The Secret to Developing Your Own Oil Painting Style
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
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Following the success of my Sketching with Style video, I do a demonstration of how I developed my style when oil painting en plein air. Will it work for you? Of course, if you're willing to put the time and effort to get there. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen. Give yourself the gift of being the best artist you can be by not just working hard, but also by working smart. The setting is Kolob Canyon at the north end of Zion National Park, I've included a link below to my original photo so that you can download it and paint it for yourself!
My oil paints for this painting: Ivory Black, raw umber, cold grey medium (Rembrandt brand), yellow ochre, burnt sienna, green earth hue (Utrecht brand), cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, dioxazine purple, titanium white, lemon yellow, cadmium orange, permanent red medium (Rembrandt brand), alizarine crimson permanent (Gamblin brand). My painting medium is Liquin Original.
Kolob Canyon Spire photo link: photos.app.goo.gl/vHxAPDX6v1n... 
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Here's a link to the Kolob Canyon Spire photo I used in this painting. It's copyright free for you to use and do your own painting! Go get 'em! photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMBAo375sMSPP2QDk95JyZWoqYvVR9_61AsV4H1KmZVhnBRBqwpL0Fc9Y01CsCeBg?key=Q09WRHJLTzFGSDJHajh3X3ZEWWl4aTQtcV9udmdB
If we do this painting from your photo, does your copyright free mean that we are free to sell our paintings? Giving you photo reference credit of course. LOVE the slow speed type video, hate the time lapse stuff that lots of people post.
@@brendamaas4293 You're free to sell your artwork, but not the photograph, absolutely. No need to give me credit =0) Thanks for the input on the speed of the video, much appreciated!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Ok thank you, just wanted to check as I don't want to break any copyright laws :). Of course I would never think of selling your photo. Thanks. again.
@@brendamaas4293 Thank you for asking Brenda, I do appreciate it. I just added the don't sell the photo bit so that it was on record... I know you would never! =0)
I really appreciate your real-time painting. It helps me to hear your comments about what you're doing and to understand why you do certain strokes, colouring and shadows.
This video is so full of really valuable information, you enlighten me with every sentence! Thank you!
I'm grateful to know they help you Anu, Paint on!!
Marvelous painting. Slow speed is great - gives you time to think about what you are seeing and your voice-over is excellent. Thanks for your generosity and sharing.
Thanks Catherine! I suppose the folks who are going to skip ahead will do it whether it's real time or time lapse.
I love those type of tutorial you really have the time to explain everything in dept and we have the time to also really see every step and reflect on it. I just love it and just love that style of painting. Less is more.
You are one of my favorite artists. I gave this a try and had a blast. Thank you!
Loved watching you at work again. This combination of normal speed and editing out the lengthy gaps is perfect for my thought processes to "fill in" the changes as they are happening, and not miss too much if I linger and think on anything. Thanks!
Thanks Steve for the info regarding wet on wet painting. Appreciate your help.
I am a watercolor painter but still learned so much and did a lot of thinking about your thoughtful comments concerning style and how to go about creating your own. Thank you so much for sharing.😊
Love your style. Having such a hard time loosening up and being able to paint so confidently. Your paintings remind me so much of Dixon’s. He’s got my painting heart!
Your videos are very helpful. I enjoy the full length video with voice overlay. I know sometimes when I paint I cannot also talk about it at the same time. I believe the voice overlay gives you time to review and decide what is important to share with us. Thank you for helping me become a better painter and understanding focus.
Ha! You're right John, if I talked while I painted there would be a stream of consciousness and maybe even gibberish. I usually do all the editing, cutting out the slow or extraneous parts and then do the voice over when it's cut to the time limit I put on myself. Thanks for your input! I'm glad you find the videos helpful.
Your instruction has gems of information that comes from your years of experience. Thank you for sharing what you’ve learned.
'Love this type of normal speed video, not time lapse. 'Love your commentary, Steve; thanks a lot. You are very generous for imparting what would otherwise take years to learn. You have a great painting style!
Thanks a bunch Clarice!
love this type of video...tons!! Thnaks
Love the speed of the video. Great advice, thank you
Thank you Steve. This really a very good informative video specially for guys like me who are trying their hands on painting. I very much prefer this kind of video where in you nurrate or share your experience and try and instruct your thoughts and techniques. I am a photographer from Mumbai, India and I must say that your style is real good. I also like the way you explain the techniques of paintings and leave the audience to try their own rather than imposing them. It is very encouraging and at the same time very inspiring too.
