn more on it www.malcolmdeweyfineart.com/painting-secrets.html

How the heck you do that I don't know. I would be going about it completely differently and getting bogged down in trying to make it realistic. And yet, your end result does look realistic!

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Linda. Just paint shapes and hope it makes sense at the end 😀

Beautiful. I tried using these types of strokes with thick paint. I looks great but there is so much glare it's hard to as I build up to the finish, is it my lighting? I've tried many different lighting angles and bulb types.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

It's the lighting set up. Too bright, too close probably.

This is a gorgeous painting and such a helpful demo thank you. I’m neurodivergent and struggle with being too literal, but I so much want to paint like this. I can easily understand the technical aspect but do your eyes and brain “see” the finished painting before your start actually painting? Maybe imagine is the right word? How did you decide to just do the two bushes and not four? How did you decide not to include the posts? I don’t see the blue reflective light in the original photo that was included in the finished painting, is that something you added from imagination or am I missing it in the photo? I wish I could understand, any insight would be helpful please

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - your questions are good ones, but could not possibly be answered in detail here. Composition, color temperature, expressive emotions, instinct - so much comes into play. Yes a lot of study of past artists, practice and a sense of fun too. You can find paintings that appeal to you and use them as a guide. Also use a big brush and tools that make BIG marks. Be messy - its okay to explore.

@rebanelson607

2 жыл бұрын

I'm neurodivergent also. I would advise you to KEEP PAINTNG. It took a while for me but i'm gradually developing my own way of painting what I see. Everything worth doing requires intentional practice, refinement, correction and courage and recognizing improvement. Try to paint as often as you can. That made the difference for me. Best wishes!

superlative beauty.

@MalcolmDewey

Жыл бұрын

Too kind 😊

4:45 how do you get the thick color in the foreground? Is this a different color/tube, or just the way you put it on with the brush?

@MalcolmDewey

7 ай бұрын

It is brushwork. All the paints are the same.

I love the colors you use here but how did you know to use the reds and blues when they are not in the reference? I love it but I don't understand how you got there.

@MalcolmDewey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The short answer is that blue is the color of shadow on a sunny day. The reds balance out the greens. They are also rich and warm but dark enough for shadows.

@stevehaycraft1901

2 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmDewey thank you! I'll keep trying!

Tirar a legenda que tampa a pintura

Thank you for simplefing easier to under stand, your sub titles are blocking when you are painting

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, the sub titles are KZread's

Great work. What's real painting time?

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. About 40 minutes.

@sameehakhaliq8327

4 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmDewey and how much time do you think shall I give for plien air painting? I mean generally

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

@@sameehakhaliq8327 Anything up to an hour. The scene changes a lot.

@sameehakhaliq8327

4 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmDewey but I get intimidated at times when outside. And get all values sane in the end. How to overcome and divide into steps?

@MalcolmDewey

4 жыл бұрын

@@sameehakhaliq8327 Start with knowing your process from sketch to blocking in very well. Practice in the studio. Then paint where you are comfortable. Even looking out of a window is plein air painting. I have a free guide on Amazon too: amzn.to/2orKxyy

hello Malcolm. I'm curious - is (a) the painting purely for demonstration ? (b) did you intend to sell it? (c) if yes to (b) how popular are your loose , abstract(ish) pieces of art? I need to consume at least a 1/2 bottle of Jack Daniels No7 AND be in a hurry to get to an important appointment , to get anywhere loose with a paint brush. I always end up painting too tight and end up somewhat disappointed in my work. thanks for your tutorials

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

😊 it is sold. There is a market for any style so you have to do what makes you happiest. Then your painting will improve and you will be happy and successful.

@nakedanunnaki4432

3 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmDewey hello Malcolm , thanks for your reply , I appreciate. My eyes are red and swollen. every time i watch you do a loose piece, i burst in tears to and cry all over my easel and blank canvas. you make it look so damned easy. You give me hope boet (re market for any style). I want to try get some of my stuff sold so that i can buy and replace materials used. (in my opinion , art materials are unrealistically costly . Not much one can do re costs. One last last Q: are you situated in Knysna. kind regards Brian

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

@@nakedanunnaki4432 No, E Cape. 👍

“Thick juicy paint” 😛

thakyou for sharing the video but you must make the text small size and not cover the screen!

@MalcolmDewey

3 жыл бұрын

That's KZread unfortunately. I just paint.