Dont be afraid to tackle seascapes. Just use a few simple shapes to master that big wave. Go on make a splash today! 😍😍😍😍 Want an even easier seascape? Then watch this as well - A Bob Ross Seascape ANYONE CAN PAINT - Ocean Sunrise ruclips.net/video/0vk_MDEIM18/видео.html
Best tutorials out there. Excellent description of all the little tips and techniques. And at the speed I think it was meant to be but not making the painter feel rushed. I usually watch tutorials several times and then try it completely on my own but this one I’m going to try and paint along. Thank you!!
Thank you Jon. Pacing can be tricky so I'm delighted to hear my videos are hitting the spot. I try and paint with the viewer in mind. Having taught art for many years helps. I'll carry on making more videos and hopefully my filming and editing skills will improve too. 😃😎
Thank you Curtis. I really appreciated all the feedback from you about sound quality etc and think I have the levels just about right. Here's to the next video 🍺🍺
Thank you Dean. I'm trying to get across my experiences as a profession artits and tutor gained over the past 20+ years. Its not as easy as I thought it would be! But I'm getting there ... I hope 😍😎🙃
Good idea Vicki. Watching the steps over will help your muscle memory. Like doing a new task becomes easier with practice. Maybe just tape the horizon line and paint the sky first - keeping the 'sea' area dry. The once you have that sorted watch the video over and tackle the sea. Take your time and sketch the wave shape and try not to lose it! - Have fun - paul 🥰😃😎
Thank you! 😊so much for watching and commenting. I painted the original to match a bedroom wall. But experiment in different colours to suit. Maybe a nice cream and gold version would look quite grand 😃
Brilliant Vicki. I use water mixable linseed oil for a clear and add a touch of titanium white to make a liquid white. Just remember the linseed is very thin and a drop goes a long way - Paul 😍😎
Happy New Year, Paul!🎉I was just going through your channel, looking for something to paint tomorrow, to start off 2023. I’ve painted a couple of seascapes and they turned out fine but I’m definitely much more comfortable painting mountains. I just love the colors in this painting so I’m stepping outside of my comfort zone and will start this tomorrow. I may have to paint it twice because I have a feeling my mom will want this one. She and I took many trips to Maui and Kauai together but haven’t been for a few years due to her health(she’s 88). Our favorite thing to do was sit on the lanai, watch the waves and talk. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Amy - first off 'Happy New Year' 🥰🥰🥰 Ah what a lovely though sitting by the sea. I do that often but here in the UK its usually blowing a hollie and freezing cold. But bracing all the same. No wonder seascapes are in my blood! This video has a few good pointers and the colours are optional. Getting the basic shape and angles are key so have fun. II'm working on the next video today and guess what - its a seascape! _ Big art hugs for us here - Paul p.s. big Green Day fan too. Great painting music 😎😎
@@PaulRansonArt I just finished this painting. I may have cursed you a few times during the process so I apologize 😉 Ok, it wasn't that bad. It looks good...from a distance 😜 My problem with seascapes is that I always seem to put the wave a little too low on the canvas so I don't end up with as much beach as I should. But, I did well with the angles, the eye of the wave, the rocks and the water lines on the beach. I'm not happy with my foam on the edges of the wave. You explained everything perfectly, it's just my weakness that I need to work on. I'm looking forward to Ocean Sunrise, however, since it doesn't have a wave😁🌊
Absolutely gorgeous seascape, Paul. So pretty color compositions. I still recall Bob Ross classes. He used to say 'chhuuu' while painting the waves for the illusion of dropping down the waters near the eye and You did say once Lol Great tutorial. Enjoyed this lovely demonstration. 🥰❤
Many thanks Heema. And yes its almost impossible for me to paint a wave without the sound effects in my head 😊. Loving your art too especially the humming bird ruclips.net/video/6YLBvNMJUG8/видео.html
Thank you Paul, you are so helpful for me, being the first oil paint, I want to get it right, certainly in my eyes anyway. In art really nothing is really wrong, just different!! The sea as I said before is not quite the colour I wanted it, and really offends me at the moment, I can see it from my normal chair which is good really because I can see what I don't like and get ready to change it. Thank you again for your advice, I'll keep you posted on my progress or help I may need Sue
@@PaulRansonArt I can't not like you, lol. You entertain me while teaching me, can't resist your charm. Don't mean to flirt, but you are fun. Of course it's all in good fun. no worries, lol I'm married. You r a great artist
As always Paul, a beautiful, well explained tutorial!! It's so great to see your channel growing my friend!! Wishing you all the success, well deserved!!😀:-)Robbie
Thanks so much Robbie. As a fellow artist and YT creator, you know how much work it takes. But we'll get there together. I see your channel growing too so well done. 😎😎
