How I Get the Right COLORS in My LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS || It takes more than one try

MY BRUSH SET
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Water Mixable Oils

Water mixable mediums

Filming

Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.
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[nouchkadevries]

thankyouuuu omg ur the best painting teacher ever!

[paulaelliott]

Chris you are a superb teacher. You can put yourself back to the beginning and remember everything and you know how to explain in simple terms. My mentor could only teach from where she was at that stage of her life. Where were you 60 years ago when I started studying seriously? Oh how lucky artists are with the internet these days? So much to learn and so little time in one's life. As my daughter says if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Painting is my best friend and has enriched my life and one of the best parts is I don't need someone else to do it so I'm never alone.

[LizGridleyArtist]

Compare, mix, compare, remix, get coffee, keep comparing ❤️❤️

[sgcust]

Thanks for this Chris. A great demo touching on great fundamentals and the process. So important whether you're developing a good wrist shot or a smoking guitar solo.

[PaintingWithSamir]

thats a beautiful painting
love the loose brushstroke technique. I am very glad your channel is growing fast now. you have a great content and I am sure it is really helpful to all beginer but also for those on higher level of painting. thumbs up!!!

[marcyperrier]

You are so painting is better than the photograph.

[mailie]

Your tutorials are always easy to understand. It takes an expert to explain the method in a simplistic way.

[missmae]

This is EXACTLY the video I needed for my current painting

[michaelbarton]

Great tips for not just accuracy, but also how to do bigger pieces more easily and harmoniously. Particularly good tip on the "yellow drops out first, then red, then blue." I defaulted to a Naples yellow recedes so, wash out your green trees with that on your mountains. I wd hear of some who use burnt sienna as their "highlight colour" and now I know why! Cheers!

[bradad]

The pushing and pulling you need to do when painting is well illustrated (pardon the pun) in this extremely helpful video. Thanks for sharing your process and highlighting the focal point as a beginning scaffold to develop a painting.

[aesaehttr]

This is a really great painting. Good reference. Also I really love that you keep the pallet on the screen because that's one of the most difficult things for me.

[maxrenderer]

Much better song. Thanks for changing that. :-)

[coloradocorri]

This is my kind of painting... I love the subject matter, but I struggle with big Mountain scenes like this. It helps to watch your process. I will have work hard to follow these tips the next time I go out to paint. I have slowly gotten better at simplifying, but still need to push myself even farther! Thank you for this valuable content Chris!

[robynwatt]

Great video... So much info I've watched it 3 times this morning. I find your vids so easy to relate to. Thanks so much... I'm soaking up everything from you so generously shared.

[daannielism]

Appreciate you putting the ad at the end of the video. Watched it all the way through instead of skipping to get you dat YOUTUBE MONEY! Great video as always, your teaching skills improve with every single one!

[LovelyDollsAndToys]

I learn from you so much, thank you, love your style of teaching.

[kaiballington]

I own that Kevin McPherson book. Another good one is “Capturing the Seasons” by Tim Deibler. His landscapes are outstanding.

[PaintingWithYovette]

This was one of your better tutorails Chris, very well done! Thank you for sharing that. I am just learning about using only the water mixable primary oil colors paint. Just love them! 🌹

[artwithmycoffee]

You’ve explained your thought process well here. I think this can be very helpful to students trying to grasp how to go about working through the painting. Nice job 👍

[elenaborowski]

Love your approach! Thank you. Generous information.