Hey there, I'm a signature member of the Oil Painters of America and it's here where I share practical tips and techniques about making art and the supplies I use. I sometimes talk about the business side of art. I've been making my living through my art for the last 35 years and I'd like to share what I've learned along the way about what works for me and what doesn't. If you love painting, drawing, or making art and you want to get better and think you can use a little guidance, or inspiration, then you've come to the right place. I don't know everything, obviously. But I do my best to answer any questions you have for me in the comments section, and if I don't know the answer, there's a good chance someone else here who reads your question will.
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Thank you so much for this lesson! I am an artist who can get true likeness, but I've always painted strictly to the lines and couldn't get that softness I see in other paintings! This has been a great help! I love your realism as well, and your subject matter. I have written to you before and I wanted to find you again, especially for lessons online. Thank you!
Works well --bin using grid for last 50years ----painting wildlife from fotos !
That’s the thing…. When to stop! 😜
Your videos make me smile. Love your sense of humour and ease even when accidents happen. 😃
I just bought my first fountain pen. I say first because I know this will be an obsession. I bought a Kaweco Brass Sport and love it and I love doing sketches using water afterwards. It’s so fun, no colour mixing. Easy to take with me too. Love your videos!
OH NO! And down the rabbit hole you go... or should I say down the fountain pen hole!?! Go get 'em @birbtunes and thanks so much for watching. Draw on!!
What kind of paper is that you are using to sketch on, I draw on the canvas and sometimes I have to use an eraser on the canvas and it looks messy before I paint it.
this is a bit of an old video but PLEASE I NEED HELP!! i can't get my pen to work, it won't turn on at all! there's literally no power button 😭 it works when plugged in with the USB charging cable, but if i unplug it (even at the white light, full battery) then it doesn't stay on and i cannot figure out how to turn it on because again there's no power button!!! please help me 😭😭
Have you gotten in touch with their customer service? That'd be my first step! Good luck
Hi, if for example some drips of ink fall on a table, on the floor, on a thirt or other objects, is it possible to clean it and how? There is difference in between inks about easy to clean? I mean if I can permanently damage objects around home. Thx 🙏
Do you have tutorials on composite joinery for larger prints? I was confused on why that would be needed and would love to know more about that.
Thank you so very much this is exactly what I was looking for! You rock sir!
So is it better to take a photo before or after you gloss finish it to reduce glare? Or use a Matte finish, use photoshop, or . . .
I like how you said all the things you consider before choosing a painting but then ended with a painting on the 1st place just “because I felt like it”. Uhm? What’s the point of a judge then?
Thanks for your question and I"m glad you asked it. When I'm judging an art competition, I consider all of those things I talk about in the video. When you get to the big winner, since for the finalists, all of those boxes have been checked and all of them are outstanding, the big winner comes down to personal preference. It's disingenuous to say otherwise. It's the reason that different judges might, and probably would chose completely different winners. It's the reason ringside judges can watch the same boxing/MMA match and have split decisions. We all see things our own way. When I say "I felt like it", that simply means I preferred this painting over the others. I hope that helps a bit. Thanks for watching and Paint On!!!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt thanks for answering. I get it now. Best of luck! :)
Your puppet stuff is sensational👌😁
Hey, thanks @PapaRocks !
How many brushes were used in the video? I am a beginner student. When you paint at home, using multiple brushes confuses your mind and you don't know where each brush is supposed to paint. When I come to my senses, the house is a mess.
6:08 Did you mix white paint to make this part purple?
EXCELLENT
What is the process for then getting the painting printed onto multiple many covers of books? Especially before the days of digital art?
Hey @DWardington! So sorry, my expertise ends at handing over the digital capture of the image to the publishing house and letting them deal with the aftermath of my painting attempt, lol. Thanks for watching and paint on!!
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Thank you!!!
WOW!! What an amazing drawing. So much character, detail and the light and shadows are amazing. Thank you for sharing. I'm not sure this video should have "Simple and easy" in the title though. !
OMG IM LEFT HANDED TOOOOOOOOOO AHHHHHH SO COOLL
Thx so much!
Hi can you make a tutorial on how to paint good and not be a failure?
Steve is there a place where I can see more of your lessons? You make painting so enjoyable.
Thanks @lesliewheaton2434 ! If you click on my channel name on any of my videos (including this one), it'll take you to my channel page where you can see all of my videos with thumbnails... enjoy, and thanks for watching! Consider subscribing and clicking the bell icon to be notified of new videos. Paint on!
I LOVE that you have a sense of humor!!!
Awww, thanks, you made me smile 😃
perspective cropping is so much faster then all the steps you're taking to square the painting up. I use it all the time when I photograph in a museum and I have to get rid of some reflections. I just take a few steps sideways and square it up later.
You're so right. I only learned about the tool after I made this vid. Now I use it all the time... it's a wonderful time saver. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'll be sure to use it in my future Photoshop videos!
Just discovered your channel yesterday. Thanks for these wonderful videos from another Prescott resident! I love your work and am learning a lot.