Paul! This is a great tutorial, I enjoyed seeing that wave come together, in fact I might give this a go as I really suck at waves, haha hard to believe considering I can paint supercars tearing up roads, but can't do waves 😂
At present I am trying to , I'm afraid copy your pastel seas, so far I've gone too weak on the bubble gum pink in the sky, so long as I blend it well, would it be ok to re do that bit? Otherwise it makes the whole scene look a lavender colour instead of the pink shade, which is the part that attracted me, I must have been too cautious mixing the pink shade. It looked darker when I first laid it down, but unless I over blended it into the liquid white when I was putting it on the canvas, that the only reason I can think that its too pale . I know it doesn't matter exactly what colour the picture is, but when I'm trying to produce one colour and another evolves it rather spoils the personal concept. As I've told you befor this is the first oil painting I've ever done, so very much still learning, your tutorials are amazing , I really enjoy them. Thanks Sue Any advice gratefully received
Absolutly Sue - Treat the first colour a tint to kill off the white of the canvas. Just work another layer of pink over the first layer. If I need to do this I make sure the first layer is dry. It might take a little more work but experiment with adding a tiny (and I mean tiny) drop of liquid clear into the pink to make it flow over a dry canvas. If the lavender is still too dominant scrub a little titanium white over it to take the edge off it. Let some peek through as background clouds. BTW, don't try using liquid white for this . Its more oil than pigment and will make a soggy mess. 😍😎
Paul I have contacted you before, you may remember and you were very helpful. I have been trying to do my own version of the pastel sea painting you did. I have done some of it but I think I haven't been generous enough with the colours, it so far looks rather more than pastel indeed it looks far too pale!!! Can I add further colour over what I've done so far, also the actual sea bit seems far more blue than yours even though on the palette it looks a lovely lavender colour but when put against the sky colour it doesn't work for me, should I add more crimson to the mix? I am still very much a beginner with oils, done water colours, Acrylics and pastels over the years, but want to get the hang of these oils, it's very different in use to the other paints I have used. Maybe I'm not loading the brush with enough paint, or it's not fluid enough . Sorry to ask what may seem to be a silly question but I need the answers before I can properly progress. I'm sure other beginners don't want to appear to ask silly questions , but if you don't know, you need to know. Many thanks Sue
Hi Susan - there are no silly questions just unanswered ones. So, lets take your questions a bit at a time. Learning how much paint to use etc comes with practice. From experience most folk who come from a background with other mediums esp. watercolour tend to be a little more frugal with colour. So your in good company! Once your oil painting has dried you can over paint it with more colour. Very much like glazing. However, I usually suggest setting it aside for reference and painting a second version. Then you have something to compare with other paintings. Again, colour mixtures will need experimentation. Whats looks good on the palette often looks very different on the painting. You see me often dab a little colour on a painting then stand back to consider if its right or not. As for fluid enough I think its best not to over thin oil paint - another trait from watercour painting where oils are more oil than paint if your not careful. So , in summary. Paint a second one and make small changes and check your progress. If its not right then wipe it back or off and start again. But always have fun 😎😎😊
I can certainly say I am having fun. Being a pensioner I have to go easy with canvases,but what I tend to do is, if I have a small canvas, which this case I have, one I'm not happy with, I paint it over with the same colour gesso to in effect give me a canvas back. I use that for colour testing. So at the moment I have the pic I need to change and for colour reference I have the small one with the same colours on from the same brush in an inch wide marking, so I can use that. I deliberately haven't gone back to the picture again yet, I've had it looking at me all the time, so I can see where the bits are I don't like, and because it's a room distance away I can look at it better. I don' t believe in rushing things. As soon as I had done the sky and sea on my main painting, it really shouted at me somethings wrong, that's why I stopped there, so I could study and hopefully put it right. Hopefully I'm doing the right thing. Thank you Paul for your advice, very valuable to me. I'll get it how I want it eventually, but as I've said this is my first venture into oils after 60 years of water colour, so changes come a bit more slowly!!
Merry Christmas Ken - as long as your having fun and creating art its all good. I use water mixable oils too. They're great for dry brush techniques as well as traditional landscape painting. Check out my Seaturtle and Old Timer paintings. I used water mixable oils for those 😃😃😎😎
Awesome as always. As a beginner i cant really tell how much liquid white you put on the canvas. Is it possible to have a full time without skipping moments of the liquid white application?
