The one step that makes OIL PAINTING landscapes so much EASIER

Maintaining values from initial setup of large value shapes has always been my struggle. I always end up seeing too much stuff in the shadow areas😡thanks for your tips on dealing with this issue!

I found myself squinting while working on a painting, and my wife couldn't help but ask, "What on earth are you doing?" I responded with a hushed "Shhh, I'm painting with precision!" She was understandably curious and asked, "Really?" to which I confidently replied, "Yes, indeed. Now, please be quiet; this squinting part is quite challenging."

She gave me a puzzled look, then reached over and gently removed my glasses from my face, inquiring, "Does this help you paint smarter?" I chuckled and responded, "Hey, that's a great idea!" 😄

I actually prefer the earliest colour stages a lot more. Like I appreciate the skill of the finshed pieces but I find really loose value studies much more pleasing aesthetically

Yes, i wish i would have found this a week ago. I was looking and found a few other tutorials but they didnt help me at all. I finished it. I Love it, but boy howdy was it painful. This was my 1st. landscape .... As i stated, "WISH i would have seen this before calling suicide hotline! Lol! Thanks

I love your technique Chris. You really simplify the whole process to make it more understandable especially for people who never were formally trained.Thank you so much for all of your videos and lessons.

You're really a live saver..you made me understand that painting is easy

Thank you for this 👏

Thank you!

For a while I've been trying to figure out how people get that blurry effect when they squint their eyes until I remembered that I wear glasses for myopia. Removing them had the same effect. TIL shortsightedness has its advantages!

Can anyone explain this to me: why do so many artists say "squinting your eyes" instead of "blurring/defocusing your vision"?
I don't understand the action of squinting, you just see less of the overall picture, as if you were suddenly watching a smeared western-movie cropped picture with your eyelashes in the way.

A practical, good technique

This was so helpful!

what i learned from you is Value is god and we need to compare carefully...just like music we can start a song from any scale but we need to respect the note and timing's relationship...

You're very generous with these demos - you could just provide a tease-taste, but you pack a hell of a lot in to something under ten minutes. and although I've been painting for many years (around 50 plus) it is extremely useful to be reminded of certain truths (eg, that detail won't save a failing painting when the basic structures are off-base).

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Fantastic thank you 🙏😁

But landscapes are easy anyway.

I love this artist, if you listen to him you 100% will improve, I did. Kudos

To do that, I just need to take off my glasses😂