I really enjoyed tagging along on your journey, Michael. Your commentary and your willingness to risk it all in order to progress as an artist is commendable. The end result proves that you conquered your reservations.
Keeping it experimental and loose A feeling of depth is introduced Light passes through the trees Flowers recede by degrees Spontaneous, loose and vital See the video title With Pa-tre-on you’ll be impressed Also support the platform’s best 🖼️🖼️🖼️ It really is a privilege to listen to your thought process as the painting came together. At the risk of repeating myself, *AMAZING* Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛
I really appreciate how you continue to push yourself to try something new--it's something I think all of us aspire to but usually don't pursue. Loved how this one turned out--even if it's not something you typically paint. You also managed to go even looser than normal and it absolutely worked. Well done!
Cool location, sir! Very nice painting! If you "don't know what you're doing", stick to it, because you're doing such a great job! Have a wonderful day! Greetings from the EU!
Hi Michael! I really love your videos, it always struck me how messy it seems in the beginning and how beautiful it turns out in the end. Never stop making such videos, they relax me and they are full of useful information. Thank you!
I thought the painting was very nice. Well balanced and good atmospheric perspective. Nicely suggestive and loose. Maybe I would have 'invented' a few reddish flowers extra to give it a little extravagance (though that might turn out a little cheezy).
Sadly, this one doesn't work for me. If I hadn't watched you paint it I would have no idea what the white blobs were supposed to be and the trees on top of the rise were just green blobs. Maybe it's just too loose for me...
- see the cats nose 15:01 left upper mid-ground, towards you, brown heart shaped nose , vertical line connecting a closed mouth line, the closed eyes are two dark separated green strokes, there , where they should be just below the tree line, anyone can see this fun image 🙂
I always enjoy your videos! Your compositions are always great. My thoughts on painting loose is to use a large brush and hold it at the end. The one thing I think you should try is to paint thicker.
I like your early experimentation with the composition and am also interested in loosening up my painting strokes (which is harder than anticipated). It's interesting watching you do my work for me by figuring things out in the real venue. I want to capture the large shapes and get the interesting brush strokes but not dismiss the structure of the flowers and weeds AND avoid the saccharine, as you say. There is some point in the middle or a little south of the middle. This painting has addressed some of my question and would love to see what happens after you get back to the studio.
I think it looks good! I've learned a lot from your channel over the years. Thank You so much for sharing your learning process. Have a wonderful week!
Good video. 2 things: Repetitive sky holes look like windows in trees that lean toward houses because the high lights are lower than the tops. Also those close flowers could be titanium + a little yellow and use the tan color for the distant flower masses. IMHO, but an excellent loose interpretation and a great picture.
Thanks for your observations! None of the things that you mention bother me. I make my decisions in real life from about 8 feet away. I've leaned to leave paintings alone unless there's something that really jumps out at me. Walk through a museum and look at all the imperfection. It takes years to learn paint and leave it!
Nice painting. I think you really pulled it off well. The flowers definitely look more wild and natural than cliche manicured entities. Also appreciated the real time commentary - helps convey the whys of what you’re doing. Are you painting in the U.S. somewhere? Cheers from Pennsylvania!!
That’s funny because I feel paintings of the ocean and waves are cliche and saccharin so I avoid painting those subjects. I guess it’s more the approach. For me the less representational and identifiable (area) the subject the better.