Yes, absolutely - I made a video all about this and dropped alink in the description. Here's a link again - ruclips.net/video/6n7tj4gVO0A/видео.html While your there check out my playlist on getting started with oils where I have lots of money saving tips and tricks ruclips.net/p/PLia0kTctmZ_dpScJTWRBQGJfA2n9sNNOH
Thanks for stopping by. I've actually painted a version of Blue Moon on the channel 😍 Here's the link - go check it out ruclips.net/video/18RTOhpCevc/видео.html
I came a bit unstuck putting the wave in! Oops, it ended up a bit of a mess with the top of my wave parallel to the horizon . So I've cleaned it off and I shall have another go. It's a bit disappointing as I had managed to get the sky and main sea right, but it is the wave definitely wasn't going to stay there, it was totally offensive to me. Later I will do it again having looked at your tutorial for yet another time, it's so helpful, perhaps I'll get it right this time!! Thanks Sue
If I had a £ for every one I scrapped off Susan. Its part of the learning curve but do save one or two so you can look back at them in future. They will be the ones that ground you and show you where the improvements have been made. And, when one goes wrong (and they willl trust me) you can look back and say 'I've come a long way' and not feel so bad. Lastly do a little line drawing of the wave on a scrap of paper. Then follow the lines on the canvas. 😍😎
Thank you, I've taken a pic of my sloppy painting that's where it went wrong, so hope to be sorting out my wave properly. I think my easel has a lot to answer for, it's not very steady, as I am in a wheelchair trying to get close enough is a bit of an issue, so sometimes I have to sit sideways on, not the best I know, but reaching across my leg and then the front wheels, it's a bit of a challenge, as I'm sure you can understand. But seeing the top of the wave parallel to the horizon it just had to go!! Thanks Sue
Hi Paul sorry I haven't contacted you about my pastel Sea I'm doing. I've had a spell in hospital, so had to stop and the light has been awful, so once things settle down I can go back to it, don't want to spoil my work by mixing the colour wrong because of the bad light. Have a Happy Christmas and hopefully a more peaceful New Year 2024 Sue
Hi Susan - pleased to hear your out of hospital! Yes good lighting is essential. For my studio I have a lot of led lights for filming. But my favourite and the cheapest is a strip light from Amazon Its so good and at an amazing price I have three of them now - Here's a link - have a look and see what you think - amzn.to/3Ryzei6 Have a Happy Christmas and New Year too @@susanhunt4866
I made the mistake I think for many reasons by using daylight. In have to use an area in my lounge because of my disability, but as I have a very big window in there it seemed a good idea at the time, it wasn't my intention to still be doing this length of time later, nature stepped in , then Autumn, and now it Christmas. Still if I have to wait until the spring so be it!! It's not worth spoiling what I have done trying to rush it. So so far I am very happy what I have in my canvas, it has to be right!! Take care Happy Christmas.
Very nice, your tutorials are the best.. are you using the Ross canvas? I ask because I see your canvas is a grey...the Ross canvas comes grey - not white. Thank you
Thank you for stopping by and watching Joy. I'm actually using my DIY paper canvases. I get through so many I ran out of storage long ago. Here's a link to the video I made all about saving a few pennies on art supplies🤩🤩 Check out the link - ruclips.net/video/Wbb9p3gdCHY/видео.html
Paul you often refer to your Video, can you tell me the name of it, and I will see if I can find it on Amazon. I love watching you paint and all the comments you make. I'm going to try to paint your Pastel Seascape, it won't be as good as yours as in a previous comment I told you I am very much a beginner with Oil Paints. Used to water colour and Acrylics but never oils, so hoping mine will be successful. Many thanks for your tutorials I love them
Hi Susan - I only have the videos I post here on the channel and a few tutorials on my website. These are a little more in depth maybe. They are currently being moved to a new service and so most are not available at present. I hope to complete this over the next week or so. They'll be available as online tutorials for purchase. As for being a beginner - don't worry we all were. My only advantage is I've made more mistakes! Have fun - Paul 😃😃
Thank you Paul, when I said I was a beginner it's sort of right, but I may have made more painting mistakes than you, I've had 75 years to make them!!! When your website come available I will possibly be one of you first contacts, I love your work and you seem so relaxed when you are telling about them. I'll see how I get on with the Pastel Sea painting, I would love for you to critique it, but it is probably impossible or not allowed !!!! Sue
Hi Paul, because I've been poorly again, the base liquid has dried, but I also need to increase the value of the sea colour that Lavender colour, I didn't put enough Pthalo blue with the alizarins crimson, it's only like a smigin, tiny amount, but it will make all the difference to my eye, if you know what I mean. Because I started the whole canvas with the liquid white, I certainly can't use that again because it will dilute the colour, can I use the liquid clear to do what I need to do, just to return to a wet into wet surface, otherwise I will be trying to dry paint it, and for my taste that wouldn't work how I would like it to. Sorry to keep bothering you, it's just unfortunate I have bad days every so often, let's face it we all do, sometimes it doesn't upset your daily activities, but with me it does Thanks Sue
