I've just seen this interview a year late, and I have to say what a brilliant insight into a painters life. I've been painting a long time with hardly any contact with other oil painters, and how great it is to hear you both talking about my world and all the same things I've been thinking. Thanks for the excellent demos Alex.
38.00 'For some reason that looks like tarmac with the sun hitting it': that's the exact same experience I had when I first saw Schmid's work. How a particular arrangement of marks can both look like just paint marks on a surface but also at the same time be like the feeling of sunlight falling on a roof line. Its a sort of perceptual alchemy that is like real magic.
Really interesting interview. Tom is a great artist, like his work a lot amazing how inspiring you are to a lot of artists. I, myself was an established artist, not anymore have to dedicate my time at work & family hardly have time anymore. Just have to live with it. Best interview between two artists, more down to earth.
I just subscribed to your channel based on this interview. I have been following Tom for sometime. Value his views on painting as well as his wonderful paintings.
Brilliant! I hope you keep doing these interviews, which felt more like an afternoon chat. Great hear about their journey and life as an artist. I am sure we can all relate to them at some point.
Thank you. Glad you liked this one. These interviews aren't as popular as my painting demos, but I think they're very valuable. I aim to do more of them and I'm also hoping see if I can get other artists to actually do some demos on this channel?
Wow 👏 this guy is BRILLIANT! I see why ur a fan lol the scenes looks like actual photographs, same effects, but more interesting than a photo. The blurred motion lines, the curved perspective, my goodness. Never seen an artist like that. Nice vid mate!
Thank you Derrick! Glad you liked it. Yes, Tom is definitely one of my favourite British landscape painters (and we have many very good ones, I think the ever changing weather makes the UK a tough school). Have you seen his TH-cam channel? He hasn't posted anything in a while, but there's some interesting stuff on there: th-cam.com/channels/fTXhgg7XEoew9seKd3yDAw.html
This was an excellent discussion. Alex and Tom you spoke of many important issues that all artists struggle with. Just today I mentioned the `10000 hour rule` to my art friends after our studio session. I particularly enjoyed your experiences on your path to becoming artists.
20.00 “Richard Schmid or Peter Brown” I would never have guessed Tom would have been comparing his work to Schmid as a bench mark. Schmid’s work was a revelation for me as an artist - incredible colour harmonies, tonal subtlety, compositional impact. I also admire Peter Brown’s work for different reasons - his palette is much more subdued than Schmid’s and the edge work isn’t so dazzling - but there is directness and honesty of mark making which makes it stand out as a plein air painter. Tom’s first attempts are shocking - ha ha - and certainly a inspiration to see what is possible to develop with total dedication to the craft.
Yes that was the point of showing the earlier work. Painting from life is extremely challenging and it's easy to think when you first start that you'll never achieve a standard comparable to the artists you admire.
Thanks Des! Glad you like it. Wasn't sure what people would make of this one. Never interviewed anyone before and its a bit of a departure from my usual demo's. If it get's a good enough response, I intend to do more.
10,000 hours to master something? ...wasn't that Maxwell Gladwell in his book "Outliers". Great interview! Tom Hughes is down to earth and honest. He freely shares his thoughts and struggles. Gold star, both of you! Thank you for sharing!
Had this in my watch list for ages and so glad I finally got around to it. Never thought the Eastgate roundabout could look so good! Thanks to you both for the inspiration
Weird to rediscover this 3 years later and my comment is still at the top somehow. Again...great chat, a conversation I needed to hear, this needs more likes. I wish Tom posted more videos but I understand that it's often unrewarding when the algorithms aren't helping at all.
Great interview with 2 great artists, listening to what you both had to say there wasn't one thing said that wasn't rattling around in my head already and it's so helpful to know I'm treading a similar path. With the plethora of art channels on TH-cam finding people such as you and Tom whose work really speaks to you is a great inspiration to get up and squeeze out the paint. I've only recently discovered Tom's work as I have decided to get outside into nature and bought some Plein Air equipment so this interview was a real treat to find, I genuinely hope he starts posting again because listening to his internal monologue was very helpful. When things aren't going right it's nice to know that you're not alone.