Wonderfull to watch in Real time - it tells a lot together with your words about your thoughts of the process of painting...
Thanks for the feedback Lis!
You teach the method for all levels of painters. Thank you. There is nothing too small to teach. My grave will say what I preached to my family. ‘Knowledge is everything “. Thank you
So in depth and soothing and reassuring.
I love the real time videos. It really helps a lot.
Thanks Rhonda!
Love your paintings you doin real time. The time lapsed paintings do an injustice to how you use your mind and talent. This helps newcomers and intermittent painters greatly please keep them coming. You are a great teacher. I am having trouble with this comment section sometimes it is there sometimes it isn't. I have to keep fixing it. God Bless.
Thanks Cathy, so far everyone prefers the real time videos, even though I have to do some massive cutting. I used to have the same problem with the comment section not being there sometimes. I don't remember how I fixed it, but I'm sure I googled or searched RUclips for a solution and found one that worked for me. Best of luck and thanks for watching!
Love the speed of this video as opposed to a time lapse. Enjoy the painting very much. Thank you.
I like the normal speed. I enjoy seeing the process and how everything come together. You have very good tips and ideas in this video. Thanks
Thanks Karen, it's just about unanimous.
I love your painting, your "handwriting" and your kind demeanor...
Steve, this was such a relevant topic for me, and my favorite of your lessons in terms of the information you are conveying. I struggle so much with being a slave to photos and details. This lesson was very helpful to me and I can't wait to try your suggestions. I love the real time rather than sped up videos. Thank you so much for sharing your time and talent.
Hi Betsy, I'm so glad that this is helpful for you. I find if I relax and not worry about whether it works or not, helps me to do my best work. Remember, if we aren't failing from time to time, then we're probably not growing in our art. Paint on!!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Right, good advice. I once had a workshop instructor, I took his classes in Lake Tahoe (well I mean around the lake! lol) in the 90's and the subject of "failed paintings" came up to our group while he was demo-ing in the morning. He said two funny things that have stuck with me. Number 1 was "Don't die with bad paintings in your studio; destroy them quickly if you get a bad diagnosis from your doctor." and number two: "No painting is ever a complete failure; it can always serve as a bad example-- so you don't do that again!!" :D
I don’t like the reference to “failed” paintings. To me any effort is a success. I don’t strive for genius paintings, I just want to learn and uncover the truth about how I see the world, little by little.
Excellent suggestions, commentary, and advice. Thank you!
Beautiful painting!!
I like this normal speed MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN TIMELAPSE
THANK YOU!!!
Thank you Jackie!
Thanks for your insights to painting asa left hand artist. I too am a lefty and always begin a painting right to left.
Sure, real time video is my preference! A very instructive and exciting master class, thank you so much.
Beautiful painting. Thanks so much for the demo. Enjoyed the real time.
Thanks for the feedback Andy. I'll be doing most of my tutorials in real time from now on! Happy Painting!
I like this and appreciate your instructions
It was relaxing and therapeutic for me to hear you talking while watching you painting. And I learned.
Love how you did this video. I learned a lot. I will be watching it again and again.
That's great to hear Artie, I hope you can get lots of help from it!
Thanks for your great work and reaching out to neophytes like me. So kind, so helpful. Love the Granite Dells.
Hi Christina, we're all here to help each other along and I'm more than happy to help! The Granite Dells rock!!
Oh my! I needed this today. I just finished a two day painting workshop that was exhausting and disappointing. Your advice is very welcomed. I love your style. Thank you.
I'm happy this helps Emma! I know it's disappointing at times. But the good thing is, we only have to learn it once! Paint on!!
Yes, lesson learned. I learned so much about myself and how I paint. I often paint in absolute quiet so a workshop setting is not for me. Sharing your process on this platform has been a wonderful gift. I am so grateful for your generosity. 🌈
Good advice,thanks for sharing, yes it takes time and thought, Charlie
Wow! That was a great painting and great narrative. Thank you so much!
Thanks for taking the time to watch Michael!
Love this soeed and the painting!
Your mountain at the back has excellent value....very subtle....but it's standing out...Excellent
Really like this speed and your explanations.
Glad to hear that! I try to do real time videos when I can and when I can't I keep the time lapse to a minimum. Thanks for watching Valerie!
