Palette Knife Landscape Painting Demonstration

About Patricia Elliot Seitz

Patricia Elliott Seitz was born in San Diego California, and spent most of her young adulthood living in Southern California. She came from an artistic background of art and music, and always knew that she wanted to be an artist. From age five until she was in her early teens, Seitz was mentored by her mother, an accomplished jewelry designer, and still life painter.

Her love for landscapes and seascapes has been heavily influenced by where she has lived through the years. Her painting approach is based on impressionism, and Tonalism. Painters that have inspired Patricia are Monet, Alexander Wyant, George Innless, Wyatt Eaton, Marjorie Reed, and Vernon Kerr. Her choices of mediums are oil and soft pastel. Her main subject matter is landscapes, and seascapes. On occasion, Patricia will paint still life and figurative work as well.

Her paintings are distinctive for their bold and simple brush strokes, luminescent light and unique color choices. Today she can be found in her studio, painting seasonal paintings of the Central New York area, and the California coast lines. She is an active member of Oil Painters of America, CNY Art Guild, and her work is represented by Local NY art Galleries. Read more

How to Begin a Landscape Painting in Oils

In this free oil painting video lesson by artist Dick Ensing  you will learn a method for starting a landscape painting using oil paint. This is not the only way to start an oil painting, but it is an excellent method and one that every beginner should become familiar with.

The artist will be working from a photograph of a scene in Tennessee. He will begin with a value sketch using only one color, Cerulean Blue. He is using Charvin Oils for this particular lesson. He says he likes these oils because they have excellent pigment strength and when they dry, the color is very close to the color you start out with. He also points out that he likes to work with flat brushes with long bristles. He says the longer bristles last longer and they give you a nice chiseled edge to work with while you are painting.

He very lightly begins to sketch in his composition using the Cerulean Blue. He is just looking for shapes at this point. While he is laying out his composition, he is careful not to place his focal point directly in the center of the canvas as this will produce a boring painting. He places his focal point off to the left of the center.

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How to Paint a Landscape Step by Step by Kenn Backhaus

About Kenn Backhaus

Kenn was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and spent much of his childhood on the family farm near Burnett, Wisconsin. His fondness for nature became the catalyst for his art. Kenn’s parents encouraged his artistic education and following High School, he attended Layton School of Art in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. After graduation from Layton in 1973, he embarked on his professional career in Design and Illustration. As a commercial designer and illustrator Kenn received many awards at both local and national levels, which included acceptance in the Annual Society of Illustrators Show in New York. Although Kenn took pride in his commercial successes, his heart always belonged to the fine art of outdoor painting.

With developing interest in the historic Plein Air style of painting, Kenn decided in 1984, to devote more time to his passion for painting and the love of the outdoors. He found that capturing true color, value and the mood of a subject was best done on location or through direct observation. His passion for painting has broadened his subject matter to include not only landscape, but also figurative, portrait, still life and wildlife.

Kenn’s works have been juried into many shows across the country, including the Oil Painters of America National Shows. His works have received many awards including the Collector’s Choice Award at the Seventh Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational 2005, Artist’s Choice Award at the First Annual Telluride Plein Air Exhibit and Sale, 2004, Fredix Artist Canvas Best Landscape award at the 2004 Oil Painters of America National Show, Kirkland, Washington, Tara Best Landscape award at the 2003 Oil Painters of America National Show, Taos, New Mexico, Second Place Award in the Crystal Cove Invitational Exhibition 2003, 1999 Finalist winner The Artist Magazine, a Best of Show in the 1999 Invitational American Plains Artist Show, Midland, Texas, Award of Excellence in the 1998 Regional Oil Painters of America Show, Arlington Heights, IL.

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How to Paint a Landscape in Oils by Graham Braddock

About The Artist

I was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1942. As I look back over my life, a very obvious unifying thread is my commitment to art and my ambition to produce paintings that bring something of God’s heart into today’s world.

I trained and worked initially as a graphic artist, then moved into professional fine art in 1974. I was successful in winning the Cambridge Art Award twice, and the prestigious Kelliher Art Award twice in consecutive years.

