love your videos very inspiring and relaxing and just good vibes all around Per your framing question(7:27), looks to be too much white space, but what do I know?? don't think there really is any wrong choice
Frame looks good to me, maybe add some depth to create shadow like when you held it up. It's interesting for sure, the cleaness and structure of the frame balanced with the semi haphazard style of the landscape, creates a good feeling on a wall I would think.
Great to see you vlog and plein air work! I haven’t quite made it outdoors to paint for along time. I also like others think the white space on the frame is a bit too much.
Loved this video Ben, I was so worried watching you at the canal you were so close to the edge arrrgh, anyway fabulous painting, it suited the round board. I think your instinct is right the frame is slightly too big. You could ask the client if they like it as it is or paint the white margin on the painting or make another frame. Love your en plein air excursions, more please.
Yes, I hadn't factoring in how the canal would make filming quite tricky too. I think I got away lightly having nothing fall in! Hope you're keeping well Anita!
8:15 I think too much frame. Plein Air Top Tips - #1. Always hang your gear from a hook under the easel for stability - carrier bag filled with rocks will also do. #2. Always assume your easel may fall over, due to wind/dog/cyclist/you in zone, etc. and never position where you will be in a world of pain if it does, i.e. right next to a canal or the road side of a pavement.
Hello Benmo! Great tondo painted in the wind! Maybe your frame is too large, it looks like it is dobble size of the painting. Another ratio than 2 could be great : 1,618!)
This is a lot of fun to watch. I certainly know what you mean about plein air - scares the crap out of me. It is also one of those things one is supposed to do to be a "real" artist. Somehow fiddling in isolation doesn't qualify, despite being the very thing that suits some of us best about the whole thing in the first place. If you have time, an entirely tangential question: who makes those coveralls (boiler suit?) you are wearing while painting outdoors? Anyways, keep painting - nothing wrong with any of it.
You're a promising painter. I would encourage you to use brushes instead of palette knives and rags (well, I suppose rags are fine - but unnecessary - for the scrub-in). It will elevate your art and benefit you greatly in the long run. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to the next one.
You sum up the joy and frustration of painting plein air well. Nice work!
Loved the video.
loving the progress Matie. I look forward to your next video . really inspiring
Thanks Sam!
love your videos very inspiring and relaxing and just good vibes all around
Per your framing question(7:27), looks to be too much white space, but what do I know?? don't think there really is any wrong choice
Frame looks good to me, maybe add some depth to create shadow like when you held it up. It's interesting for sure, the cleaness and structure of the frame balanced with the semi haphazard style of the landscape, creates a good feeling on a wall I would think.
That's a good idea!I think I'm going to put a thin piece of board behind the painting to create a shadow gap. Thanks for the encouragement.
Fellow CFS bearer here
Your story and Videos are really inspiring!
Hope you paint your way to full recovery :)
All the Best!
Thanks so much amigo!
Great to see you vlog and plein air work! I haven’t quite made it outdoors to paint for along time.
I also like others think the white space on the frame is a bit too much.
Thanks 👍
I think the frame works. I would go with it.
I'm more a dungaree kinda guy but I can appreciate the snazzy overalls 🙌
I'd take dungarees too!
Loved this video Ben, I was so worried watching you at the canal you were so close to the edge arrrgh, anyway fabulous painting, it suited the round board. I think your instinct is right the frame is slightly too big. You could ask the client if they like it as it is or paint the white margin on the painting or make another frame. Love your en plein air excursions, more please.
Yes, I hadn't factoring in how the canal would make filming quite tricky too. I think I got away lightly having nothing fall in! Hope you're keeping well Anita!
8:15 I think too much frame.
Plein Air Top Tips - #1. Always hang your gear from a hook under the easel for stability - carrier bag filled with rocks will also do. #2. Always assume your easel may fall over, due to wind/dog/cyclist/you in zone, etc. and never position where you will be in a world of pain if it does, i.e. right next to a canal or the road side of a pavement.
I was so conscious that the whole crap shoot could have gone in the canal!
Hello Benmo!
Great tondo painted in the wind!
Maybe your frame is too large, it looks like it is dobble size of the painting.
Another ratio than 2 could be great : 1,618!)
Yes! I like it - golden!
Re the frame - I think its between you and the client. (I quite like it TBH - very contemporary in my view)
Thank you - wise words. I'm going to tack the piece in today and get them to review it!
This is a lot of fun to watch. I certainly know what you mean about plein air - scares the crap out of me. It is also one of those things one is supposed to do to be a "real" artist. Somehow fiddling in isolation doesn't qualify, despite being the very thing that suits some of us best about the whole thing in the first place. If you have time, an entirely tangential question: who makes those coveralls (boiler suit?) you are wearing while painting outdoors? Anyways, keep painting - nothing wrong with any of it.
The overalls are from Dickies. A nice lady in the village gave them to me and miraculously they're big enough!
Cheers, those should be easy to find. I thought they were some vintage Fred Dibnah model. Thanks again. @@BenmoTheArtist
Really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.
Seems a massive waste of a frame for such a small painting
good thought. Thanks
You're a promising painter. I would encourage you to use brushes instead of palette knives and rags (well, I suppose rags are fine - but unnecessary - for the scrub-in). It will elevate your art and benefit you greatly in the long run. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to the next one.
Doesn’t matter what you use. Do what makes you happy.
Good thought - thank you. So pleased you enjoyed the vid.