Hi Sue, No problem please ask questions because someone else may have the same challenges. Yes you can go back in with liquid clear. But keep in mind the soft pastel blending effects from liquid white won't be there. Your retouching with lavender will need a little drop of Titanium white to keep the colour soft and pastel. But work slowly and don't be afraid to wipe it off and try again. I get all sorts of things interupt my painting days so getting use to painting over several sessions can be a good thing. Just keep having enough good days to enjoy your art - Paul 🥰😎
Hi Paul still doing the pastel Seascape like yours, but had to take a break as I've been rather unwell, unfortunately this often interrupts everything, but at least I didn't end up in A &E this time. My Titanium White is very thick in the tube, I'm wanting to do the highlights on the sea, but as it is it would end up like a big blob, don't want that, so if I added a small amount of liquid white to the chosen amount until it's workable, would that work ok. I know the brush cleaner is also a paint thinner, but it would lose the value of the colour I think. Can you correct me if I'm wrong please? One day I'm want to send you a pic of the result of my work "Pastel Seas" purely for some constructive comments, as this is a first time with oils paints, I think I'm shy of using colour, possibly because I'm unsure of myself. Learning a lot from doing this, not all about painting either. You learn about yourself I've discovered, I really love painting, it's so relaxing with an end result. Many thanks Sue
Hi Susan - I know how illness can really make a mess of things. So hope your feeling beter soon and back to painting. And yes, painting is a great therapy. Just escaping into a world where its just you and the painting I find so freeing. Life can have so many stresses that we all need a little sancruary sometimes. I have an instagram page where you can post a message with a photo. Just folow the links on my 'About' page. I'd love to see how you get on. All best wishes _ Paul 🥰😎
Thank you Paul, so kind to get of you to get back so quickly. Puzzled by the photo of the beach, I recognise that beach and the pier, is it Worthing beach? I try to get down there as often as I can, if someone will take me, so I can observe the waves, triggered by your picture. As I live here, there is no excuse not to go and look at them and the way the are constructed. I adore the sea anyway, used to sail with my Uncle a lot when I was a kid, it's much more difficult now in a wheelchair to get onto the beach because of the stones, you cannot wheel or be wheeled over them, there are a few runways but not enough really. Thank you again Sue
Hi Susan - yes your right its Worthing Beach! We live a short drive away and drop in for a bracing walk now and again. Its funny. Even though we've lived here for over 20 years ( former Londoner ) it still feels like we're on holiday! 😍😍😎😎@@susanhunt4866
Well my painting didn't work so well. I had a hard time with the waves and the fluffy white foam. I ended up with a mud mix and a poor attempt. What caused the mud mix? Did I put too much liquid white on,???? I felt as though I didn't. But I used a canvass board could that be the proglem
Hi Vicki - yes the dreaded mud mixing. Your not alone and it can happen so easily. If you check out my links in the bio you can drop me a message and a copy of the painting on my Instagram page. I'll have a peek at it and see if we can come up with an answer. I prefer a stretched canvas or one of my paper DIY 'canvases' taped to a canvas for a little extra bounce. Canvas boards are by their nature hard and unyielding. Difficult for a 'new to oils' person to paint delicately sometimes. Look forward to seeing your painting - Paul 😃😃
Hi my friend. Thanks for the great video you shared with us. very interesting video really great thank you for sharing the video please keep in touch., 💖, 💕 ,, 💖.,💖.., ,, 💞,.
Thanks for stopping by and watching Ken. Feel free to use what ever brand of paint you have to hand. As long as you get to enjoy Bob's vision of the Joy of Painting thats all that matters. Happy Holidays - Paul 😃😍😎
Dont be afraid to tackle seascapes. Just use a few simple shapes to master that big wave. Go on make a splash today! 😍😍😍😍 Want an even easier seascape? Then watch this as well - A Bob Ross Seascape ANYONE CAN PAINT - Ocean Sunrise ruclips.net/video/0vk_MDEIM18/видео.html
Another great seascape. Love the way you reflected the sun in the sea behind the wave. Another one to try. Thanks again for the advice and video
Thanks again Tony. 😃
Best tutorials out there. Excellent description of all the little tips and techniques. And at the speed I think it was meant to be but not making the painter feel rushed. I usually watch tutorials several times and then try it completely on my own but this one I’m going to try and paint along. Thank you!!
Thank you Jon. Pacing can be tricky so I'm delighted to hear my videos are hitting the spot. I try and paint with the viewer in mind. Having taught art for many years helps. I'll carry on making more videos and hopefully my filming and editing skills will improve too. 😃😎
One of your best Tutorials Paul.
Thank you Curtis. I really appreciated all the feedback from you about sound quality etc and think I have the levels just about right. Here's to the next video 🍺🍺
Very good tutor, learn a lot from you. Thanking you.
Your very welcome Richard. I'll be making more tutorials so please stay tuned. 😃
Your tutorials are phenomenal Al
Thank you Dean. I'm trying to get across my experiences as a profession artits and tutor gained over the past 20+ years. Its not as easy as I thought it would be! But I'm getting there ... I hope 😍😎🙃
Very stunning, Paul. 👍
Thank you for stopping by and watching my latest offering. Glad you enjoyed it. 😃😃
I absolutely love your tutorials, they are so easy to follow and just so fun! I can't wait to try this one tomorrow!