@@markparkey1218 Haha, true, I wasn't really that nervous. By the way there are repeating hearts (one light, one dark) somewhere in the painting. Do you see them? Nobody else has noticed
@@chamberlainpaintingsYES, bottom center path , one above the other , then notice , as if they proceed from a 💋, then look just left of the path ‘’ see ‘’ a pretty girl, bangs , brown hair, maybe Carmel, upon her forehead and cheeks , image an outstretched arm , Poms Poms in hand , dawns an outfit , most will see , now look , up , to the right in the trees , ‘ a blue angel, she appears, again many will see 😎 ( left of the brush tip, before it touch’s the palette and it’s own shadow, gazing up to the right see a wind swept haired beauty ) Michael hinted hearts in the tree line ( often I think it’s just me ) thank you Michael , do you see her left of the path , and the hearts upon the kiss , center foreground path ? ❤
I think this is my favourite so far! I believe it is very hard to paint this kind of subject matter and to succeed at keeping the abstraction and interest throughout the canvas. Love it ❤
Princess Anne’s Lace I think those weeds are called. Last weekend I was listening to Emma’s podcast and had a thought.. I’d be interested in, and would really to see, you two having a chat about creativity, different forms of creativity, and how it’s helped you get through challenging periods of your lives, expressing yourself through art, music, etc- WHILE you’re plein air painting. Just a thought. I really appreciate your videos being a nice, inspiring, relaxing part of my Sundays.
Yes, it looks like Queen Anne's Lace! It could be Yarrow though. I'm not sure. They look very similar. It would be fun to discuss creativity on Emma's podcast. I don't think I could fully engage and paint at the same time 😅
I really enjoy watching your process and benefitting from your insights. I always love it when you frame your work at the end of the video: they always look so good. PS, I've just made my own floating frame, inspired by yours of course. I did ok considering I don't have power tools.
Great work. Very enjoyable watching the process. The flower areas are well done. I just struggled with flowers earlier this week. It gives me a lot of good ideas. It looks like where I paint in Colorado when not in the mountains .
Love watching your videos. You have made me rethink my approach to painting. You are such an inspiration. I'm going back to big brushes and shapes. Thank you!
Another great video Michael. I think the painting turned out well. I liked the choice of the olive green in the field instead of just using a value change. Would you like to explore these ideas, this motif more?
Hi Michael, I saw you walking in Paris a few weeks ago. I got nervous and didin't say hi, and it was also raining so was a bit in a rush to get to the metro... but I've been watching your channel for many years now, and I am always amazed as to how your paintings come together so beautifully (this one included!). I just want to say thank you for your videos as they are very informative, calming, and inspiring for people who want to learn about the principles of plein air painting.
@@ronschlorff7089 hey Ron, there is a lot of imagery in this painting, I see many different images in many different things , always have, it does vary , sometimes many, few, or nearly to none at all, it could in tree bark, or a handful of small stones cast on the ground or pavement, wood grains , in doors, old gnarly trees, a cliff face of rocks, some things don’t have “any “ creative imagery in them, it Varys
I love watching you paint with all the explanation as you go. Your looseness is what I appreciate, because that is what I aspire to. Thank you for sharing your journey.
sooo much imagery 13:28 even etched left of canvas , must just be me , and beyond , , often some may not see , thinking 💭 of the gentled movement of the grass and flowers , sound of a breeze , the touch of the wind upon them , at times in the video , peaceful serenity is here, there , this video , ,
Another instructive and delightful post to watch on a Sunday teatime in England! I have just finished reading and marking up John Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting, one of your great painters. You evolved a solution to a foreground with plants as he suggests, ‘colonies of colour’ and tonal recession to suggest depth. I enjoyed your video which brought to life pages 67-9 and 79! Great minds think alike!!!
@@chamberlainpaintings I have followed you for a few years now - Covid lockdowns were made bearable by watching you paint! I discovered Ian Roberts at the same time and I have been on his courses this year. Two done and one to come and these have been very effective. We are in a fallow break over summer and one activity is a book club. The Carlson book was his first recommendation, and he was a considerable teacher and painter in his time. It is a cheap Dover reprint, text is from 1929 but it has b/w illustrations in what is a 1970s edition. He died in the 1950s but his close observation of landscapes is a life long distillation. The chapters on trees and clouds are especially good. I think the pages I cited tackle the important fore-ground spaces where nothing seems to be happening, hence his colonies of interest. The book was worth it for his quoting Whistler! “Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong...” I have checked the ART UK webs site and as far as I know there are no Carlson paintings in the UK, which is a huge shame. He was obviously a famous name years ago and his work is well represented in the US. His New England landscapes were his home turf and he did visit the desert states. Images I have found on line are fine painting and he does not hesitate to take control of a scene and remove distractions. Much of what he states, I have seen you do instinctively - you have worked it out yourself. Where he may be useful is identifying those little things which you might see but not notice. These can make all the difference! Am looking forward to the next post!
