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Andy Walker
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2007
Artist, blogger, and online art teacher.
Is this the perfect travel kit for plein air painting?
Here is my ultimate plein air painting gear for both oil painting and watercolour sketching. Is it the best? You decide! For me it is compact and easy to take anywhere and it allows me to carry home a lot of wet oil panels.
I've included a fold away storage rack for drying oil paintings, and one or two other creative tips for painting outdoors.
I've included a fold away storage rack for drying oil paintings, and one or two other creative tips for painting outdoors.
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Wet oil panel carrier (just matchsticks) Does it work?
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I try out using just matchsticks and masking tape to bring back eight wet panels from a plein air painting trip to the alps. Does it work? Do the paintings arrive home safely? Watch to find out - my verdict is at the end. Read more on my blog andywalkerart.com/2024/04/28/painting-the-matterhorn/ #wetpanelcarrier #pleinairoil #pleinair #panelcarrier #wetpanel
How to Gesso boards for oil painting (Quickly, Simply, Effectively!)
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#gesso #oilpainting #andywalker #impressionism This video shows how I prepare boards with Gesso for painting in oils. I use a method that is quick, easy and effective and puts coloured (toned) Gesso down in a rough pattern that is great for impressionistic or loose painting en plein air and in the studio. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to help this channel grow, and also FOLLOW MY BLOG for more pain...
How to get more colours in your palette (Portable Painter)
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#portablepainter #watercolorpalette #watercolor Do you never have enough space for new colours on your sketching palette? This is a common problem, so let me show you one neat solution. This is a natty way of getting more paints onto your watercolour Portable Painter palette. I'll also show you how I use my Sketch Board with these palettes when I go out sketching. The Portable Painter palettes ...
Plein air adventure - painting mountains at -6c
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A video of a recent expedition to paint at a height of more than 3800 metres (12,500 feet) following in the footsteps of two mountaineering and painting pioneers, (not literally as I went up by cable car! :)) I hope you enjoy it and are inspired to get out and paint! Follow my blog - andywalkerart.com/blog/
Plein air adventure - water mixable oil landscape painting (distant trees)
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In this video I paint a landscape en plein air using my Butterfly easel. (See my website www.diyeasel.com for more info on this). Vicent van Gogh said: "I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes to the subject; but I still don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I find it already there. It's a question of picking out what one wants from nature". So that's what...
Water-mixable oil painting demo. How to paint simply by eliminating the unnecessary
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You can read the whole story of this painting on my BLOG at andywalkerart.com/2023/07/01/eliminating-the-unnecessary/ and I've put a list of my materials there as well. There's much more info there on the background to this particular painting. What is necessary, and what is unnecessary? What needs to speak in your painting? In this demo painted with water-mixable oil paints I want to show you ...
DIY Butterfly plein air easel - oil painting and sketching (make it at home with my instruction kit)
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Make this DIY Butterfly easel in the comfort of your own home with just a few common tools and materials. I'll show you how to make this compact and yet versatile plein air easel for a fraction of the price of a ready made easel. Anyone can do this - I've made the instructions clear and simple to follow and there are videos to accompany each step of the process. This easel is great for oil pain...
DIY easel for watercolor sketching and painting en plein air (Compact. lightweight & easy to make!)
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This Flatpack plein air DIY easel is easy to make at home if you follow my detailed instructions and videos. It is versatile and lightweight and perfect for painting or sketching outdoors. For just a fraction of the price of a bought easel, you can make your own easel with the bare minimum of tools and materials. I've made the instructions simple and you just need to follow along step-by-step t...
DIY pochade box for plein air painting. (This box is easy to make at home - full instructions!)
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This Pokitbox DIY easel is simple to build and small enough to take with you wherever you go. It is a plein air pochade box which is great for painting outdoors as it is lightweight and easily fits into a small bag. This painting box is hand-held and has room for a 5 by 7 inch panel (but you can adjust the build size to fit any small panel). Make this pochade box at home with just a few basic t...
plein air water mixable oil painting (step by step).
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Watch as I paint a plein air water mixable oil painting of a farmhouse in Andalucia Spain. This landscape painting has an abstract foreground which follows the tradition of the impressionist painters and is quick and easy to do outdoors en plein air. I use minimal equipment - just three paints plus white so that all the mixed colours are harmonious and fit together as a whole. I'll show you ste...
Urban Sketching book review
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I'm excited about these two books - "The Art of Urban Sketching" and "The World of Urban Sketching". I find it inspiring to see the amazing work of so many artists from literally all around the world. Check out my blogpost on these books: andywalkerart.com/2023/01/08/my-favourite-art-books-urban-sketching/
Simple plein air sketching kit - my lightweight easel for use with a Portable Painter palette
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A simple idea for an ultra-lightweight plein air sketching kit. I use this with the Portable painter palette and it works incredibly well. It's very easy to make at home and doesn't require any DIY skills. It fits into a small bag and is smaller than an A5 sketching book so you really can take it with you anywhere you go! Use it for painting outdoors en plein air, on vacation, even when you go ...