Yay! Thank you! I hope you've had a chance to paint this lovely seascape. Lots more tutorials to come too.. 😍😎
Magical!!
Thank you so much zhanna 😃😍😎
Człowieku, jakbyś tu był. Wieczór na Costa Adeje. Dzięki za konstrukcję fali 👍
Wygląda na to, że masz wspaniały widok na morze. Szczęśliwy obraz - Miłość do Polski - Paul 😎
This is a lot for a tutorial. I’m going to watch this 2 more times, before I begin. Beautiful
Good idea Vicki. Watching the steps over will help your muscle memory. Like doing a new task becomes easier with practice. Maybe just tape the horizon line and paint the sky first - keeping the 'sea' area dry. The once you have that sorted watch the video over and tackle the sea. Take your time and sketch the wave shape and try not to lose it! - Have fun - paul 🥰😃😎
Beautiful . yes 😀
Thank you! 😊so much for watching and commenting. I painted the original to match a bedroom wall. But experiment in different colours to suit. Maybe a nice cream and gold version would look quite grand 😃
NEW FAVORITE painting of yours!!! Stunning Paul ❤❤❤
Beautiful
Thank you Rose 🥰
I’m going to try this with WMOs also loved the real photo of waves
Brilliant Vicki. I use water mixable linseed oil for a clear and add a touch of titanium white to make a liquid white. Just remember the linseed is very thin and a drop goes a long way - Paul 😍😎
I've been following you for quite a while. Your explanations and tips are extremely helpful. Keep em coming!
Thanks, will do! 😃😎
A beautiful painting and fantastic instruction - definitely going to try this one!
Thanks so much 😊Steve. Its an unusual colour combo so feel free to switch to what ever you want. Hope to see you for some more painting fun soon. 🤗
Happy New Year, Paul!🎉I was just going through your channel, looking for something to paint tomorrow, to start off 2023. I’ve painted a couple of seascapes and they turned out fine but I’m definitely much more comfortable painting mountains. I just love the colors in this painting so I’m stepping outside of my comfort zone and will start this tomorrow. I may have to paint it twice because I have a feeling my mom will want this one. She and I took many trips to Maui and Kauai together but haven’t been for a few years due to her health(she’s 88). Our favorite thing to do was sit on the lanai, watch the waves and talk. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Amy - first off 'Happy New Year' 🥰🥰🥰 Ah what a lovely though sitting by the sea. I do that often but here in the UK its usually blowing a hollie and freezing cold. But bracing all the same. No wonder seascapes are in my blood! This video has a few good pointers and the colours are optional. Getting the basic shape and angles are key so have fun. II'm working on the next video today and guess what - its a seascape! _ Big art hugs for us here - Paul p.s. big Green Day fan too. Great painting music 😎😎
@@PaulRansonArt I just finished this painting. I may have cursed you a few times during the process so I apologize 😉 Ok, it wasn't that bad. It looks good...from a distance 😜 My problem with seascapes is that I always seem to put the wave a little too low on the canvas so I don't end up with as much beach as I should. But, I did well with the angles, the eye of the wave, the rocks and the water lines on the beach. I'm not happy with my foam on the edges of the wave. You explained everything perfectly, it's just my weakness that I need to work on. I'm looking forward to Ocean Sunrise, however, since it doesn't have a wave😁🌊
Absolutely gorgeous seascape, Paul. So pretty color compositions. I still recall Bob Ross classes. He used to say 'chhuuu' while painting the waves for the illusion of dropping down the waters near the eye and You did say once Lol Great tutorial. Enjoyed this lovely demonstration. 🥰❤
Many thanks Heema. And yes its almost impossible for me to paint a wave without the sound effects in my head 😊. Loving your art too especially the humming bird ruclips.net/video/6YLBvNMJUG8/видео.html
@@PaulRansonArt That was fun. Many thanks Paul. 🥰
Thank you Paul, you are so helpful for me, being the first oil paint, I want to get it right, certainly in my eyes anyway. In art really nothing is really wrong, just different!!
The sea as I said before is not quite the colour I wanted it, and really offends me at the moment, I can see it from my normal chair which is good really because I can see what I don't like and get ready to change it.