I enjoyed watching this. I, too, am trying to loosen up my painting, and it's definitely a challenge, but a fun one. You always manage to take the mundane and make it look awesome! Great end result.
Hi Michael, I’ve noticed that at the beginning of your videos you add a good amount of titanium white to your pallet. Is this just an establishing shot or do you use significantly more titanium white than other colors on your pallet? Just curious.
I just shared this video with friends and painter friends who are learning like me. I like the quality of the info and demo. For me, this quality was challenged by frequent "you knows". I had to self soothe my irritation, but got to the end and learned a lot. Thank you.
I like putting your videos on while working, such nice vibes. Love the way the flowers look in this one! Btw this is very weird but the other night I had a dream I was making homemade pop tarts with you and Emma. 😭
I really enjoyed tagging along on your journey, Michael. Your commentary and your willingness to risk it all in order to progress as an artist is commendable. The end result proves that you conquered your reservations.
Thanks Dennis!
Love hearing your thoughts as you paint.
Keeping it experimental and loose
A feeling of depth is introduced
Light passes through the trees
Flowers recede by degrees
Spontaneous, loose and vital
See the video title
With Pa-tre-on you’ll be impressed
Also support the platform’s best
🖼️🖼️🖼️
It really is a privilege to listen to your thought process as the painting came together. At the risk of repeating myself, *AMAZING* Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛
Thanks Suz!! 💛
Nicely done and explained appreciated, thanks.
I really appreciate how you continue to push yourself to try something new--it's something I think all of us aspire to but usually don't pursue. Loved how this one turned out--even if it's not something you typically paint. You also managed to go even looser than normal and it absolutely worked. Well done!
Thanks Michelle!
Cool location, sir! Very nice painting! If you "don't know what you're doing", stick to it, because you're doing such a great job! Have a wonderful day! Greetings from the EU!
Thanks Olda!
@@chamberlainpaintings Cheers!
I can almost feel the wind gently blowing by. Beautifully done
Thanks Hailey!
@@chamberlainpaintings 😊
Really enjoyed your experiment! Thanks so much
Your thumbnail would makes great painting 😎
Hi Michael! I really love your videos, it always struck me how messy it seems in the beginning and how beautiful it turns out in the end. Never stop making such videos, they relax me and they are full of useful information. Thank you!
I thought the painting was very nice. Well balanced and good atmospheric perspective. Nicely suggestive and loose. Maybe I would have 'invented' a few reddish flowers extra to give it a little extravagance (though that might turn out a little cheezy).
15:07 , tree line, see a heart on it’s side, left of the path, just right of a dual 👥< -- but closer than this 🫢😝🤐
Yeah, really like how this turned out, Michael! Those flower blobs are perfect 👍🏽
Thanks Miriam!
Sadly, this one doesn't work for me. If I hadn't watched you paint it I would have no idea what the white blobs were supposed to be and the trees on top of the rise were just green blobs. Maybe it's just too loose for me...
I really enjoyed this one, just my kind of subject and I will try to loosen up myself , after seeing your great final result, thank you
- see the cats nose 15:01 left upper mid-ground, towards you, brown heart shaped nose , vertical line connecting a closed mouth line, the closed eyes are two dark separated green strokes, there , where they should be just below the tree line, anyone can see this fun image 🙂
Really enjoyed this video Michael. The painting is great, nice and loose. The bright blue sky is a perfect backdrop 👍🏻
Thanks Andrew!
glistening palette paint mix, where the brush tip is about to touch it’s own shadow , ,
I always enjoy your videos! Your compositions are always great. My thoughts on painting loose is to use a large brush and hold it at the end. The one thing I think you should try is to paint thicker.