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Hi. I live in Prescott, Az and have been watching many videos on painting. I was so pleasantly surprised to see you are local and painting the Dells. I plan to paint lots of local scenes of our beautiful surroundings here, particularly Watson Lake, the Dells and Thumb Butte. I am a total beginner, but retired and have lots of time. Great video with lots of good info. Thank you!
Hiya @JenetLevyNYC and depending on how long you've been in Prescott, WELCOME! I wish you much fun and success in your painting adventures ✨️ I'm glad I could help you a little bit. Those are all beautiful places you named that you're planning on painting! Paint On!!
Thanks for posting these videos. I am getting ready to teach a plein air workshop and so I’m looking at how other painters/teachers approach it. The eternal conundrum is when to stop. As a proponent of what we might call the Fairfield Porter school, I like a simplified approach, and honestly prefer your painting somewhere around the 8 minute mark. I wonder how much detail plein air painters add knowing that prospective buyers prefer this. You certainly have a wonderful grasp of values, shape, and warm/cool relationships. And you explain things very well. I would like to see you do a plein air demo in the field. Because there is no way to replicate that experience in the studio from a photo. Take the scene you paint here. Those lit and shadowed areas would be changing rapidly, requiring some quick work and fast decision making. You wouldn’t have the luxury of going back in and refining the values of those areas except by memory, or by painting different lighting, which would result in a mess. In the field, you are bombarded by so much stimulus, a nearly unlimited dynamic range of values and a landscape that sweeps 180 degrees. A photo does a lot of the work of abstracting from nature for you. But again, kudos. Liked and subscribed.
Hiya Will, thanks for your thoughtful and kind comments, I do appreciate it. Where to stop?... YES! It's something I, like lots of artists struggle with, and I agree with you that less is more when on location and I'm running out of time since the lighting has changed. I treat different paintings differently in this respect. If I know I'm going to be keeping a painting, I don't want or need the extra detail. If I believe I'm going to put it up for sale in a gallery, then I go for a more finished painting. Usually, I don't sell my plein airs since they are just for working on getting a light effect, composition, or such like. I do want to do a plein air painting video, but haven't taken the time to figure out an acceptable set up for recording, but really, I think that's more of an excuse since so much of my time is painting in the studio, under the gun to get work out for shows or galleries. But, one of these days... soon! I promise... grin. Good luck on your teaching and thanks for the sub. Paint on!!
this is one gorgeous horse! Thank you for your generosity.
Amazing video! A lot of fun and very helpful. Thank you! Waiting for your new demos.
Steve, this is an amazing video. Actually I had been looking everywhere including KZread for any meaningful discussion of "loose" drawing. It turned out that your video is the first that actually started to talk about loose drawing and to show "how to". Many authors just use that term "loose" but never say anything concrete and instructive. So, I think you have a unique offering on the web on this very interesting subject! The major difficulty for me is a subtle difference between "loose" and "sloppy" and how to achieve the first and to avoid the second. I definitely hope that you will continue discussion of this topic (and yes, I watched a couple of very interesting videos that you posted after this one). My only regret was about what you called "making us suffer" by watching real time recording and speeding up your recording. In my view, watching natural hand/pen movements, that is in real time, provides a lot of subconscious information and helps us in acquiring your style. Slowing down playback to 0.75x or 0.5x unfortunately does not make the movements natural. So if you find a way to make recordings without timelapses (at least sometimes!), I would be happy "to suffer" and to focus on every second of it. And I am sure that many of your other subscribers will also appreciate it. Thank you very much for this and subsequent lessons!
Thanks Steve, this is very helpful. One thing I'd add is to make sure your camera is Manual or Aperture Priority mode in order to adjust White Balance. I spent 5 minutes fussing until I realized it was in Auto mode... Heh.
Great teaching method. It is a valuable lesson. Thank you very much.
Wooooooo! Great! 😮 thank you so much!
Much appreciated, and I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! Paint on...
The best cloud video and the best tips, thank you so much!
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you foundit helpful, that really makes my day...Paint On!!!
Can you just turn it around so you don't brush over the power botton?
My contest is today
It was relaxing and therapeutic for me to hear you talking while watching you painting. And I learned.
Oml nice vid but I hate the squeaky pen sound 😭😭
I recently found out about ACM (Aluminum Composite Panels), which sounds fantastic from a practical and archival sense of view, albeit less warm and cozy than wood.
A friend of mine uses them exclusively. They take a little prep work, but work great and are very light!
AMAZING
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
I love your work. I also like that you are a "south paw, " and how you cover the work while sketching to prevent smudging. Great work!
Good job man👍💯
Thank you for this ❤
Who sings the song?
Love watching and learning from you
You OK man? Miss your stuff...
Just a warning here on gluing canvas to panels. My experience is you do not want ANY glue to end up on your painting surface. I have horror stories to tell about pre primed linen canvas then glued to panels! I suspect the same horrors could happen on various other scenarios. The reason, you can not guarantee the canvas does not have some porous qualities where the glue can seep thru. It happens. So your paints end up atop not the acrylic ground or oil ground, but on glue. In time, it does not stay adhered and causes fragmentation of the paint layer, ruining your work. A cautionary tale.