I have to wonder if the person who laughed was amused by your dedication to being out painting in the stormy weather rather than laughing at your painting because your painting was gorgeous and made me feel joy from the inside out! I'm definitely inspired by your work and your diligence!
Most people who laugh at someone’s art could never do it themselves. It shows insecurity, envy, and ignorance. The only opinion that matters is your own. Art is a reflection of personal feeling and interpretation, not what we want someone else to approve of. Thank you for your videos and insight, they are greatly appreciated!
Another classic Michael. Even with those foggy muted colors the painting pops off the canvas. Thanks for the words of motivation and persistence. Truth.
Most of the people who come up to me when I am out painting are envious and very complimentary. Usually I am so involved in what I am doing that I don't even know they are there until they speak. I enjoy interacting with and communicating with onlookers while I paint. I always enjoy your videos.
Michael you really are amazing in both your dedication to your craft and to your viewers - the temptation to turn around at the site of the miserable weather would have driven me to the nearest coffee shop. The end result once again is a successful painting.
Hi Michael, I'm a beginner painter and just started painting a year ago. You inspire me to be consistent in painting and to start doing plein air. I love the finished painting. Especially the contrast between the moody/muted tone with that light effect, and also the solid mountains & rocks with the energy of the sea. Thank you so much for sharing your painting process.
Thanks for this great video--I'm here on the central Oregon coast, where the weather is foggy and misty. I am now inspired to go out and try a painting...the close values sort of intimidate me on those wet days, but your result is wonderful!
Thanks so much for doing these! I’m a painter from the Bay Area but living in Chicago for the past 8 years. It’s GREAT to see my old stomping grounds! I appreciate your painting insights and tips. So good of you to be this open! Thank you!
At first I was worried about you painting out there in the foggy weather…since the last time I watched you painting outside you were recovering from losing your voice, etc. I admire and appreciate your perseverance and commitment. All paintings tend to go through an “ugly” stage…non-artists may not understand that either. I think you did a good job of making a good painting of such a dreary day. Great use of a mix of grays. Thank you for continuing to make videos for us.😊
I needed to hear this exhortation on consistency and commitment. And the blessing of the "tests" that come our way. I don't like them, but I appreciate them because I can see how I have grown in respecting others opinions, but not letting them shake me, or discourage me as much as I used to. It's good to gauge growth, in my case see areas I need to strengthen more. I have found that when that happens, I consider the source, and realize that although everyone has a right to an opinion, not all are of equal value. I look forward to your Sunday paintings. Thanks for being a role model, not only in painting, but the practice of growth as a human being, no matter what your gift is. We have to fight for our gifts. I believe it's a gift from God. There will always be people that don't understand. That's okay. Because God will always send those who do and they appreciate and value your gift. Thank -you for fighting through the storms with Grace. It's inspiring!
Great piece Michael. I like how your approach in color evolved and how it ended. I also took away a lot of great discussion points in this one too. Thanks for sharing.
Michael, you inspire me all the time, but this outing and this result is so wonderful. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights!! Happy New Year!!🎉❤
I love the results--paintings of stormy weather have their own appeal! The person that laughed probably has black velvet paintings in their house. lololol. Many thanks for sharing your process and letting us see that beautiful Northern California coast.
I love your sense of adventure! It is pretty intimidating to go out and paint in that weather, but it's also exciting...probably until you start painting and it's misting all over and then rains! :) I really think you are very brave and so inspiring. I can see the difference in your strokes when painting "smaller" and yet you are very capable of creating a signature MC painting! I really enjoyed this one... and the guy that laughed is clearly clueless where art is concerned, not to mention courteousness. I think you are right, at first I was quite worried of criticism and judgement. It took quite a few outings and paintings to get to the point where you realize you know more about what you are doing than the passerby! lol
Great painting I liked both versions of the sky and its great to time the break in the sky with the breakthroughs you discussed in your painting journey.