I like the loose painting style Thank you for your lessons ❤
I like your early experimentation with the composition and am also interested in loosening up my painting strokes (which is harder than anticipated). It's interesting watching you do my work for me by figuring things out in the real venue. I want to capture the large shapes and get the interesting brush strokes but not dismiss the structure of the flowers and weeds AND avoid the saccharine, as you say. There is some point in the middle or a little south of the middle. This painting has addressed some of my question and would love to see what happens after you get back to the studio.
The flowers are, "Queen Ann's Lace".
Thanks for a great video! I totally enjoyed watching how you approach painting loose. Love the results.❤
Looks great! Love the experimentation
Very nice! Thank you for sharing.
2:28 ( where the brush touches the sketch )
I think it looks good!
I've learned a lot from your channel over the years. Thank You so much for sharing your learning process.
Have a wonderful week!
Thanks Greg!
Good video.
2 things:
Repetitive sky holes look like windows in trees that lean toward houses because the high lights are lower than the tops.
Also those close flowers could be titanium + a little yellow and use the tan color for the distant flower masses.
IMHO, but an excellent loose interpretation and a great picture.
Thanks for your observations! None of the things that you mention bother me. I make my decisions in real life from about 8 feet away. I've leaned to leave paintings alone unless there's something that really jumps out at me. Walk through a museum and look at all the imperfection. It takes years to learn paint and leave it!
@@chamberlainpaintings Just wanted to thank you for the reply. I am glad that you share thoughts as you paint. And I really enjoy your work.
This one reminds me of the chalk paintings they jump into in Mary Poppins & walk down the road a little there's a carnival. :)
I love it! You know what you are doing to be so loose!
Really like how this came out. I learn so much from your commentary. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Great! Light and airy!
Nice painting. I think you really pulled it off well. The flowers definitely look more wild and natural than cliche manicured entities. Also appreciated the real time commentary - helps convey the whys of what you’re doing. Are you painting in the U.S. somewhere? Cheers from Pennsylvania!!
Thanks! Yes, I mostly paint in California.
I don’t comment often, but I just have to thank you for the amount of peace your videos bring me❤️
Thank you!
yes
I love how this one turned out
That’s funny because I feel paintings of the ocean and waves are cliche and saccharin so I avoid painting those subjects. I guess it’s more the approach. For me the less representational and identifiable (area) the subject the better.
I agree, it's the approach
Those flowers might be Queen Anne's Lace. Your painting came out great, Michael!
Thanks Kay!
Nice (and loose).
Love the loose style
Lovely video. How are you able to keep your paint so thin, and your brush so barely loaded, but are able to make the paint travel so far?
Liquin by Winsor & Newton. Other mediums may work as well.
Beautiful painting as always ❤ Peaceful Bob Ross vibes in all your videos.
This is really satisfying to watch and really relaxing , and I always have so much fun listening to your comments before every step 💙
Very nice work
I like the composition, looks great!
Good morning Michael 🙂
Good morning Mark!
@@chamberlainpaintings fun painting too, ( you nervous no way ) thank you Michael
@@markparkey1218 Haha, true, I wasn't really that nervous. By the way there are repeating hearts (one light, one dark) somewhere in the painting. Do you see them? Nobody else has noticed
@@chamberlainpaintingsYES, bottom center path , one above the other , then notice , as if they proceed from a 💋, then look just left of the path ‘’ see ‘’ a pretty girl, bangs , brown hair, maybe Carmel, upon her forehead and cheeks , image an outstretched arm , Poms Poms in hand , dawns an outfit , most will see , now look , up , to the right in the trees , ‘ a blue angel, she appears, again many will see 😎 ( left of the brush tip, before it touch’s the palette and it’s own shadow, gazing up to the right see a wind swept haired beauty ) Michael hinted hearts in the tree line ( often I think it’s just me ) thank you Michael , do you see her left of the path , and the hearts upon the kiss , center foreground path ? ❤
Nicely done
Wonderful!
I love it!!
I love it!!!
Thank you
I think this is my favourite so far! I believe it is very hard to paint this kind of subject matter and to succeed at keeping the abstraction and interest throughout the canvas. Love it ❤
Love it ❤
I like the way you challenge yourself and experiment. It really helps those that are timid in trying new things.