Thank you again for your advice, I'll keep you posted on my progress or help I may need
Sue
Your welcome Sue 😘😎
Very good
Thank you so much 😃
I saw this one on facebook and I think that it's gorgeous! I need to try this kind of waves with watercolors... amazing! 🤩🤩
Thanks so much 😊Mary. Yes have a go in watercolours and make a video about it too. 😃😃
Ladies love pink seascapes ❤❤❤
Hi Peggy - love the dog shorts. A Pink Seascape sounds like a cocktail 🍸🍸 Maybe a new theme for the future 😍😎
@@PaulRansonArt I can't not like you, lol. You entertain me while teaching me, can't resist your charm. Don't mean to flirt, but you are fun. Of course it's all in good fun. no worries, lol I'm married. You r a great artist
As always Paul, a beautiful, well explained tutorial!! It's so great to see your channel growing my friend!! Wishing you all the success, well deserved!!😀:-)Robbie
Thanks so much Robbie. As a fellow artist and YT creator, you know how much work it takes. But we'll get there together. I see your channel growing too so well done. 😎😎
Paul! This is a great tutorial, I enjoyed seeing that wave come together, in fact I might give this a go as I really suck at waves, haha hard to believe considering I can paint supercars tearing up roads, but can't do waves 😂
Each to our own Damo. I've been flogging away on portraits over the years and still struggle to get a likeness. Just do what makes you happy.😃
At present I am trying to , I'm afraid copy your pastel seas, so far I've gone too weak on the bubble gum pink in the sky, so long as I blend it well, would it be ok to re do that bit? Otherwise it makes the whole scene look a lavender colour instead of the pink shade, which is the part that attracted me, I must have been too cautious mixing the pink shade. It looked darker when I first laid it down, but unless I over blended it into the liquid white when I was putting it on the canvas, that the only reason I can think that its too pale .
I know it doesn't matter exactly what colour the picture is, but when I'm trying to produce one colour and another evolves it rather spoils the personal concept. As I've told you befor this is the first oil painting I've ever done, so very much still learning, your tutorials are amazing , I really enjoy them.
Thanks Sue
Any advice gratefully received
Absolutly Sue - Treat the first colour a tint to kill off the white of the canvas. Just work another layer of pink over the first layer. If I need to do this I make sure the first layer is dry. It might take a little more work but experiment with adding a tiny (and I mean tiny) drop of liquid clear into the pink to make it flow over a dry canvas. If the lavender is still too dominant scrub a little titanium white over it to take the edge off it. Let some peek through as background clouds. BTW, don't try using liquid white for this . Its more oil than pigment and will make a soggy mess. 😍😎
I'm good at soggy messes, they come naturally, don't need training or practice for that!!
Thanks Paul, as ever you put me straight
Sue
Paul I have contacted you before, you may remember and you were very helpful. I have been trying to do my own version of the pastel sea painting you did. I have done some of it but I think I haven't been generous enough with the colours, it so far looks rather more than pastel indeed it looks far too pale!!! Can I add further colour over what I've done so far, also the actual sea bit seems far more blue than yours even though on the palette it looks a lovely lavender colour but when put against the sky colour it doesn't work for me, should I add more crimson to the mix?
I am still very much a beginner with oils, done water colours, Acrylics and pastels over the years, but want to get the hang of these oils, it's very different in use to the other paints I have used. Maybe I'm not loading the brush with enough paint, or it's not fluid enough .
Sorry to ask what may seem to be a silly question but I need the answers before I can properly progress. I'm sure other beginners don't want to appear to ask silly questions , but if you don't know, you need to know.
Many thanks
Sue
Hi Susan - there are no silly questions just unanswered ones. So, lets take your questions a bit at a time. Learning how much paint to use etc comes with practice. From experience most folk who come from a background with other mediums esp. watercolour tend to be a little more frugal with colour. So your in good company! Once your oil painting has dried you can over paint it with more colour. Very much like glazing. However, I usually suggest setting it aside for reference and painting a second version. Then you have something to compare with other paintings. Again, colour mixtures will need experimentation. Whats looks good on the palette often looks very different on the painting. You see me often dab a little colour on a painting then stand back to consider if its right or not. As for fluid enough I think its best not to over thin oil paint - another trait from watercour painting where oils are more oil than paint if your not careful.
So , in summary. Paint a second one and make small changes and check your progress. If its not right then wipe it back or off and start again. But always have fun 😎😎😊
I can certainly say I am having fun. Being a pensioner I have to go easy with canvases,but what I tend to do is, if I have a small canvas, which this case I have, one I'm not happy with, I paint it over with the same colour gesso to in effect give me a canvas back. I use that for colour testing.
So at the moment I have the pic I need to change and for colour reference I have the small one with the same colours on from the same brush in an inch wide marking, so I can use that. I deliberately haven't gone back to the picture again yet, I've had it looking at me all the time, so I can see where the bits are I don't like, and because it's a room distance away I can look at it better. I don' t believe in rushing things. As soon as I had done the sky and sea on my main painting, it really shouted at me somethings wrong, that's why I stopped there, so I could study and hopefully put it right.
Hopefully I'm doing the right thing.
