Stacy Gibson
Toronto, Canada, Earth
New Artist, looking to learn. Most of my learning has been done from YouTube so far.
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Stacy Gibson
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3yr
added comment in2 COLOR CHALLENGE – Painting with James Gurney
What kind of easel is that you are painting with?
rajnesh kumar
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3yr
Asked for help
hi, what are some of the differences and challenges the artist have between outdoor and indoor? how to deal with people and not get them mess with the artist mind? i tried painting 3 times and i had extremely hard time mixing color, it went muddy to fast. the light kept changing and as i'm not proficient in mixing color fast i would be lost and didn't know what to do next. talk about the materials to carry.
I recently watched a show called "Landscape Artist of the Year" on youtube where the one of the plein air artists took a photo to help them remember the lighting and shadows of the scene they were painting, then continued to refer to both the photo and the live landscape as they painted, choosing what they liked from each. Hope that helps!?
Stacy Gibson
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3yr
Asked for help
Do you really need a diffuser/ umbrella for your plein air easel? What do you think are the best features to have in a plein air easel if you are painting in Watercolour? Do you have any suggestions for building your own plein air easel? I am trying to build one using a camera tripod.
Also, Is it better to take a photo to help paint the shadows in accurately, start the painting with the basic shapes and then add the shadows in from the photo? I'm thinking about if the light or weather changes.
Plein air painting always seems so spontaneous. How do you plan out your painting quickly so you can actually get to the painting part? Any tricks, tips or tools you can suggest for this?
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3yr
umbrella is not required, but it's useful when it's hard to find a shaded spot or position yourself in a way that your canvas and palette are both facing away from direct sunlight.
Planning quickly - I do 5-minute pencil thumbnails in sketchbook. Sometimes 2 for very simple value blocks.
Stacy Gibson
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3yr
I'm getting how to find the proportions of a side by side drawing. I found the Glasses very helpful, I'm still not clear on translating the size of things that are farther away onto the paper and how to make those things bigger or smaller than they actually are. Is that more about perspective? Sorry, I am an absolute newbie to drawing. I've learned most of what I know from youtube and have no formal art training. Thanks!
If you want to control the size of your drawing and make it bigger or smaller than what you are seeing, you still use these techniques. But instead of trying to directly use the same measurement on your paper as you see in life, you will scale it accordingly. For example say the one on the left is life and the one on the right is the size you want to draw. I've marked the center line of both in green. From there, divide the top half into 3rds to find about where the chin falls. See how it doesn't matter that they are different sizes? The center of the drawing is still the same on both figures as is the 1/3 of the top half. You will still go through and measure things out. But now you will have to think proportionally and in percentages. I hope that makes sense.