Hi Steve, I really enjoyed watching your tutorial in real time and learnt a lot from you. Thank you.
Brilliant work
Thanks for watching Salvat and happy painting!!
Thanks so much for encouraging me to paint not as “a slave” but to be free to move trees or something else that I think I don’t like in the photo,it’s really makes me happy that you say so, and it’s help me to move on in my own way ,and still keep the rools.
Thanks again
Attaboy Art! All the best landscape artists do it, so I figure if it's good enough for them...
I really enjoyed the speed of this video. Very helpful information. Thank you much !
Hi Todd, I'm glad you found it helpful. I'll do more in future videos. From now on I'll try to do real time vids...
I love the red rock scenes. Tough to paint, but if you nail it, it will be amazing. And you nailed it!!!
your work and videos are very inspiring and helpful. thank you Steve.
That's much appreciated Chris. Paint on!
I really enjoyed this instruction. The speed and presentation were appropriate for your demonstration. Thank you
Thanks Lorraine, I'm glad you like the style and found it helpful. It's what I aim for as I find my channel style. Paint on!!
Great video. Perfect speed and voice over. Thank you!
Thanks Joyce... and thanks for watching!
Love this!
Aw, thanks Maria, much appreciated!
The painting procedure was very informative . I really enjoyed it.!
I like your videos with a combination of time lapse and normal speeds. Thanks for doing them.
Good to know Dan V, thanks for the feedback and for being a part of the channel!
awesome and fluid painting. thumbs up
Thanks robcrash! Much appreciated... thanks for watching and for the feedback.
I really loved this tutorial. Excellent art!
Yay, thanks fightingmad08! I'm glad you liked it!!
Oh, and it is kind of nice to see the work happen in real time;) It gives a feeling of almost an in-person lesson.. brings the learning prosess a little closer.
That's great to hear Anu, thank you!
Beautiful painting, I like the normal speed and appreciate you sharing your talent.
Thanks for watching and the feedback Laura, I'm glad you found it helpful! Paint on!!
I just joined a plein air group & tried it only once so far - boy are you right. My paintings done in the studio are usually ok, but I was so overwhelmed with the information I was seeing outside that the painting turned out EXTREMELY confused - like my mind was I guess! The other painters smiled knowingly & told me it takes time to get used to. Thank you for all of your insights & suggestions!
Good on you for getting out there Judy. Stick with it and I promise you will become a better painter faster than any way I know. I love it now. It's the most challenging fun there is if you're a landscape artist!
Beautiful painting! Glad I found your channel.
Thanks DebbieG, I'm glad you found the channel too. Paint on!!
superb work.
really like the normal speed videos. so much help when trying it yourself. the way you apply your paint reminds me so much of what Mark Carder says about painting "in the abstract" and he recently posted a video with that title. He talks about how that was a method used by Sargent. some of my favorite contemporary painters are Darcie Peet, Bill Inman, Clyde Aspevig, Jay Moore, Cyrus Afsary and some guy named Steve Atkinson.
There's youtube channels where artists have 100s of thousands of subscribers and you learn very little then you have hidden gems like this and every word thats comes out the speakers mouth is just invaluable information. Thanks Steve.
Hi beach life, thank you for that great testimonial. You made my day, and thanks for watching!
I just fell in love with your videos. It's all well explained... You paint so beautiful!! I wish I had at least half your talent!!!
Thank you so much Gabriel. I truly truly believe that most talent is simply a matter of hard work and not being willing to give up. Yes, there are those individuals to whom it comes more easily, but even they have to work hard to become the best they can be. You CAN do this!
Even thought I am a watercolor artist....this info was very encouraging!! Thanks for sharing🎉🎉🎉
Glad you found it helpful Bee... my next video will be a watercolor =0)
I’ll look for that video. Thank u!!
I much like this normal speed and your narration is spot on! Thanks! Wonderful painting!
Thanks Vivian for the feedback on the speed of the video. Nowadays, I do as much normal speed as possible, but since so many of the paintings I do are very time consuming, I mix it up and have some of the video at normal speed mixed in with timelapse. I use the normal speed when I'm explaining a technique or concept. I wish wish wish I could do all normal speed! Thanks a bunch for watching and for your kind comment. Happy painting!!!
Great stuff! Both normal speed and timelapses work for me. You edit your videos either way, perfectly. I learn a lot on this channel.