Thank you Paul for your advice, very valuable to me. I'll get it how I want it eventually, but as I've said this is my first venture into oils after 60 years of water colour, so changes come a bit more slowly!!
Marry Xmas to you and your family, i use water mixable oil's due to my illness
Merry Christmas Ken - as long as your having fun and creating art its all good. I use water mixable oils too. They're great for dry brush techniques as well as traditional landscape painting. Check out my Seaturtle and Old Timer paintings. I used water mixable oils for those 😃😃😎😎
Awesome as always.
As a beginner i cant really tell how much liquid white you put on the canvas. Is it possible to have a full time without skipping moments of the liquid white application?
Yes, absolutely - I made a video all about this and dropped alink in the description. Here's a link again - ruclips.net/video/6n7tj4gVO0A/видео.html
While your there check out my playlist on getting started with oils where I have lots of money saving tips and tricks ruclips.net/p/PLia0kTctmZ_dpScJTWRBQGJfA2n9sNNOH
Thank you very much! Looking forward for the next tutorial.
Great painting. I was just having this very issue. I tried blue moon and failed. Would you think about doing night light?
Thanks for stopping by. I've actually painted a version of Blue Moon on the channel 😍 Here's the link - go check it out ruclips.net/video/18RTOhpCevc/видео.html
I came a bit unstuck putting the wave in! Oops, it ended up a bit of a mess with the top of my wave parallel to the horizon . So I've cleaned it off and I shall have another go. It's a bit disappointing as I had managed to get the sky and main sea right, but it is the wave definitely wasn't going to stay there, it was totally offensive to me.
Later I will do it again having looked at your tutorial for yet another time, it's so helpful, perhaps I'll get it right this time!!
Thanks Sue
If I had a £ for every one I scrapped off Susan. Its part of the learning curve but do save one or two so you can look back at them in future. They will be the ones that ground you and show you where the improvements have been made. And, when one goes wrong (and they willl trust me) you can look back and say 'I've come a long way' and not feel so bad. Lastly do a little line drawing of the wave on a scrap of paper. Then follow the lines on the canvas. 😍😎
Thank you, I've taken a pic of my sloppy painting that's where it went wrong, so hope to be sorting out my wave properly. I think my easel has a lot to answer for, it's not very steady, as I am in a wheelchair trying to get close enough is a bit of an issue, so sometimes I have to sit sideways on, not the best I know, but reaching across my leg and then the front wheels, it's a bit of a challenge, as I'm sure you can understand. But seeing the top of the wave parallel to the horizon it just had to go!!
Thanks
Sue
Hi Paul sorry I haven't contacted you about my pastel Sea I'm doing. I've had a spell in hospital, so had to stop and the light has been awful, so once things settle down I can go back to it, don't want to spoil my work by mixing the colour wrong because of the bad light.
Have a Happy Christmas and hopefully a more peaceful New Year 2024
Sue
Hi Susan - pleased to hear your out of hospital! Yes good lighting is essential. For my studio I have a lot of led lights for filming. But my favourite and the cheapest is a strip light from Amazon Its so good and at an amazing price I have three of them now - Here's a link - have a look and see what you think - amzn.to/3Ryzei6 Have a Happy Christmas and New Year too @@susanhunt4866
I made the mistake I think for many reasons by using daylight. In have to use an area in my lounge because of my disability, but as I have a very big window in there it seemed a good idea at the time, it wasn't my intention to still be doing this length of time later, nature stepped in , then Autumn, and now it Christmas. Still if I have to wait until the spring so be it!!
It's not worth spoiling what I have done trying to rush it. So so far I am very happy what I have in my canvas, it has to be right!!
Take care Happy Christmas.
Very nice, your tutorials are the best.. are you using the Ross canvas? I ask because I see your canvas is a grey...the Ross canvas comes grey - not white. Thank you
Thank you for stopping by and watching Joy. I'm actually using my DIY paper canvases. I get through so many I ran out of storage long ago. Here's a link to the video I made all about saving a few pennies on art supplies🤩🤩 Check out the link - ruclips.net/video/Wbb9p3gdCHY/видео.html
Paul you often refer to your Video, can you tell me the name of it, and I will see if I can find it on Amazon. I love watching you paint and all the comments you make. I'm going to try to paint your Pastel Seascape, it won't be as good as yours as in a previous comment I told you I am very much a beginner with Oil Paints. Used to water colour and Acrylics but never oils, so hoping mine will be successful.
Many thanks for your tutorials I love them
Hi Susan - I only have the videos I post here on the channel and a few tutorials on my website. These are a little more in depth maybe. They are currently being moved to a new service and so most are not available at present. I hope to complete this over the next week or so. They'll be available as online tutorials for purchase.
As for being a beginner - don't worry we all were. My only advantage is I've made more mistakes! Have fun - Paul 😃😃
Thank you Paul, when I said I was a beginner it's sort of right, but I may have made more painting mistakes than you, I've had 75 years to make them!!!
