Absolutely fabulous ideas! Trying to see the painting in black and white really saved a painting for me. Thank you!

Hello Painters :) I wanted to share my process when I'm not happy with a painting. I'll troubleshoot one of my own paintings and talk about my thoughts and the steps I take along the way. I hope you find this process useful and encouraging to see that even experienced artists, like me, make lots of paintings we really struggle with and that this is totally NORMAL :) Thanks for watching and have a lovely creative weekend :)

You’re simply great in your generosity to share your knowledge and techniques! I used to paint in oil abstracts in an art studio before the pandemic. Stopped for 3 years due to the pandemic. However, your videos have rekindled my interests in painting. The use of acrylics in a loose and somewhat abstract format have unleashed a different path for me. Many thanks!

@TheDanishPainter

Жыл бұрын

That’s great Thomas, welcome to the channel and happy painting 🎨☀️

Thank you so much, I'm trying your style of painting, (loose) and I wasn't happy with the skies in some of my paintings, I now know I can fix them up. cheers.

So, its like 1:30am and I'm trying to go to bed but this little trial painting I'm needing to get out of my head is driving me crazy :)😆 I got the basics down today, but, just not happy with it...so I knew I needed to go over this video again. So, hopefully I can sleep now knowing I have a plan for tomorrow.....or.......I won't sleep cuz I'll need to go mess with it now....aahahaHhahahahaha.... But, thanks again for these videos!!!🥰

@TheDanishPainter

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@jadedenthusiasms

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDanishPainter messed with it more, but just couldn't...so...trying again :) I keep rewatching your videos to get a feel for the contrast...because sky is my favorite thing...sky and ocean...but really want to work on sky. But they never look gorgeous like yours. :) but, I'll just keep at it, thats what the sketchbook is for :)🥰

Very helpful, I’ll check out the 4 I’m working on at the moment with the b&w technique. Thank you

This is great Anne Marie, never thought of trouble shooting my work, I normally just paint over my least favourite paintings. I really like the idea of using watercolour pencils too, you've shown what a difference they can make. Thank you.

Thanks so much!! Your advices ate very helpful ☺️

You offer such great practical advice, illustrated beautifully with how you work through it on your artwork. Many thanks 😊

This was awesome! I struggle with MANY things as I'm just slowly teaching myself.....and I definitely don't know all the terms...but this, values, I'm thinking is a big issue in my acrylics as well as watercolor. I think I get nervous when I hit a certain "doneness", you know, where it looks ok and could maybe be done but I know there's something just not right but then I get nervous to just go back over it in case I were to make it worse. But, the black & white photo is so smart!! And building up the courage to just go for it and learn by doing....I'm trying to build that courage...I'm not good at that, but, I'm trying...so I appreciate the help and learning so much from you and so many on this platform! I truly appreciate it!!

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

There is so much to learn and I don't think I will ever get to know it all where art is concerned. But you know just taking small steps in the right direction is progress. It seems to me that you are doing just fine. I think panting is hard because there is no ONE answer to what we do. There are so many paths we can go and decisions to make along the way. Thanks for coming back and looking at my videos and leaving comments. Wishing a good weekend. Best regards, Marie Louise

@jadetobin

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDanishPainter thank you Marie :) yea, painting, art in general, is so subjective with so many ways to do things that there aren't too many absolutes. But I do truly appreciate your videos because it definitely gives me good encouragement and good basics to build on. Plus, you're a joy to watch a your art is just so beautiful :) so thank you for that!! :)

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

You are so kind🥰

@jadetobin

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDanishPainter 🥰

Gorgeous

Thank you for this. It's always nice to know that paintings are never set in stone, that until they are varnished, we can fix and change as we see fit.

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly and that’s something we often forget in our eagerness to produce/finish a painting.

@louisbronson8980

2 жыл бұрын

i dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know a way to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me

Wow WOW!! YOU are incredibly helpful. AND Real!! I am getting Up... Have not painted for years. So, I am so Appreciative. Thank YOU.

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

I thank you so much for all your comments and for watching. It means so much to know that these videos really do reach others and are helpful. Thanks again!

I do take black n white print when I am painting it really does help 👍 Thank you

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

Yes its a very helpful tool isn’t it 😊👍

This was such a helpful tip. I will definitely take black and white photos to check values. Thank you so much

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome. I’m glad it was helpful 😊

So helpful! I love your videos! Would love to see you working on canvas

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Amantonio! Yes I also paint on canvas. I’d say it’s a 50/50 ratio. The work I make on canvas is much larger and take many weeks so I haven’t made a video on that yet. But it’s definitely something I would like to do in the future. Thanks so very much for your feedback and for watching 🎨☀️

Do you always paint on paper? Do you ever paint on canvas? Thank you for all the wonderful tips on improving your landscape painting. I have found them very helpful.

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michele. I also paint on canvas. I’d say it’s a 50/50 ratio. The work I make on canvas is much larger and take many weeks so I haven’t made a video on that yet. But it’s definitely something I would like to do in the future. Thanks so very much for your feedback and for watching. Have a lovely weekend🎨☀️

Very helpful and bold. An old art teacher told me in my first class... people often don't get the darks dark enough or the lights light enough. I try to keep this in mind. Please, what crayon are you using? I love your paintings and your videos are inspiring.

@TheDanishPainter

Жыл бұрын

I use a mix of different crayons and pencils - so just use what you already have on hand. My favorites are Neo Color II by Caran d'ache. Woody pencils by Stabilo.

What kind of style painting is this i love it!

How is your sketchbook not falling apart?! Whenever I paint in a book the page warps terribly. I guess the answer is thicker paper but in this video your paper doesn't seem all that thick. Great video as always 👍

@TheDanishPainter

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I should have gessoed the paper before starting...hadn't planned on that many layers initially. I tried many sketchbooks and the paper is really too thin most times for the way I treat it. My favorite sketchbook at the moment is Daler Rowney Ebony Sketchbooks. They are spiral bound and although the paper is only 160 gsm it holdt up to quite a bit of water and mixed media. Hope that helps :)

May i Ask which sketchbook/paper you are using ? /

@TheDanishPainter

2 жыл бұрын

It's called cartridge paper and 200gsm acid free sketchbook paper. Thanks for watching!

❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏👍👍😀

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

😃😃🙏🙏🎨🎨🎨

Do you gesso your paper or just dive in?

@TheDanishPainter

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a coat of gesso is always a good idea. Depending on the type of paper I use I just dive in.