Hi! Alex, I've just listened to you and Tom Hughes chatting, and I think you hit the nail on the head when you said about art schools / colleges not teaching a traditional art sylabus skills, I taught Painting & Decorating and found a similar thing happened where the college's were basically forced to stop teaching the World reknowned City & Guilds and everything got dumbed down to the National Certificate of Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ certificated by C&G but quite inferior to the previous sylabus). It seems to me that University trained people (generally speaking) have a very high opinion of University Degrees and a very, very low opinion of Trades and Skills perhaps more based on physcomotor skills or where the operatives get dirty! This opinion, I think is based on the fact that they attended University, wear suits and ties and from a very lofty hight; look down on mortals they think are inferior due to the work they do! Keep on with the video's mate I only just found them I don't think I've seen a duf one yet! Thank You, P.S, have you seen the work of the Northern Boys,?
Thanks David. Glad you like my videos. Yes I know the Northern Boys. I've met some them too. I particularly like the work of Michael Ashcroft and Rob Pointon.
49.53 - "Pete Brown has done Regent Street"- the fact that someone else has painted a particular subject surely doesn't mean its now off bounds. The artistic merit is in the vision, interpretation and language of paint not the subject itself surely? Peter Brown paintings are instantly recognisable as his and not anyone's else's. The same applies to Tom's work. Even among the 'army' of Schmid painters you can tell what is really a Schmid painting and what is not. That to me is one of the wonderful aspects of representational painting: even though we are using the same basic materials and and using the same principles - value, colour temperature and composition etc - painters works are unique in how they've expressed the subject in paint.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting yup ive seen them all.im just saying for this particula video u could use some edits just to add some flavour. still great talk
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate the quality of your videos, there is alot of not so good stuff on here,you channel is one that I trust. I guess i'll have to find out how the guys manage to capture fast moving things in plein air myself..:) ...Keep up the good work it os appreciated...p.s will you be adding more to your patreon site? Im keen to join up,it must be hard to keep putting stuff up im sure.
46.14 Ha ha just about sums up the British representational art tradition: 'sketchy'. You don't tend to see many following the Bouguereau aesthetic this side of the pond.
I've just seen this interview a year late, and I have to say what a brilliant insight into a painters life. I've been painting a long time with hardly any contact with other oil painters, and how great it is to hear you both talking about my world and all the same things I've been thinking. Thanks for the excellent demos Alex.
Don’t know if you’ll see this. Was wondering how your journey is going now?
very well thank you@@michaeltaylor981
38.00 'For some reason that looks like tarmac with the sun hitting it': that's the exact same experience I had when I first saw Schmid's work. How a particular arrangement of marks can both look like just paint marks on a surface but also at the same time be like the feeling of sunlight falling on a roof line. Its a sort of perceptual alchemy that is like real magic.
Outstanding. The best interview of two artists talking about learning their craft and sharing knowledge that I have seen in a long time.
Thank you for the wonderful insight into the process. Very encouraging.
Tom, I saw your video about starting plein-air too. I found it was very inspiring, please put it back up for others to benefit from.
Brilliant and Humble.A rare combination in a world of super egos!I was delighted absolutely.
Thank you Roberto!
Really interesting interview. Tom is a great artist, like his work a lot amazing how inspiring you are to a lot of artists. I, myself was an established artist, not anymore have to dedicate my time at work & family hardly have time anymore. Just have to live with it. Best interview between two artists, more down to earth.
Thank you very much Thomas. Hope you find more time to keep up the painting.
I’ve just loved this interview... thank you so much 🙏😊
Thank you Liz! Glad you enjoyed it.
Lo he disfrutado mucho, es un lujo ver juntos a dos de mis pintores referentes.,muchas gracias por el video
I just subscribed to your channel based on this interview. I have been following Tom for sometime. Value his views on painting as well as his wonderful paintings.
Thanks Doug. Hope you find my channel useful
Brilliant! I hope you keep doing these interviews, which felt more like an afternoon chat. Great hear about their journey and life as an artist. I am sure we can all relate to them at some point.