I'm so glad to hear that you're learning from the videos, that makes me very happy.
Many thanks! I like this approach, though both are outstanding! Always a treat!
Thanks for letting me know Gary!
Amazing video thank you and all the best
Thanks Christine, you're very kind =0)
I enjoy normal speed videos. I feel like I learn more from them. Great work!
Thanks for letting me know Michael! I try to do those whenever I can, like the smaller ones. Bigger paintings that take more time to do, have to be condensed a bit, but I try never to speed them up more than 2X. At that speed, you can still see everything that's being done. And along with my voice-over explanation, it should help you to know what I'm thinking or why I do what I do. Happy painting and go get 'em!!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Thanks for the response Steve, I totally understand.
Steve, thank you for your video. It's enjoyable to watch and you learn much as you watch. I especially like your advice on painting the clouds. And thank you for your generosity and letting everyone use your great photo!!
I mean to use it as a photo reference. 😊
Hi Anzhelika, you're most welcome, I get as much out of the videos as anyone who watches because I have to think out the process I use and put it into a coherent repeatable way of working. I've become a better artist since I started doing these videos. Paint on!!
Thank you, Steve! Paying attention to these things, you are doing a great job of a really good teacher!
Really enjoyed the regular speed with the narative....keep up the good work
Muchas gracias!!!!
Erik Jacobson and Kathryn Townsend are two of my favorites, both with distinctive styles. Thanks for the great video, Steve.
This is an exceptional way of letting the students of art, like me, know the anatomy of painting process, step by step. But I would like to request you out of what comprises more of my curiosity than learning the technique, that is to have in between the teaching process a peep into what is going on onto your color palette, so as to come to know about the drama of the colors being played; their tints and viscosity which , I think , also is included in the fundamentals of painting. Thank you for this great ride into the warmth of the west.
Beautiful! I really appreciate your commentary. Oh yes, John Singer Sargent is one of my favourite artists.
Maybe the best ever?
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Sargent's ability to convey detail with a few well placed brush strokes is certainly among the best I have ever seen. That's the true beauty of painting. There are so many different styles, each with its own intrinsic magic, that it really does boil down to personal preference. I like to try different styles to expand my knowledge and, hopefully, my skills. All that aside, please keep your videos coming. They are appreciated and enjoyed immensely.
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Yes, Sargent; especially for portraits! You mentioned my all time favorite, Edgar Payne, and I'll check out Bill Cramer too. Here, me being relocated to the southwest, I like Matt Smith's work. Regarding Payne, when I lived near Tahoe, I once mule packed, with a friend, into one of his old camps, out of Big Pine, in the eastern Sierra. Saw his ghost at night in our camp, at about 2 AM, in the moonlight. Just kidding!!!! But 5th Lake is a place he painted often, Big Pine Canyon is the location name!
Thanks so much!
This is the most informative video on RUclips I have ever seen. Thank you so much 😏👍👍
Thanks PB! You're so kind... I'll keep making them as long as you keep coming back to watch.
I love this video ,I live a few hours from Zion, and this is so helpful for next time when I paint in Zion,,thank you..
Thanks Veronica, then you live in a very beautiful part of the world!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Right, I've visited the area, Utah parks, and stayed in Bryce once on a trip up north, but have not painted there,... yet. We do have a time share in Sedona and I painted en plein air there a few times, very similar to your scene here. Good stuff all!
@@ronschlorff7089 It doesn't get much better than painting in Sedona!
Enjoyable with tons of information. Normal speed with the narration is perfect!
Thank you Robert, that's good to hear. Happy painting!
lots of fun:)
Love your opening remarks; so warm and friendly! Cuz I'm basically a "cheeky" guy I'd add: "I love the smell of oil paints in the morning"!..... "Smells like victory",.... in my best "Robert Duvall voice"! LOL :D
Haaahaha, excellent! Wish I'd thought of it =0)
Both normal speed and time lapse work for me. I enjoy the variety.
Great video!
Great tutorial
Thanks Shahzad!
You are doing a great Job Steve !! I liked and subscribed today ...
Hi Brian, thanks for the feedback, and welcome to our channel! Paint On!!
This was great presentation, thank you 🙏🇨🇦
Thanks Claude! I'm so glad you found it helpful! Paint on!!
Love normal speed so much better Steve! And loved the rain comment. Very educational! Thank you.