Thanks for sharing this painting today, Michael --- in that weather I wondered how it might go, but you made it beautiful (and warm) --- you are amazing!! I'm inspired! Best wishes!
I heard this tip. I think it was a Marc Dalessio video. If you put in earphones people wont approach you as much. If I paint at a beach I usually go into the dunes away from people traffic. Great video Michael.
Someone laughed at me i said i dont know what im doing but im having a blast he said thats all that matters ...thanks for encouraging me to get out there..BE WELL
Hi. I absolutely agree with the key to progress is persistence. I have done over 100 plein airs in the last 12 months and the improvement is very noticeable. Great scene today, thanks for sharing. Graham
Another great painting...wow on your 3 year streak...I think your comment on being consistent even when you don't feel like it was great...I needed to hear that!!!
Most people that see the paintings I love, don't like them as much. They prefer my detailed watercolors, but I love lose oil stick landscape paintings more. So I agree with you. Even my own wife. But I love what I love and that's what I will keep doing.
Someone once told me - you have to paint what it isn't before you can paint what it is. As you say, people don't understand the process. Carry on, you are an inspiration.
Persistant Practice ! Thank you for the inspiration & getting out to paint no matter what. The ocean is beautiful even with the misty grey. You captured the ambiance & wave action. Im packing my bag and off to paint the grey mediterannian sea scape. And the traditional swim to start off the new year :-) Merci encore !
We plein air painters are a crazy lot, rain, wind, snow, 100 temps, name it, we've done it, right? I am guessing the person was laughing behind you bc they thought you were crazy painting in that weather! your painting 100% depicted the stormy weather, very moody, and very well done. Congrats.
Come back to Hayes Valley and paint in the little park there. There are a lot of colorful buildings to paint from the park view . Nice video , great to see how you deal with the cloudy atmosphere .
Thank you for sharing about the guy laughing at you. There’s been times along my painting journey that something like that would have been really upsetting! It’s so rude and cruel too. I’m glad you were strong and by sharing I’m feeling stronger too. Beautiful moody painting! Love it!!
I love the soft colors of this piece, as well as the dynamic energy that you convey in the water. Also- love the way you’ve been ending the videos lately with the moments of zen beach footage. Thank you for posting, teaching, inspiring, and just being cool. Wishing you continued success and joy in the coming year.✨🌊
Loved the painting. One of the lessons I’m trying to learn from watching you is stopping when it’s time to stop. You never seem to overwork the painting. Also, one time my daughter was painting at a farmers market and someone said “Are you an artist?” She answered: “Is that a trick question?”
It's a beautiful painting. I love this one. You're my favorite painter to watch paint. Love the spontaneity and the way you talk about what you're doing. Would you mind sharing where you got this frame please?
Really excellent. I love the subtle, softness of the colors. You can really few the waves and the moisture. Could be a French Impressionist coastal scene. I had trouble visualizing what you were going to do with the foreground (lower half of the painting) but you pulled it off.
I paint watercolor and often work at a scenic location with a sketch book. I almost always get someone who wants to see the sketch and often the sketch is in the early stages and is at the ugly stage since I start with the light values. I will let them see the sketch I am working and then show one of my finished sketches earlier in my book. The worst comment was when I was painting a waterfall I had to hike to and a woman asked what medium I was using. When I told her watercolor, she said, “Isn’t that for grade school kids?” I listed famous artists who did watercolor and showed her some finished sketches. It became an educational moment.
You have probably heard this line a million times but regarding the guy who laughed: "Modern Art = I could do that + Yah, but you didn't." Love your work. Love watching you paint "live". Glad the laugher did not/will not deter you in any way. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for taking us along with you on your artistic journey, and posting so regularly over the last 3 years. I really enjoyed this one and like the curve in the central wave, intentional or not!. How rude to laugh at your work in progress, I must say most people I encounter are encouraging, but do we care if they are disparaging? I think not!!!! 👏
I wouldn't worry about criticism while painting because until it's done, it's not done. I've had the good fortune of people asking if they can buy the painting I'm working on! But being painted in oils, I have to tell them it is not immediately transportable. I'll get their email and send them a pic after it is home and dry. Every time, they buy it. When I paint while traveling, these are my "postcards" that I bring back. They are personal to me. I think for these people it represents the same thing, a lasting memory of where they have been and what they saw. That's kind of what it's all about...the experience. Thanks, Michael, for sharing your experiences with us. It's apparent that they are important to many people!