How to simplify your painting to make a powerful picture.
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Sometimes the simplest paintings are the most powerful. I want to show you how I simplify a landscape painting almost to the point of abstraction, and yet I create a powerful statement. Read more about this on my blog: andywalkerart.com/blog/
How to paint the foreground in an abstract way
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Foregrounds can be tricky to paint and can sometimes dominate a painting when you really wanted to put your focal point elsewhere. In this video I want to show you how I sometimes get around this problem by painting an abstract foreground. I used water mixable oils, but you can create the same effect with watercolour. See my blog post that accompanies this video for more details: andywalkerart....
Make a better painting composition by cutting down
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Make a better painting composition by cutting down
Sketching Secrets - the ART of sketching (course on Udemy)
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Sketching Secrets - the ART of sketching (course on Udemy)
Create texture in gouache with spattering, spraying and scraping.
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Create texture in gouache with spattering, spraying and scraping.
painting gouache opaque and transparent - how to get the best from gouache
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painting gouache opaque and transparent - how to get the best from gouache
Gouache sketch en plein air - oranges and weeds
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Gouache sketch en plein air - oranges and weeds
How Rabatment can help you compose great paintings!
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How Rabatment can help you compose great paintings!
Watercolor plein air easel - a simple solution for a lightweight easel.
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Watercolor plein air easel - a simple solution for a lightweight easel.
Gouache plein air painting and sketchbook tour - Down in the Rambla
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Gouache plein air painting and sketchbook tour - Down in the Rambla
Hi! Amazing work! Where were you able to buy the plywood for the backboard?
Thanks. I bought it at a hardware store.
Brilliant! 😊
A tip to keep brushes pointy: when you get home wash out your brushes well with soap, and drag & twist the brush along a bar of soap at the end and don’t rinse it until you’re ready to paint again next. Let the soap dry on it. Keeps the points. 👌🏻
What a great and simple idea. Love it
Thanks for sharing Andy. Do you find the water soluble oils OK to work with? How long do they take to dry? Thanks
I really love the water mixable oils and find them a joy to work with. They don't smell so working at home is ok, they don't need nasty chemicals or solvents, and they clean up with just water and a bit of soap. I use Cobra paints that I find have a much better consistency straight from the tube ( I've tried Artesan paints from w&n before but they are too sticky and need a medium to thin them down). I'm writing an online course on using water mixable oils in landscape painting. Follow me on my blog at andywalkerart.com for more news about this.
@@AndyWalkerArt thanks Andy. Do you exclusively use water based oils now? Never traditional oils?
@@stevenice8320 yes, only water mixable oils and only the Cobra make.
Oh my god, the watercolour set up is the BEST set up I’ve ever seen.
Thank you!
Very helpful. I’m planning 3 week trip to the UK in a small rented camper van and these are perfect solutions to the challenges of taking my oil paints along. You should sell that drying rack!
@@Susiachi great idea! Have a great trip!
That gave me ideas if I want to take my oil paints on a car trip. You can also store the upright stack of canvases into a plastic box. I would not take oil paints in an airplane, as in European Airlines oil paints are banned. The regulations don't make any difference between housepaint and artists paints. I would take acrylics instead.
@@Elvraie I've never encountered a problem taking water-mixable oils on planes in Europe before (I guess there is always a first time!). I take them in carry-on luggage in a clear plastic bag and put them along with my toiletries in the x-ray tray. The tubes I take are only 40ml each, so maybe that is OK.
Very informative.
Very nice setup. Where did you get the oil painting box? Or did you make it yourself? Thanks for sharing.
@@mcruz2187 I made It myself. Much cheaper than buying one and easy to construct.
@@AndyWalkerArt Thanks. I am not so good at building things, so would need to find a readymade one that is similar to yours. Thanks
I see all the artists here on youtube, working in a flow with wet colours. Mine just blend together to a blob!
Hi. That may be because the paint is too watery and so moves around too much, or because you are mixing it too much with the brush (just allow the colours to touch and blend where they meet). Try putting down less paint so that there are not large puddles on the paper. Hope that helps 😊
brilliant...I especially like the drumroll, that says it all.
So elegantly simple. TY! 👍
Glad you like it!
This is brilliant!! Thank you!
The first painting is gorgeous ...then followed by other great paintings. Loved all the colors...beautiful :)
Thank you so much!
This is a very cool idea, I want to try this today! Thank you.
And thanks for signing up for my blog as well! www.andywalkerart.com
I always thought how silly the standing cups that flank that set were. I couldn't figure out how to hold it. Well, you solved that problem! Nice setup! 🎨😋
Glad I could help!