In 1976 I founded the Downtown Hilton Gallery in Auckland. In 1983 I sold the Gallery and since that time have devoted myself to painting and having art prints made of my work.

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Acrylic Landscape Painting Demo by Maxim Grunin

Here is another incredible landscape painting demonstration by Artist Maxim Grunin. I am simply blown away by this guys talent. I find it amazing how he can complete these paintings in one session and make them look like they took days or even months to complete.

In the video demonstration below, Maxim creates a beautiful landscape painting from a drawing.

If you would like to learn more about Maxim and view more of his work, follow the link below:

http://maximgrunin.blogspot.com

Plein Air Painting Demonstration with Roger Bansemer – “Wupatki Pueblo”

In this Plein Air Painting Demonstration done with acrylics, Roger Bansemer takes us on a journey to Arizona’s Wupatki National Monument, located near Flagstaff. This site is a collection of very old ruins that spreads across many miles of desert.  All of the pueblos within this area were built by the Anasazi and Sinagua Indians over 800 yrs ago. This site is wonderfully preserved and an excellent subject for painting. Included in this video is an interesting interview done by Roger’s Wife Sarah with a member of the Hopi nation about his heritage. Enjoy

Painting with Roger Bansemer – “Wupatki Pueblo” from Roger Bansemer on Vimeo.

Oil Painting Demonstration – Florida Landscape

Below is an excellent step by step oil painting video lesson by the very talented Debra Bryant.  I found the following oil painting demonstration on the video sharing site Ustream.tv.  This is a very long demo with over 3 hours of footage. So grab your favorite beverage or snack, sit back relax and be prepared to learn something new.

In this oil painting lesson, Debra shares her for creating a beautiful landscape painting from a photo.  She begins her painting by first toning her canvas with purple so that this color will show through the final painting in spots.

She demonstrates her techniques for creating a convincing sky and clouds. One key technique that she points out in the video for doing this is to make the sky more green near the horizon. To make realistic looking clouds, she mixes reds and yellows into white.  Also, when clouds near the horizon, they become narrower and  more gray.  These are just some of the awesome techniques you will learn in this video.  Enjoy!

Follow this link to visit Debra’s Ustream Profile for more awesome Painting Demonstrations.

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Amazing Landscape Painting Demo by Artist Maxim Grunin

I often browse around YouTube and other video sharing websites in search of new talent to post here on my blog.  Today I hit the motherload!   The following is a two part video demonstration of a landscape by the amazingly talented artist Maxim Grunin.  I was in absolute awe when I watched Maxim create this work of art in what seems like a matter of hours.  When you see the finished product you will be amazed as well.  The finished painting looks as though it took months or even years to create. It looks so complicated but Maxim makes it look so easy.  I think we can all learn a thing or two from this artist. I do hope you enjoy this demonstration as much as I did and I hope this inspires you to create something as equally amazing as this.

Acrylic Landscape Painting Demonstration by Maxim Grunin

Thanks for making this video available Maxim!  We appreciate you sharing your techniques with us.  If you would like to see more of Maxim’s videos, please follow this link to view his YouTube Page. You can also visit his blog by following this link. Read more

Expect the Unexpected – Abstract Landscape Painting Demonstration

This is a painting lesson in spontaneity.  Its about just letting go of all inhibitions and painting from your imagination and heart without the aid of a reference photo or plan.   This will teach you how to develop your own unique painting style and most of all, how to truly enjoy painting.

Karrie on Canvas – Landscape Painting Demonstration

A big thanks to Karrie Evenson and the folks over at Jones Television for making this video demonstration available!  You can learn more about Jones Television by visiting their page over at YouTube Here, or by visiting their Website Here.

Sierra Splendor – Landscape Oil Painting Demonstration Part 2

This is Part 2 of Sierra Splendor, a Landscape Painting Demonstration by Mike Callahan.

Please click here to view Part 1 of this Demonstration.

Sierra Splendor Landscape Painting Demonstration Continued

Image 31 Landscape Painting Tips

31.) With my thin underpainting in place, I can now begin to paint the trees that cover it

Image 32 Lanscape Painting Tutorial

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