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! It was fun to make, as always. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch.
Nice like this normal speed but i also like the full work from the start to the end . I know it long but you can make it in two or three video . So if we cant take the time of three hours at time . We can see in are time . There are thing in the work that you might think we know but the more i look at something the more i learn .Thank You for Your Help an Time !
Thanks Mike, this seems to be what so much of the Repeaters are telling me, slow is better, even though I have to edit out some of the boring parts. I appreciate it!
Excellent! It's good to find a left-handed painter. As one myself, l realised that at a young age you had to draw from right to left in order to see the image. The problem is that we are taught to write from left to right!
As for painters l admire, apart from the obvious greats, here in the UK there is Peter Brown, a contemporary plein air painter of great skill, and from the past, John Arnesby Brown. And in the US from the past, Thomas Moran and Frederick Judd Waugh. There are many contemporary US painters l like who paint in a traditional way.
An interesting and informative video. Thanks.
Great video at this speed. If anyone tries to represent a photo reference with accuracy they realise that a brush cannot compete with the pixel accuracy of a printer.. so its about interpretation, values and brush handling practise...I,m still learning, when you placed the painting beside the picture it looked great.
I really liked this video
Wonderful tutorial. Much prefer this type of teaching.... not the fast time lapse. Many thanks for a great but not complicated teaching.
Nice painting. Normal speed every time for me.
Trying to paint a canyon at the moment.
Thanks for the lesson.
Dave M (Australia/) 😎🇦🇺
Very good teaching video.
Hi Thomas, thank you, and thanks for watching!
Steve, thank you for all of your videos. I am learning a lot from you. Kathleen Dunphy is one painter I follow also.
You are very welcome! Love Kathleen's paintings. We were in a plein air workshop in Wyoming together many years ago. She's super sweet as well as a great painter. Paint on!!
I really enjoyed this Steve. It is so true. After many ups and downs and lots of painting, I have found my voice. An artist who stands out and has a special recognisable style is John
Hammond, a British impressionistic artist. He is superb and well worth taking a look at . He works in acrylics.
Thank you! I appreciate your comment. I'll take a look at John's work. One of my favorite British artists is David Curtis. His plein air oils and watercolors are exquisite!
I haven't been painting for very long (Started in 2005). I have done a few outdoor paintings, but I really need t do a whole lot more just to get use to being outdoors, and not worrying so much of how the painting turns out. I know this will help with my studio work in those cold and gray and months. I paint mainly with acrylics so anything I don't like, I just wait for it to dry and paint over it. Thanks for the lesson.
I hope you do get back out Uncle Terry. Here's what I tell myself when I go out to paint (I wish I'd have mentioned this in the video). I'm going out to learn and to experiment, not to get a finished painting for a gallery wall. If that happens to happen that's gravy, but I tend to keep my studies and not sell them. I use them in the studio for remembering how the light worked at that time of day with those weather conditions. That's all =0)
Ruo Li's seascapes are one of my biggest current inspirations. His use of edges and planes is simply spectuacular, and is virtually impossible to mistake for someone else's work.He also has a very distinct sense of color. I recommend any lansdscape painter to look up his work if they are not familiar with him.
Thanks AK, I definitely be checking him out on one of my breaks. He sounds great!
I especially like the work oh G Harvey. His use of light and his western/cowboy works just grab the eye by using back lighting
I agree, G. Harvey is great at manipulating the light! Thanks for the suggestion Ray, I'll bet there are lots of RUclipsrs who've never seen one of his paintings but will now!
Really enjoyed this work, from Australia my favourite Aus artists are Ted Lewis and Leon Holmes.
LINDO!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great video Steve. Packed with brilliant information. The format was perfect. One of my favorite painters, with his own style and who isn't so well known, is Jahn Ekenaes. He paints landscapes but includes a lot of families.
Hi Steve, I just looked him up and his work is incredible. I see he was a contemporary of Anders Zorn and since Zorn was from Sweden and Ekenaes was from Norway, they may have even known each other. Their styles and subject matter weren't that different! Thanks for the heads up!!
Just subscribed I really thought that was helpful. I am moving to landscapes from portraits so I will be watching you for guidance portraits I enjoy I want a change though.
Thanks for subscribing Avril, I'll do my best to help answer any of your questions you may have along the way. Both genres are wonderful. Happy painting!