They serve as a sort of "clamp" for putting the palette on your leg. How well that works will come down to the thickness of your leg, I suppose. I don't think this was designed with the intention of being used while standing, though it obviously can be.
Brilliant! thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
That is so nice, your pictures are very beatiful I found your videos do I suscribed 😊
Thanks very much!
Absolutely brilliant! I have both of these palettes so will make myself a little palette rest- fantastic - thank you! 😁
It looks like a nice setup. My only question is- how does it work if you want to paint both pages during a session? Does the small board provide enough stability for both pages?
Yes It does. The board crosses the fold between the pages equally on both sides, so they are held equally firmly, and if you use the elastic strap that often comes with a sketchbook on one side and put an elastic band on the other, or a clip, then the pages will stay open and fixed. Have fun!
@@AndyWalkerArt awesome! Thanks!
I glue 2 matchsticks together with wood glue before and then you have double the space between the wet panels
That's a great idea. I'll certainly try that next time. Thanks.
Okay, so I'm possibly biased, but I think it's a brilliant idea. Now we just have to find some wall space in our house...!
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Brilliant! I think it was a success! Beautiful paintings!
Thank you
Excellent idea! ❤
thank you.
Great idea Andy
the simplewt and smallest. great jib
Very good, love it, and try to do by myself!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
A great video, Andy. Thanks for posting - Both my wife and have have a 'Portable Painter Palette', it's a great urban sketcher's tool. I'd love to see a larger version with 18 colour sections or / and, the 12 with three double sections added, as it is, I half fill the four small wells and the middle double well along side the brush holder with paint also, mainly to allow me to mixed more greys and greens, on longer trips. Warning: and I have raised this point with the manufacturer, the grooves for sliding in the two black water tubs are weak points. Twice my box has fallen about 18-24 inches, once off my knee and once off a small seat and both water tubs snapped off at the groove. I've re-enforce those points with aluminium squares cut from a coke can, superglued and hot-glued all round. You do need to keep any added support thin so the two water tubs still slide on when not using. Happy painting.
Thanks for your comments. You can get additional smaller paint containers from the manufacturers that will increase the number of colours you can put in. See my blogpost andywalkerart.com/2023/11/10/how-to-get-more-colours-in-your-palette/
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
Thanks😊
Also, it seems like you could put a quick release plate on your piece of wood, and then attach the whole thing to a tripod.
That would make it totally hands free. Good idea.
@@AndyWalkerArt The Sirui 5cx carbon fiber traveler tripod weighs less than 2 pounds (.94 kg) so it doesn't add too much weight to your kit.
Why not overlap the palette a bit and clip it on as well, so there is no chance of the watercolors and water coming off?
That's a good idea if you are concerned about the palette sliding off, but I've never had a problem with it as it is. The fit is quite tight enough so friction does the job.
Genius is simplicity !!! Kudos
This is a very clever application of the Portable Painter product. I am always looking for light and portable. Thanks!
Amazing work of Art Andy super groovy results ✌️😎🎨🖼🎭 hope ya have a wonderful Christmas holiday brother and let your New Year be filled with Love Joy Peace and Prosperity & good Health ❤ and as always Happy Painting 🎨
Thanks so much, and a very happy Christmas and wonderful New Year to you!
Incredible Work Andy I enjoyed seeing this it turned out so beautiful ✌️🏞🌞🖼🎨 happy painting and have a fabulous Thanksgiving brother ✨️🦃🍷🍗🥧🙏
Thanks very much! You've made day!
This is amazing - what is the name of the clip!! I just ordered the Portable Painter Palette
Hi. The clip is something you can buy in most hardware stores or stationers these days, probably on Amazon too. Not sure what it's called.
What is the measurement of your wood backing? Thank you for sharing ! Love your idea
Brilliant! Thx for sharing 🙌🎨🙌
👍 thanks
Sketch board to support palette is a great idea!
Thanks. I've used it for a couple of years now and it is so simple and effective.
Sencillo y fácil de hacer, es perfecto 😊👍 muchas gracias
De nada 😊
So excited to find gouache painting videos! Your paintings inspire me!
Thank you so much.
Очень здорово! ❤
Большое спасибо. 👍
Thank you 😊
wow, amazing!
Thank you!
What sort of palette is it that you use?
It was a Winsor & Newton sketchers pocket set. www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Sketchers-14-Pieces/dp/B00004THXI/ref=mp_s_a_1_3_maf_1?crid=1SWHDXB571JS7&keywords=winsor+and+newton+cotman+sketcher+pocket+box&qid=1697823583&sprefix=winsor+and+newton+sketcher%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-3
I really freaking love this!!! This is what I meant when I say I want to watch art videos😊 Keep it going!!
Thank you 🙂 Look out for more videos on the Portable Painter from me.
I had the same problem with the Escoda brushes I bought. The number 4 had to be sent back 3 times as it was unable to hold a point. Thanks for a great video, some very good ideas.