Landscape Painting Demonstration - Oil Painting Instruction - Episode 2

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FULL COURSE in text form:

This is the prompt I used to generate my source image on the Midjourney site:

/imagine Style of Arthur Streeton painting view from a hilltop a small house a large tree in a meadow with storm clouds and big mountains in the distance and birds in the sky --ar 2:1

[j.pearce]

the artist's curse is very real. there's always a moment during the painting where you feel there's no hope then it always comes together but never really scratches that itch. i hang a picture up where i'll see it every day and eventually one day the appreciation clicks in your mind

[barbaraballantine]

I have to thank you so much for demonstrating a landscape for us. I’ve watched you for a couple of years now and love your teaching but I am a landscape painter… So I had difficulty transferring what you were teaching in still life.
I really loved everything you did here. I’d love to see more. Love your channel.

[chrishynes]

👍 Always love watching a painting being done. Talk about the artist curse... I sold a commissioned portrait for the most I'd ever been paid. That was 3 months ago; and I still feel like giving them their money back and taking the painting back. I feel like I cheated them.

[Chron_Dawg]

always appreciate the painting videos, thanks! I've legitimately learned a lot

[maryqc]

I grew up in Maine in the early 70s. It was Christina's World everywhere for me. Made a huge impact on me.

[mranonymous]

This video is filled with so much information and nuance; love to watch your demos many, many times!

[heavydelta]

This is the best landscape I've seen you do.

[theconnection]

Love this style of painting. Your comments about the artist curse resonates, all I see are problems in my paintings and other people like them.

[luisfernandez-izquierdo]

Fantastic videos/demos, not only aesthetically beautiful and a pleasure to watch but also full of great painting lessons. Thank you so much!

[jjroseknows]

I haven't seen you for so long...like the beginning of the covid years. Have you been away or was it just me? Anyway, I was happy to see you today and loved your treatment of this landscape. Thank you. I love your honesty, being willing to reveal your inner self - it means a lot to hear such truth in art work. Thank you for that also. Hope wife is fine too.

[iainwill]

Fascinating to hear how you immerse yourself in your paintings. I do the same! Speaking more generally, many people owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude Mark.

[bernarddoherty]

Exactly correct! Ole Bobby Ross was a completely different style but was living in each and everyone of his paintings while he was painting it. That is soo much a key! You become your painting. As Bob would say….. ‘it’s your world’ He would create his world. His art wasn’t that great but he had the heart of a true artist!
As you also have the heart and soul of a true artist!!

[nathanbabble]

You are an inspiration. Your channel has meant the world to me.

[sandraabbott]

I love your videos and could watch you paint for hours, it gives me the drive to keep on trying, and painting is a form of meditation for me. I learn so much from your videos, Thank you!

[vapoureyes]

A very honest approach describing your past issues with painting and present.

[vimalaarunachalam]

Beautiful painting .Thanks for the demo.

[davidmcgrath]

That is like a true Irish landscape painted in America, this is my kind of art it's outstanding, I hope you do more of them, cheers from Ireland.

[leschatsontvies]

For me it's tonalism and it's beautiful especially with these colors, thank you !

[marcalexandremaurice]

Thank you so much for talking about the "artist curse". I have this with almost every painting I do and am already doing all these different things ( turning paintings around, taking pictures and changing them etc. ) but it's complicated. Often when I am 80% done with my paintings I leave them to "get back to them later" but never do. It's a real issue for me. I hope I'll overcome it one day. Beautiful landscape. thank you.

[simonemalcolm]

I really enjoyed your demo, Mark. Not only was it extremely helpful to follow your working, it was so reassuring to hear your honesty, humility and vulnerability regarding your artistic journey. Your work is beautiful.

Also, as an admirer of Arthur Streeton myself, I can highly recommend the superb (and big fat) book 'Streeton' by Wayne Tunnicliffe, with many beautiful colour reproductions and an exhaustive and fascinating text. Well
worth the price. He truly was one of our great Australian artists, who completely understood the light down here.