Love this one for sure Nailed it
What a beautiful spot and another beautiful plein air ❤
How are you doing Michael? I loved your video. great work! It's beautiful to see your progress.
I'm doing well thanks! Glad you enjoyed :)
One of your best paintings! I have been following you for a long time and your process and growth are inspiring. Thank you.
Thanks Charm!
Princess Anne’s Lace I think those weeds are called.
Last weekend I was listening to Emma’s podcast and had a thought.. I’d be interested in, and would really to see, you two having a chat about creativity, different forms of creativity, and how it’s helped you get through challenging periods of your lives, expressing yourself through art, music, etc- WHILE you’re plein air painting.
Just a thought. I really appreciate your videos being a nice, inspiring, relaxing part of my Sundays.
Yes, it looks like Queen Anne's Lace! It could be Yarrow though. I'm not sure. They look very similar. It would be fun to discuss creativity on Emma's podcast. I don't think I could fully engage and paint at the same time 😅
@@chamberlainpaintingsSame. As the years roll by it definitely does not get easier to multitask.
Just the inspiration I needed today where I feel I'm just not loose enough! THANK YOU!
I really enjoy watching your process and benefitting from your insights. I always love it when you frame your work at the end of the video: they always look so good. PS, I've just made my own floating frame, inspired by yours of course. I did ok considering I don't have power tools.
Thanks Mike! Setting a painting in a frame really helps in deciding if a painting is finished or not.
Love how you mentioned the vibrancy of the painting. Technique is one thing and then there's that elusive special something else.
You and your daughter are both so talented!!the painting looks lovely
20:06 peaceful serenity , the flower stems , blues in the trees , hearing the breeze, experiment is an artistic beauty ; )
Great work. Very enjoyable watching the process. The flower areas are well done. I just struggled with flowers earlier this week. It gives me a lot of good ideas. It looks like where I paint in Colorado when not in the mountains .
You got a nice touch mate.
Thanks Stephen!
Beautiful - bold and loose.
Thanks Maura!
👍😁👍😁👍
How do you use the Liquin? Mixing in the paint first or blending colors and adding Liquin? Great stuff. Enjoyable videos.
Love watching your videos. You have made me rethink my approach to painting. You are such an inspiration. I'm going back to big brushes and shapes. Thank you!
That painting is nearly as loose as your hair😂 Great work Michael 👍
I do need a haircut 😂
L O V E the hair!! #10 Michael brush. Life and art integrated. ❤ And gorgeous paint, as usual. Thank you.
🤩🤩🤩
16:39
Always a pleasure watching you solve all of the "problems" in rendering a landscape! So well done!
Another great video Michael. I think the painting turned out well. I liked the choice of the olive green in the field instead of just using a value change. Would you like to explore these ideas, this motif more?
Thanks Andrew! I'm always looking to explore new ideas. I'd like to paint more trees.
Hi Michael, I saw you walking in Paris a few weeks ago. I got nervous and didin't say hi, and it was also raining so was a bit in a rush to get to the metro... but I've been watching your channel for many years now, and I am always amazed as to how your paintings come together so beautifully (this one included!). I just want to say thank you for your videos as they are very informative, calming, and inspiring for people who want to learn about the principles of plein air painting.
Thanks! I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos :)
Fresh and feels like summer.
14:20 where bristle touches canvas, low foreground , bottom right, above see a pink heart , beautiful image there too , and throughout
@@ronschlorff7089 Do you see the double hearts, most fortunate that the brush is touching the lower one, or perhaps you see a different image ?
@@ronschlorff7089 hey Ron, there is a lot of imagery in this painting, I see many different images in many different things , always have, it does vary , sometimes many, few, or nearly to none at all, it could in tree bark, or a handful of small stones cast on the ground or pavement, wood grains , in doors, old gnarly trees, a cliff face of rocks, some things don’t have “any “ creative imagery in them, it Varys
@@ronschlorff7089 Hey Ron , you are a painter, congrats on your creativity, I will look for bunnies and duckies 😝😜🤣😂😅
I like this. I find it hilarious that you think flowers call for a kind of detail that you're not comfortable with. You paint cars! Plus ca change!