When your website come available I will possibly be one of you first contacts, I love your work and you seem so relaxed when you are telling about them. I'll see how I get on with the Pastel Sea painting, I would love for you to critique it, but it is probably impossible or not allowed !!!!
Sue
Hi Paul, because I've been poorly again, the base liquid has dried, but I also need to increase the value of the sea colour that Lavender colour, I didn't put enough Pthalo blue with the alizarins crimson, it's only like a smigin, tiny amount, but it will make all the difference to my eye, if you know what I mean. Because I started the whole canvas with the liquid white, I certainly can't use that again because it will dilute the colour, can I use the liquid clear to do what I need to do, just to return to a wet into wet surface, otherwise I will be trying to dry paint it, and for my taste that wouldn't work how I would like it to.
Sorry to keep bothering you, it's just unfortunate I have bad days every so often, let's face it we all do, sometimes it doesn't upset your daily activities, but with me it does
Thanks Sue
Hi Sue, No problem please ask questions because someone else may have the same challenges. Yes you can go back in with liquid clear. But keep in mind the soft pastel blending effects from liquid white won't be there. Your retouching with lavender will need a little drop of Titanium white to keep the colour soft and pastel. But work slowly and don't be afraid to wipe it off and try again.
I get all sorts of things interupt my painting days so getting use to painting over several sessions can be a good thing.
Just keep having enough good days to enjoy your art - Paul 🥰😎
Hi Paul still doing the pastel Seascape like yours, but had to take a break as I've been rather unwell, unfortunately this often interrupts everything, but at least I didn't end up in A &E this time.
My Titanium White is very thick in the tube, I'm wanting to do the highlights on the sea, but as it is it would end up like a big blob, don't want that, so if I added a small amount of liquid white to the chosen amount until it's workable, would that work ok. I know the brush cleaner is also a paint thinner, but it would lose the value of the colour I think.
Can you correct me if I'm wrong please?
One day I'm want to send you a pic of the result of my work "Pastel Seas" purely for some constructive comments, as this is a first time with oils paints, I think I'm shy of using colour, possibly because I'm unsure of myself. Learning a lot from doing this, not all about painting either. You learn about yourself I've discovered, I really love painting, it's so relaxing with an end result.
Many thanks
Sue
Hi Susan - I know how illness can really make a mess of things. So hope your feeling beter soon and back to painting. And yes, painting is a great therapy. Just escaping into a world where its just you and the painting I find so freeing. Life can have so many stresses that we all need a little sancruary sometimes. I have an instagram page where you can post a message with a photo. Just folow the links on my 'About' page. I'd love to see how you get on. All best wishes _ Paul 🥰😎
Thank you Paul, so kind to get of you to get back so quickly. Puzzled by the photo of the beach, I recognise that beach and the pier, is it Worthing beach? I try to get down there as often as I can, if someone will take me, so I can observe the waves, triggered by your picture. As I live here, there is no excuse not to go and look at them and the way the are constructed. I adore the sea anyway, used to sail with my Uncle a lot when I was a kid, it's much more difficult now in a wheelchair to get onto the beach because of the stones, you cannot wheel or be wheeled over them, there are a few runways but not enough really.
Thank you again
Sue
Hi Susan - yes your right its Worthing Beach! We live a short drive away and drop in for a bracing walk now and again. Its funny. Even though we've lived here for over 20 years ( former Londoner ) it still feels like we're on holiday! 😍😍😎😎@@susanhunt4866
Well my painting didn't work so well. I had a hard time with the waves and the fluffy white foam. I ended up with a mud mix and a poor attempt. What caused the mud mix? Did I put too much liquid white on,???? I felt as though I didn't. But I used a canvass board could that be the proglem
Hi Vicki - yes the dreaded mud mixing. Your not alone and it can happen so easily. If you check out my links in the bio you can drop me a message and a copy of the painting on my Instagram page. I'll have a peek at it and see if we can come up with an answer. I prefer a stretched canvas or one of my paper DIY 'canvases' taped to a canvas for a little extra bounce. Canvas boards are by their nature hard and unyielding. Difficult for a 'new to oils' person to paint delicately sometimes. Look forward to seeing your painting - Paul 😃😃
Hi my friend. Thanks for the great video you shared with us. very interesting video really great thank you for sharing the video please keep in touch., 💖, 💕 ,, 💖.,💖.., ,, 💞,.
Thanks for visiting. Hope to see you again soon 😃😃
sorry but i will NOT use Bob ross brushes or paint as the people as Bob Ross would NOT give them the rights to use his name
Thanks for stopping by and watching Ken. Feel free to use what ever brand of paint you have to hand. As long as you get to enjoy Bob's vision of the Joy of Painting thats all that matters. Happy Holidays - Paul 😃😍😎