Painting Sydney Plein Air

Plein Air painting can be a challenge, but the Spit Bridge makes even a heavy thing seem light-just need my brush.
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[@AhPouch]

Bonjour et merci encore pour ce partage avec nous ! ( hello and thanks you again for sharing with us 🎉)

[@colleywhissonartist]

Content que tu aies apprécié.

[@TrudieTiger70]

Was so fun to watch you. Beautiful painting.

[@colleywhissonartist]

Thanks Trudie.

[@kirkross9617]

Awesome

[@colleywhissonartist]

Thanks so much Kirk.

[@AlexKellyArtUK]

Lovely to see you working plein air and it’s a cracking piece. Interesting to see you start with a high chroma and then bring the chroma down and introduce subtleties as it progresses.

[@colleywhissonartist]

Thanks Alex, I find it’s the safest way to get the light and colour balance right. Thanks for watching.

[@RobotRoundupArt]

I find it really hard to paint in direct sunlight. When I get back home the painting will seem way too dark and all the subtlety is lost, almost like an underexposed photo. I love your videos.

[@colleywhissonartist]

It’s important to calibrate your painting, normally the darks don’t look dark enough. It’s trial and error for the most part.

[@AlexKellyArtUK]

I don’t paint plein air too much but I have had this same issue. I heard a good strategy is mix a mid tone value whilst out of direct sun and put that as reference on your palette and the painting before you start. The problem with working in sunlight is that all values are shifted up the scale. Having that reference will give a way to calibrate the value relationships.

[@margaretsmilligan9393]

It’s magnificent……it’s like magic , how you paint , thank you for this little video, a real treat

[@colleywhissonartist]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@grahamhickmott1957]

Hi Colley. That was a wonderful little scene to do and a perfect day too. Sunny days are great for sharp deep shadows and an excuse for a simple sky! LOL Be nice to this as a larger piece. Thanks for taking the time to do these vids. Cheers. Graham

[@colleywhissonartist]

Glad you enjoyed it Graham.

[@susannero6401]

Marvelous painting. You managed well even with sunlight on your canvas board!
My brushes are shot when the bristles start curling outwards and you can't get a clean line -- about a week, if that. If I could get 3 months out of a brush I'd be very happy!

[@colleywhissonartist]

I find using a cotton rag helps me keep them in good shape for longer.

[@stevietv321]

I could see right away that your colors were spot on. I struggle with that. Any suggestions?

[@colleywhissonartist]

I like to grab a range of colour swatches from a Paint Store, I get a wide range of colours and shades, I shuffle them, turn them upside down. I then turn them over one at a time, I then try to match the colour, it doesn’t have to be perfect, but I need to know I’m on the right track. It’s all about establishing the Local Or Mother colour of the object that I’m trying to paint.

[@sirreginalddoc3117]

Great video as always Colley. Can I just ask you about drawing directly from life which I always find a challenge? Do you use a view finder, or are you just able to get everything to fit correctly on the canvas without any kind of tool (and if so, how can one learn this)?

[@colleywhissonartist]

I’ve drawn for years and of course, so that definitely helps. I like to think that I’m measuring, not really drawing. Checking where one line starts and one line ends-I still get it wrong every now and then, though.