Hey loves, welcome back or welcome if you’re new.
Today I decided to work in my Mossery sketchbook on some more simplified landscapes.
It’s been a while since I attempted the first lot and I thought it would be something
that I could do again today that wouldn’t require too much thought.
I’ve been in a bit of a creative rut over the last couple of weeks and essentially had
to trick myself into painting today, so I wanted to do something loose and relaxed but
also something that would be visually satisfying and hopefully give me a bit of a boost to
get back into painting.
Because I didn’t want to over-think things, I only used a few colours; an ultramarine,
bright yellow and magenta and then black and white, but the black I didn’t use much at
all.
For the first painting I tried to block in a quick outline and some rough values as a
guide but it honestly wasn’t that effective.
I was approaching this particular painting quite tentatively with quick, short brush
strokes, which I don’t think lends itself well to the looser, broader style that I was
going for.
Like last time, I used film screen caps that I found on pinterest.
I’ll have my pinterest linked below where I have a board called ‘SCENE’ that has
these screen caps and a few others that I might paint one day.
I’m in the process of re-doing my pinterest boards so a few of them are empty but I’m
hoping to fill them up with inspirational images as I come across them.
This first painting is from a screen cap from the film Pride and Prejudice I think, the
second is from a film called Biutiful, it may be a Spanish film, it has Javier Bardem
in it.
These are all films I haven’t actually seen by the way but the visuals drew me to them.
The third film I used was called the Handmaiden which I believe is Korean and then the last
one was captioned Red Dessert but I googled it cos I thought that doesn’t sound like
a real film and it was actually called Red Desert.
As I went along, you see me getting a bit more confident with my brush strokes and I
think that really helped with the style of painting, I had to be a bit braver with blocking
things in.
You can actually watch this video in real-time, I have it on Patreon which is linked below,
as one of the weekly rewards, I aways do a real-time video and a Q+A session, I also
have random little posts throughout the week as well so you can always see what I’m up
to and what I’m drawing.
But yeah in real-time you get a better idea of the pace of things, how much I’m actually
considering brush strokes if I am at all, sometimes I just go as fast as possible without
thinking and see what I end up with.
I do have a real-time video in this style here on YouTube as well, of the dancers in
my Mexico travel journal.
So the first painting on this page took about 15 minutes, the rest of them about 10 minutes
each.
I’m using gouache paints, a mix of brands.
A couple of Reeves, one Talens one from their cheaper range and then the yellow from their
more professional set.
I honestly just picked up the first paints I could reach that were the right colour.
I don’t mind using cheaper gouache if I can mix it with something a bit more substantial.
How are you lot anyway?
Long time no chat.
I hope everyones well, enjoying the summer, taking care of themselves.
I’ll take the time now to say hi to the new peeps that have joined us over the last
couple of weeks!
A lot of people came over from one of Dodie’s videos which is just amazing and lovely, people
have been really kind and it’s just been a really wonderful addition to the fam really.
I’m so grateful for the kindness and encouragement that we have in this community of creatives
and I hope it can continue.
Now then, I’m gonna wrap things up, but if you have any comments or questions or video
suggestions, I’d love some suggestions, please leave them below.
As always, do check the video description for any info you might be looking for.
Thanks so much for watching and I’ll see you all in the next one.
Bye!