Wow, I've just discovered your channel. Love your art and your way of breaking down things to the essentials while explaining. For I'm into Urban Sketching, I often paint and draw outside. Some people react with interest, some just pass by, some laugh, some ask me to take a photo of them, completely ignoring the fact that I'm just into painting. In those moments I try to think people are just part of the environment, like twittering birds or like wind or rain or noise from the street. Happy new year and best wishes from Germany, keep doing the great work you do!
I painted in conditions like this before in Bodega once. It was difficult to push the paint around especially when I got into the titanium white and I was using Gamblin. Water condensation was all over my easel and by the end my hands were freezing.Thanks for the inspiration. Looking forward to getting out more.
Great video - loved the energy and atmosphere of your painting. Truly inspiring and I want to get out there with some oils and paint again. Thank you, again and just subscribed.
Love your work, I think I’ve watched every one of your RUclips videos! I live on the east coast the beaches are flat and have no mountains, limited interesting coasts. Love the waves however makes boring paintings.
Hey man, your painting looked great. In the short time that you had with atmospheric changes the rough seas I thought the outcome was outstanding. Hate to hear that anyone laughed at your effort because they must not know much about Plein air!
I have to wonder if the person who laughed was amused by your dedication to being out painting in the stormy weather rather than laughing at your painting because your painting was gorgeous and made me feel joy from the inside out! I'm definitely inspired by your work and your diligence!
Most people who laugh at someone’s art could never do it themselves. It shows insecurity, envy, and ignorance. The only opinion that matters is your own. Art is a reflection of personal feeling and interpretation, not what we want someone else to approve of. Thank you for your videos and insight, they are greatly appreciated!
I agree with you. Thats exactamente what my wife told me. I do oíl paintings and i always Wonder what People think of my art but its not importante.
Another classic Michael. Even with those foggy muted colors the painting pops off the canvas. Thanks for the words of motivation and persistence. Truth.
I love this painting! It perfectly reflects the atmosphere with the wind, the wet chaos in the water.
Thank you! I always look forward to your weekly posts.
Thank you for pushing through and continuing your 3 year streak. I love your videos and your painting style.
Awesome painting especially in a storm. You are so very inspiring to everyone watching. Please keep up the videos and painting lessons 😊
Thanks for the video. I think the painting captures the atmosphere brilliantly and the energy in the sea is incredible.
I do like how you captured this misty day. Thank you for reminding us to just get out there!
Lots of great advice today, I think you nailed this painting.
happy new year, when it comes.
This is one of my favorites. The dude who laughed surely has some social challenges. You are an amazing artist!
Thank you. You give me hope in painting in oils.
Love this one. Thanks for the chance to follow along each week.
Most of the people who come up to me when I am out painting are envious and very complimentary. Usually I am so involved in what I am doing that I don't even know they are there until they speak. I enjoy interacting with and communicating with onlookers while I paint. I always enjoy your videos.
I loved this painting! Your comments as you paint are so helpful and inspiring
Love the painting Michael. The sense of energy in the water is amazing!
People often think discipline is arduous but it is truly joyful to persist in your discipline. Thanks for your generous sharing of your practice!
I love this tonal painting - has wonderful atmosphere!
I love winter and freezing climates but I think those elements give a different and unique perspective to California 🙌🖼️
Michael you really are amazing in both your dedication to your craft and to your viewers - the temptation to turn around at the site of the miserable weather would have driven me to the nearest coffee shop.
The end result once again is a successful painting.
