How I plan a painting, book recommendation and watch me paint!

A week of planning paintings!

This week I wanted to share my thought process of not only how I start a painting in the studio, but share with Art Life an introduction to how I plan for and “put together” composition, colour palette and processes for new work!

The hardest aspect of living as a full time artist is forming and condensing ideas into a painting that is *authentic* to what your passionate about as an artist! It’s so easy to feel pressurised to “produce, sell and commercialise” work in a competitive industry.. so this episode is me working through this new painting and trying to be honest with what I am interested in and why I make the decisions I do!!

I will keep sharing the progress of this new diptych oil study on my Instagram @jessoliverart but home you enjoy the more intimate insight into my practise and crazy thought processes!!

Books to recommend this week include “Painting Landscape- lessons in landscape oil painting” by Suzanne Brooker and the English Pastoral - An Inheritance by James Rebanks.

My current theme here is exploring a tapestry of romantic neo classical landscapes (that have personal connections to me) and examining how inventing a whimsical composition of light, water, serenity and hidden personality can evoke a sense of “dreamy voyage” within the world I create!

Thanks for watching guys and I’ll see you next week for more studio time with me! Don’t forget to like and subscribe!! I really appreciate your support with this channel!!

Jessie x

[janeulalia]

Really enjoyed this episode!
Susanne Brooker’s book is divine x

[AlJohn]

Fantastic love the idea of analysing the colours used in master paintings and using them as a reference to take your own paintings forward. Simple but genius.

[InvertedPopesMusic]

Great to see you enthusing again. Look forward to this completed and the working process.

[anthonyw]

as always, very interesting. I'm very new to this 'art thing', so getting an insight into the process of the creative beginnings is indeed fascinating.

[lterzia]

Thanks very much, this video is so helpful!

[booshkoosh]

Hi Jessie! I paint with acrylic, instead of oil. Do you ever paint landscapes with acrylic paint?

[Alice-rchn]

Love this! So satisfying watching time-lapses - looking forward to see this piece develop. I have a million and one questions, but I think I'm gonna message them to you on Instagram (you may already plan on doing videos on them 🤓)