Thank you. Glad you liked this one. These interviews aren't as popular as my painting demos, but I think they're very valuable. I aim to do more of them and I'm also hoping see if I can get other artists to actually do some demos on this channel?
Wow 👏 this guy is BRILLIANT! I see why ur a fan lol the scenes looks like actual photographs, same effects, but more interesting than a photo. The blurred motion lines, the curved perspective, my goodness. Never seen an artist like that. Nice vid mate!
Thank you Derrick! Glad you liked it. Yes, Tom is definitely one of my favourite British landscape painters (and we have many very good ones, I think the ever changing weather makes the UK a tough school). Have you seen his TH-cam channel? He hasn't posted anything in a while, but there's some interesting stuff on there:
th-cam.com/channels/fTXhgg7XEoew9seKd3yDAw.html
Thanks for this. Lovely conversation
I am so glad this is all happening. Thank you
Bruce
I wish Tom would bring back his series "Thoughts on Painting". I thoroughly enjoyed the content he offered.
I told me he's planning to start posting videos again
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting that's wonderful news!
I loved them too. Looking forward to the new videos
This was an excellent discussion. Alex and Tom you spoke of many important issues that all artists struggle with. Just today I mentioned the `10000 hour rule` to my art friends after our studio session. I particularly enjoyed your experiences on your path to becoming artists.
It’s fascinating, and valuable talk! It covers rarely discussed matters. Thank you guys for being frank, and open about your experiences.
Very glad you enjoyed it Maple.
Really interesting discussion - thanks for taking the time to do it. Nice to see some local locations too - like the M32!
20.00 “Richard Schmid or Peter Brown” I would never have guessed Tom would have been comparing his work to Schmid as a bench mark. Schmid’s work was a revelation for me as an artist - incredible colour harmonies, tonal subtlety, compositional impact. I also admire Peter Brown’s work for different reasons - his palette is much more subdued than Schmid’s and the edge work isn’t so dazzling - but there is directness and honesty of mark making which makes it stand out as a plein air painter. Tom’s first attempts are shocking - ha ha - and certainly a inspiration to see what is possible to develop with total dedication to the craft.
Yes that was the point of showing the earlier work. Painting from life is extremely challenging and it's easy to think when you first start that you'll never achieve a standard comparable to the artists you admire.
Great interview. Bog standard, solid down to earth artists chatting about what they love. Much appreciated
Thanks Des! Glad you like it. Wasn't sure what people would make of this one. Never interviewed anyone before and its a bit of a departure from my usual demo's. If it get's a good enough response, I intend to do more.
Thanks Alex and Tom - great discussion
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10,000 hours to master something? ...wasn't that Maxwell Gladwell in his book "Outliers".
Great interview! Tom Hughes is down to earth and honest. He freely shares his thoughts and struggles. Gold star, both of you! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. And yes, I believe the 10,000 hours rule is from Malcom Gladwell.
Had this in my watch list for ages and so glad I finally got around to it. Never thought the Eastgate roundabout could look so good! Thanks to you both for the inspiration
Thanks Jonathan, glad you enjoyed it.
Superb thanks for posting love his work too Al
Weird to rediscover this 3 years later and my comment is still at the top somehow. Again...great chat, a conversation I needed to hear, this needs more likes. I wish Tom posted more videos but I understand that it's often unrewarding when the algorithms aren't helping at all.
Yes, I hope he makes more videos. But it definitely takes time away from ones painting.
Enjoyed the interview. Thank you.
Thanks Alex, more interviews please
I'm interviewing Ben Hope NEAC on Monday www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/artists/benjamin-hope-neac-ps
You mention a Nick Batcheil? 30:14 as a portrait teacher? interested to see what he was all about. Maybe find some of his work on the net?
See Nick Bashall, he was Alex`s art teacher.
Awesome, interesting and informative.