Hi Michael, I'm a beginner painter and just started painting a year ago. You inspire me to be consistent in painting and to start doing plein air. I love the finished painting. Especially the contrast between the moody/muted tone with that light effect, and also the solid mountains & rocks with the energy of the sea. Thank you so much for sharing your painting process.
Thanks! I'm so glad you're finding my videos inspiring.
Thanks for this great video--I'm here on the central Oregon coast, where the weather is foggy and misty. I am now inspired to go out and try a painting...the close values sort of intimidate me on those wet days, but your result is wonderful!
Thanks so much for doing these! I’m a painter from the Bay Area but living in Chicago for the past 8 years. It’s GREAT to see my old stomping grounds! I appreciate your painting insights and tips. So good of you to be this open! Thank you!
At first I was worried about you painting out there in the foggy weather…since the last time I watched you painting outside you were recovering from losing your voice, etc. I admire and appreciate your perseverance and commitment.
All paintings tend to go through an “ugly” stage…non-artists may not understand that either.
I think you did a good job of making a good painting of such a dreary day. Great use of a mix of grays.
Thank you for continuing to make videos for us.😊
You have also improved the painting of many of the members of your audience. I am in that category. Thank you and Happy New Year.
I’m one of those. My painting (and my daring) has improved so much since watching these videos!
I needed to hear this exhortation on consistency and commitment. And the blessing of the "tests" that come our way.
I don't like them, but I appreciate them because I can see how I have grown in respecting others opinions, but not letting them shake me, or discourage me as much as I used to. It's good to gauge growth, in my case see areas I need to strengthen more.
I have found that when that happens, I consider the source, and realize that although everyone has a right to an opinion, not all are of equal value.
I look forward to your Sunday paintings. Thanks for being a role model, not only in painting, but the practice of growth as a human being, no matter what your gift is.
We have to fight for our gifts. I believe it's a gift from God.
There will always be people that don't understand. That's okay. Because God will always send those who do and they appreciate and value your gift.
Thank -you for fighting through the storms with Grace.
It's inspiring!
Absolutely beautiful framing!
The weather looks so dreamy.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful time welcoming the new year 😊
Great piece Michael. I like how your approach in color evolved and how it ended. I also took away a lot of great discussion points in this one too. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Alvin!
Thats adventurous to go out during the storm! Beautiful result, I love the greys. Damn people, don't know nothing😊
Thanks Sanne!
Another great painting. You really captured the feeling of cold foggy atmosphere. Good to hear your voice is back.
Got to give it to you for your persistence. The weather was so bad but the painting turned out great!
Michael, you inspire me all the time, but this outing and this result is so wonderful. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights!! Happy New Year!!🎉❤
Watching your process really helps to learn how to paint, I'm a completely begginer doing a seascape, hope it goes well
I love the results--paintings of stormy weather have their own appeal! The person that laughed probably has black velvet paintings in their house. lololol. Many thanks for sharing your process and letting us see that beautiful Northern California coast.
I love your sense of adventure! It is pretty intimidating to go out and paint in that weather, but it's also exciting...probably until you start painting and it's misting all over and then rains! :) I really think you are very brave and so inspiring. I can see the difference in your strokes when painting "smaller" and yet you are very capable of creating a signature MC painting! I really enjoyed this one... and the guy that laughed is clearly clueless where art is concerned, not to mention courteousness. I think you are right, at first I was quite worried of criticism and judgement. It took quite a few outings and paintings to get to the point where you realize you know more about what you are doing than the passerby! lol
Great painting I liked both versions of the sky and its great to time the break in the sky with the breakthroughs you discussed in your painting journey.
BEAUTIFUL! THANKS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wow, the feeling of depth is great.
Most non artists have a photo orientation mind set. Everything in focus. They miss out.
Love it Michael. 😎👍🏼 We’ve been getting some of the storm energy down here in Morro Bay. Not as much as norcal but the waves are amazing.
