Good one Mitch. Yes, the rookie-est of rookie mistakes I see in some of the work, here by folks in Tucson, at our Plein Air club is much too blue skies, most often the very first thing someone puts down, no matter the medium. In a workshop with Matt Smith, years ago here at the Academy, he taught us to be very critical with skies, as you mention, and often put them down last to keep them clean and not muddied up during painting the rest of the scene. That, particularly outdoors, when something "interesting" may happen later in the session that can be used in your sky, if it works well with the rest of the work. Also, nothing is more "rookie" than to paint trees, other backgrounds, over top of a sky, if done alla prima, that's a sure prescription for mud! So, paint the sky around mountains and trees in a landscape; that will keep them cleaner, no matter the basic color of skies! Folks, that one thing will elevate your work from "totally sucking" way up to "mediocre", at least!! LOL ;D
@@TucsonArtAcademyOnline Thanks, Gabor, this is one of the best channels for art subject matter online. So glad you generously post these lessons, with great artists such as Mitch and Matt as your guests. Always something new to ponder or something to reinforce for subjects you already may be aware of, such as the sky treatments here. Cheers from beautiful and highly paintable Oro Valley!! : )
You are so welcome. Yes there’s a lot of content out there, but a lot of it comes from folks that do not have nearly as much knowledge as the artist that we have
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Good one Mitch. Yes, the rookie-est of rookie mistakes I see in some of the work, here by folks in Tucson, at our Plein Air club is much too blue skies, most often the very first thing someone puts down, no matter the medium. In a workshop with Matt Smith, years ago here at the Academy, he taught us to be very critical with skies, as you mention, and often put them down last to keep them clean and not muddied up during painting the rest of the scene. That, particularly outdoors, when something "interesting" may happen later in the session that can be used in your sky, if it works well with the rest of the work. Also, nothing is more "rookie" than to paint trees, other backgrounds, over top of a sky, if done alla prima, that's a sure prescription for mud! So, paint the sky around mountains and trees in a landscape; that will keep them cleaner, no matter the basic color of skies! Folks, that one thing will elevate your work from "totally sucking" way up to "mediocre", at least!! LOL ;D
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@@TucsonArtAcademyOnline Thanks, Gabor, this is one of the best channels for art subject matter online. So glad you generously post these lessons, with great artists such as Mitch and Matt as your guests. Always something new to ponder or something to reinforce for subjects you already may be aware of, such as the sky treatments here. Cheers from beautiful and highly paintable Oro Valley!! : )
You are so welcome. Yes there’s a lot of content out there, but a lot of it comes from folks that do not have nearly as much knowledge as the artist that we have