Thanks Mandy. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great interview with 2 great artists, listening to what you both had to say there wasn't one thing said that wasn't rattling around in my head already and it's so helpful to know I'm treading a similar path. With the plethora of art channels on TH-cam finding people such as you and Tom whose work really speaks to you is a great inspiration to get up and squeeze out the paint. I've only recently discovered Tom's work as I have decided to get outside into nature and bought some Plein Air equipment so this interview was a real treat to find, I genuinely hope he starts posting again because listening to his internal monologue was very helpful. When things aren't going right it's nice to know that you're not alone.
Great stuff 👍
Hi! Alex, I've just listened to you and Tom Hughes chatting, and I think you hit the nail on the head when you said about art schools / colleges not teaching a traditional art sylabus skills, I taught Painting & Decorating and found a similar thing happened where the college's were basically forced to stop teaching the World reknowned City & Guilds and everything got dumbed down to the National Certificate of Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ certificated by C&G but quite inferior to the previous sylabus). It seems to me that University trained people (generally speaking) have a very high opinion of University Degrees and a very, very low opinion of Trades and Skills perhaps more based on physcomotor skills or where the operatives get dirty! This opinion, I think is based on the fact that they attended University, wear suits and ties and from a very lofty hight; look down on mortals they think are inferior due to the work they do! Keep on with the video's mate I only just found them I don't think I've seen a duf one yet! Thank You, P.S, have you seen the work of the Northern Boys,?
Thanks David. Glad you like my videos. Yes I know the Northern Boys. I've met some them too. I particularly like the work of Michael Ashcroft and Rob Pointon.
Really enjoyable hour!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it
James Gurney's books are filled with painting technique treasures 👍
You should subscribe to his TH-cam channel; he gives awesome demonstrations.
49.53 - "Pete Brown has done Regent Street"- the fact that someone else has painted a particular subject surely doesn't mean its now off bounds. The artistic merit is in the vision, interpretation and language of paint not the subject itself surely? Peter Brown paintings are instantly recognisable as his and not anyone's else's. The same applies to Tom's work. Even among the 'army' of Schmid painters you can tell what is really a Schmid painting and what is not. That to me is one of the wonderful aspects of representational painting: even though we are using the same basic materials and and using the same principles - value, colour temperature and composition etc - painters works are unique in how they've expressed the subject in paint.
nice podcast, i enjoyed listining to you guys, id love to see some "in-edits" to visualise some topics u were talking about
Thanks. Have you checked out some of my other demos? They cover many of the things we spoke.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting yup ive seen them all.im just saying for this particula video u could use some edits just to add some flavour. still great talk
Thank you for this. I too did a foundation and then downed tools. 30 years later I'm just starting up again. Wish they'd have TAUGHT us :/
That's great to hear. God luck with it!
So which one of you is banksey ... :). Great interview ...!
Love this chat.
Really inspiring and added a little more charge to my battery
Fantastic as always, these must be painted from photo references right? Not saying that is a bad thing, just wondering about the process.
Im just thinking about the fast moving objects that are so beautifully painted.
P.s please keep doing more of these,they are great,very informative and much appreciated.
Thanks also for turning me on to Toms channel, amazing stuff
Thanks. I'm going to be doing one soon with Andrew James the portrait painter.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate the quality of your videos, there is alot of not so good stuff on here,you channel is one that I trust. I guess i'll have to find out how the guys manage to capture fast moving things in plein air myself..:) ...Keep up the good work it os appreciated...p.s will you be adding more to your patreon site? Im keen to join up,it must be hard to keep putting stuff up im sure.
Great chat.
Great video
Thanks, glad you found this interesting. I love Tom's work.
25.44 “the only thing I ever talked about was painting” 😂 sounds strangely familiar.
I agree with Tom's comment on "Talent" ....curiousity, obsessive and stubborn..., would also include hard work..
46.14 Ha ha just about sums up the British representational art tradition: 'sketchy'. You don't tend to see many following the Bouguereau aesthetic this side of the pond.
27.40 ah yes the infamous modern art education where you are not actually taught any skills but to develop your ‘ideas’! 🤔
You should check out Tom Hughes the award winning AMERICAN artist too bahahaha
Yes he is an awesome painter...same name as Tom in this video. Quite a coinsidance.