Extremely Beautiful Painting and also your palette mixes, I admire your wisdom of dedication to life Michael ( sincerely)
Thanks for sharing this painting today, Michael --- in that weather I wondered how it might go, but you made it beautiful (and warm) --- you are amazing!! I'm inspired! Best wishes!
I heard this tip. I think it was a Marc Dalessio video.
If you put in earphones people wont approach you as much.
If I paint at a beach I usually go into the dunes away from people traffic.
Great video Michael.
Youre a great person.
Someone laughed at me i said i dont know what im doing but im having a blast he said thats all that matters ...thanks for encouraging me to get out there..BE WELL
I love this painting
Really beautiful. I love it!!!! You are getting so darned good Michael.
I enjoyed very much. Thank you for sharing.
So goood, Michael! You really captured the stormy day!
Thanks Kay!
I love your painting Mike🎨
Thanks Cedric!
@chamberlainpaintings you're welcome 🍻
Hi. I absolutely agree with the key to progress is persistence. I have done over 100 plein airs in the last 12 months and the improvement is very noticeable. Great scene today, thanks for sharing. Graham
Good morning Michael, I admire your dedication!
That was very cool and great results!!! Thanks...
Thank you for this video
Love the grey California!, greetings from Mexico,,,,HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉
Michael, it's wonderful to see how flexible you are even late into the process. That towel wiped away some thick paint! Thanks for all you do.
Another great painting...wow on your 3 year streak...I think your comment on being consistent even when you don't feel like it was great...I needed to hear that!!!
Merry Christmas keep up the good work ,from Constable country
Most people that see the paintings I love, don't like them as much. They prefer my detailed watercolors, but I love lose oil stick landscape paintings more. So I agree with you. Even my own wife. But I love what I love and that's what I will keep doing.
Someone once told me - you have to paint what it isn't before you can paint what it is. As you say, people don't understand the process. Carry on, you are an inspiration.
Persistant Practice ! Thank you for the inspiration & getting out to paint no matter what. The ocean is beautiful even with the misty grey. You captured the ambiance & wave action. Im packing my bag and off to paint the grey mediterannian sea scape. And the traditional swim to start off the new year :-) Merci encore !
We plein air painters are a crazy lot, rain, wind, snow, 100 temps, name it, we've done it, right? I am guessing the person was laughing behind you bc they thought you were crazy painting in that weather! your painting 100% depicted the stormy weather, very moody, and very well done. Congrats.
Thanks so much for this year ending and the best for next 2025 🎉❤
Come back to Hayes Valley and paint in the little park there. There are a lot of colorful buildings to paint from the park view . Nice video , great to see how you deal with the cloudy atmosphere .
Great work. I need to follow your lead on the size of work. My largest plein air is 10x12. I do get bogged down in detail.
Thank you for sharing about the guy laughing at you. There’s been times along my painting journey that something like that would have been really upsetting! It’s so rude and cruel too. I’m glad you were strong and by sharing I’m feeling stronger too. Beautiful moody painting! Love it!!
Stellar! What a wonderful day to paint. Do another adding the seagull flying by. A lot of energy in the air. Mike your painting really captures it!😀
I love the soft colors of this piece, as well as the dynamic energy that you convey in the water. Also- love the way you’ve been ending the videos lately with the moments of zen beach footage. Thank you for posting, teaching, inspiring, and just being cool. Wishing you continued success and joy in the coming year.✨🌊
Loved the painting. One of the lessons I’m trying to learn from watching you is stopping when it’s time to stop. You never seem to overwork the painting.
Also, one time my daughter was painting at a farmers market and someone said “Are you an artist?” She answered: “Is that a trick question?”
I think this is a really good painting. A bit abstract in a good way. Spontaneity shows beautifully.
So good.
It's a beautiful painting. I love this one. You're my favorite painter to watch paint. Love the spontaneity and the way you talk about what you're doing. Would you mind sharing where you got this frame please?
Thanks! I make my own frames
Love the movement of the brushwork on this one!