I love watching you paint with all the explanation as you go. Your looseness is what I appreciate, because that is what I aspire to. Thank you for sharing your journey.
sooo much imagery 13:28 even etched left of canvas , must just be me , and beyond , , often some may not see , thinking 💭 of the gentled movement of the grass and flowers , sound of a breeze , the touch of the wind upon them , at times in the video , peaceful serenity is here, there , this video , ,
Thank you so much for sharing your passion and hard work! It’s so inspiring to an artist who’s goal is to get out there and paint.. 20:34
13:28 brush tip on the lower heart , foreground center path way, ( began looking for the initial moment ) longer note in good morning comment 😌
- 11:28 - this one, remembering the two hearts on the path , beautiful painting
Great work !
Thanks!
Genius. Love it!
LOOSE and EXPERIMENTAL 🖤🧡💜
Another instructive and delightful post to watch on a Sunday teatime in England! I have just finished reading and marking up John Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting, one of your great painters. You evolved a solution to a foreground with plants as he suggests, ‘colonies of colour’ and tonal recession to suggest depth. I enjoyed your video which brought to life pages 67-9 and 79! Great minds think alike!!!
Thanks, I need to read that book!
@@chamberlainpaintings I have followed you for a few years now - Covid lockdowns were made bearable by watching you paint! I discovered Ian Roberts at the same time and I have been on his courses this year. Two done and one to come and these have been very effective.
We are in a fallow break over summer and one activity is a book club. The Carlson book was his first recommendation, and he was a considerable teacher and painter in his time. It is a cheap Dover reprint, text is from 1929 but it has b/w illustrations in what is a 1970s edition. He died in the 1950s but his close observation of landscapes is a life long distillation. The chapters on trees and clouds are especially good. I think the pages I cited tackle the important fore-ground spaces where nothing seems to be happening, hence his colonies of interest. The book was worth it for his quoting Whistler! “Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong...”
I have checked the ART UK webs site and as far as I know there are no Carlson paintings in the UK, which is a huge shame. He was obviously a famous name years ago and his work is well represented in the US. His New England landscapes were his home turf and he did visit the desert states. Images I have found on line are fine painting and he does not hesitate to take control of a scene and remove distractions.
Much of what he states, I have seen you do instinctively - you have worked it out yourself. Where he may be useful is identifying those little things which you might see but not notice. These can make all the difference!
Am looking forward to the next post!
@@ianbrowne8871 Thanks for all the information! It's much appreciated!
I like how it turns out. But, don’t try so hard with the trees. Good job.
I enjoyed watching this. I, too, am trying to loosen up my painting, and it's definitely a challenge, but a fun one. You always manage to take the mundane and make it look awesome! Great end result.
Thanks!
Could you paint van goghs irises in a loose style?
"Twee" = cliché saccharin cheesy
Thanks Ralph! How have I never come across this word?!
@@chamberlainpaintings Discovered it in David Curtis's book: "Capturing the moment in oils". Probably a word that is more ccommon in British English.
@@ralphhancock7449 I was thinking it may be British. Useful!
Hi Michael, I’ve noticed that at the beginning of your videos you add a good amount of titanium white to your pallet. Is this just an establishing shot or do you use significantly more titanium white than other colors on your pallet? Just curious.
Yes, I use larger amounts of titanium white. And ultramarine 😊
Great !!
I just shared this video with friends and painter friends who are learning like me. I like the quality of the info and demo. For me, this quality was challenged by frequent "you knows". I had to self soothe my irritation, but got to the end and learned a lot. Thank you.
I like putting your videos on while working, such nice vibes. Love the way the flowers look in this one!
Btw this is very weird but the other night I had a dream I was making homemade pop tarts with you and Emma. 😭
Oh how nice! Love that. What flavor were the pop tarts?!
@@chamberlainpaintingsmaybe strawberry 😂