Really excellent. I love the subtle, softness of the colors. You can really few the waves and the moisture. Could be a French Impressionist coastal scene. I had trouble visualizing what you were going to do with the foreground (lower half of the painting) but you pulled it off.
I paint watercolor and often work at a scenic location with a sketch book. I almost always get someone who wants to see the sketch and often the sketch is in the early stages and is at the ugly stage since I start with the light values. I will let them see the sketch I am working and then show one of my finished sketches earlier in my book. The worst comment was when I was painting a waterfall I had to hike to and a woman asked what medium I was using. When I told her watercolor, she said, “Isn’t that for grade school kids?” I listed famous artists who did watercolor and showed her some finished sketches. It became an educational moment.
You have probably heard this line a million times but regarding the guy who laughed: "Modern Art = I could do that + Yah, but you didn't." Love your work. Love watching you paint "live". Glad the laugher did not/will not deter you in any way. Thank you for sharing!
Nice rainy day cold weather painting.
Bravo!
Thanks so much for taking us along with you on your artistic journey, and posting so regularly over the last 3 years. I really enjoyed this one and like the curve in the central wave, intentional or not!. How rude to laugh at your work in progress, I must say most people I encounter are encouraging, but do we care if they are disparaging? I think not!!!! 👏
You have certainly captured the atmosphere, love this piece, thank you so much
Your colour matching is always so clever.
I love your painting by the ocean.
I wouldn't worry about criticism while painting because until it's done, it's not done. I've had the good fortune of people asking if they can buy the painting I'm working on! But being painted in oils, I have to tell them it is not immediately transportable. I'll get their email and send them a pic after it is home and dry. Every time, they buy it. When I paint while traveling, these are my "postcards" that I bring back. They are personal to me. I think for these people it represents the same thing, a lasting memory of where they have been and what they saw. That's kind of what it's all about...the experience. Thanks, Michael, for sharing your experiences with us. It's apparent that they are important to many people!
Wow, I've just discovered your channel. Love your art and your way of breaking down things to the essentials while explaining. For I'm into Urban Sketching, I often paint and draw outside. Some people react with interest, some just pass by, some laugh, some ask me to take a photo of them, completely ignoring the fact that I'm just into painting. In those moments I try to think people are just part of the environment, like twittering birds or like wind or rain or noise from the street.
Happy new year and best wishes from Germany, keep doing the great work you do!
Mike I would of laughed too🤣! seeing how easy you made a beautiful painting while I spend so much time and created S_ _ t. 💩
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I painted in conditions like this before in Bodega once. It was difficult to push the paint around especially when I got into the titanium white and I was using Gamblin. Water condensation was all over my easel and by the end my hands were freezing.Thanks for the inspiration. Looking forward to getting out more.
I think you achieved your goal. Love the energy & movement.
Great video - loved the energy and atmosphere of your painting. Truly inspiring and I want to get out there with some oils and paint again. Thank you, again and just subscribed.
Absolutely luv this piece!
Very nice. Thought you over worked it near the end but the final result was well done. Well done.
Love your work, I think I’ve watched every one of your RUclips videos! I live on the east coast the beaches are flat and have no mountains, limited interesting coasts. Love the waves however makes boring paintings.
Good Morning Michael .
Good morning Mark
Hey man, your painting looked great. In the short time that you had with atmospheric changes the rough seas I thought the outcome was outstanding. Hate to hear that anyone laughed at your effort because they must not know much about Plein air!
You got that right: Average America Joan or Joe like the clown on the velvet painting
I had someone laugh jokingly, I said "you think that's funny, you should have seen the one I did last week". And... I sold it.
Como é fantástico saber interpretar a natureza. Obrigado. Brasil
Absolutely wonderful!!❤️
It's very nice and catches the mood
Nice work as always Michael. Keep it up.
Loved it. Captured beautifully…
When you are able to paint and pay your rent and food with the money you make i am extremely impress