CASTAWAY ISLAND MARSHLANDS - Gary Garrett Acrylic Painting Demo

[LovinLearnin]

I'll have a beautiful sky, ocean. then i need to overlap some of it with long beach grass and it screws the whole thing up. My grasses look like retarded candy canes...just wobbly and awful. frustrating!

[offeepepp]

Veryyyyyyy NICE  thanks -------Yutta

[kkkkkkkkkk955]

thank! GREAT VIDEO. keep posting :)

[Johnsonx22]

this is my favorite! so beautiful just seeing this makes me smile=)

[Kyasuriin666]

bob ross white liquid is just same with ur fluid retarder?

[GaryGarrett]

@Kyasuriin666 No, Liquid White is an oil based medium designed to dilute the colors applied later. The fluid retarder is an ACRYLIC medium that SLOWS the drying time of acrylic paints. I don't use it often anymore

[fenix5454]

it,s very beautiful!!!

what is the name of this song?

[mummytumy]

JUST GOOD FOR ADVERTISING.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you for watching.

[kRANKESAU88]

ok thx for the information and for the wishes.

i still go on watching =)

[kRANKESAU88]

hi. i coincidencly watched ur videos gary.

i have no idea about art. my question is. why do u always draw colour over colour?

finaly it looks great but u dont see all ur work in the picture.

sry 4 my bad english :D

[GaryGarrett]

Your English is good. I use color over color allowing the undercolor to show through in some areas. This gives a greater diversity to the colors you see, adding to color interest. Just trying to make the viewer think and become involved in my painting. I certainly appreciate your watching my videos. I wish the best for you and your family.

gg

[FrescoAgua]

Man this is really good

[TriumVirateABAP]

The scent of the reeds and flowers only a precious few ever dared to accompany our croud and I to the marsh, somehow they all said it was too stinky. It was wild and pure and the fish JUMPED out of the water and sunrise, and a variety of finch could be seen.

I put on you to take a boat through a marshland, or go on a wilderness hike through a bay area you will see what I mean

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks again... I have several marshlands painting videos on YouTube, some plein air, some studio works from photos shot on those outings. Thanks for watching

[bpunty]

I am presently working on a marshlands acrylic and find your style similar to mine. I am self taught and its difficult to know what colors to utilize...thank you

[TriumVirateABAP]

If ANY of you you tubers know the dazzling environment of the ECO system in Marshlands, you know these are in harmony.

I have often found the back trails of the Bay area marshlife peaceful retreats growing up, both in California, and Florida.

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks for the nice comment. I try to go to areas off the beaten path, to paint nature in its pristine wonders and bring a different view to YouTube. thanks for watching

[2darbit]

A very good painting & I really enjoy the music... great job!

[GaryGarrett]

thank you... this one was fun!!

[liwana31]

Gary,beautiful landscape and fantastic demo.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you. I mhave wanted to paint this scene for some time now. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

[berryconnell]

Gary, God love ya! You had the water oils, which are basically fast drying oils, and now acrylics, which you add 'slow' to.

I love the work you do to get your textures, and, watching this, I kind'a remember how there are almost layers of weeds and grasses along marshes (same with the bay) but, I couldn't help but think that you didn't need the slow dry stuff. You dig up a really nice texture without it staying wet. In fact, I'll bet if it dried mid-strokes, it would look even better. GOOD WORK!

[GaryGarrett]

THANKS! My real problem has been the paint drying on the palette before I finish with a tone, and mixing tones in acrylics is tricky as it dries to a different color, plus wasting good paint. This combination dried completely in about two hours, which gave me the working time I have been looking for. I like the smells of oil paints though, but the finishd visual is what matters.

Thanks for watching, and thanks for the VERY nice comment. ps. LOVED your leatest video!

[allisonprior]

What's the purpose of painting in the grass and then taking it out several times, I love your video's you are so good, how long have you been painting, and did you learn on your own.

[GaryGarrett]

Hi... I took out the grass a few times for two reasons... 1) this experiment was about slowing the drying time of the acrylics to allow more "oil-style" blending and 2) to see if I could remove an area if it wasn't going like I wanted... which it did nicely. With one tube of the GOLDEN's OPEN-ACRYLICS (burnt sienna, my base coat) added to the rest of my FINITY acrylics, and a little FLUID RETARDER, I tripled my working time with the acrylics, still dries fast, but workable similar to oils.

[GaryGarrett]

Also noticed the colors didn't shift as much when dry as they usually did. The whole painting was completely dry inside 2 hours after finishing. Upon seeing the finished work, several co-workers said the colors were brighter than my usual, and i think so too. I will definitely be painting this technique at our next FCPAP paintout in November. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Good luck with your painting

[sergioveliki]

Garry your tutorials are the best here on youtube. I'm learning to paint, no previous experience, and I have trouble painting areas closest to me, I tend to distance myself from the scene and paint it from the wrong angle.. any tips?

[sergioveliki]

sorry, Gary* :)

[GaryGarrett]

I tend to paint from top to bottom and back to front... that is, i paint the distant areas first, then middle grounds, then foreground. Add your sky color to distant image colors and less details to give it atmosphere. save the details for your foreground. I hope this helps, Thanks for watching.

[sergioveliki]

Thank you Gary, I found it much easier to paint on the location rather than from photo, but I look forward to learning the latter too thanks to you!

[GaryGarrett]

Yes, I too find it much easier to paint on location, plus the atmosphere is better. But when getting home from work after dark, it becomes necessary to paint from photos, memory or just go WILD with an abstract!!! I do LIKE the acrylic retarder... it slows the drying time enough to do some blending similar to plein air oils, which makes for a nicer finished piece. THANKS FOR WATCHING!

[PuppyZwolle]

You make it look so easy. You are a master. I would have glazed some shade under that Ibis (?) but other than that very nice. Love the softness and crisp brightness of it all.

Why Liquitex varnish? Any particular reason?

[GaryGarrett]

Hi, thanks for watching! I actually forgot (true senior moment!) to do that "on camera" and had to paint the reflection/shadow later... good observation. I like the contrast in sheen that the liquitex varish gives me from a hi-gloss to a slightly more gloss than normal acrylic... gives one more dimension to the viewing experience, also it is clearer than most mediums, so you get a better idea of what color/transparency the acrylic will dry to (acrylics do not dry the same color as applied).

[PuppyZwolle]

Heh heh.Yeah i know about glazing. I love to do that too. It can brighten up the dullest painting with just a little pure color.

My question actually was about the brand.

Why not stick to W&N High gloss medium? Is Liquitex that 'much' better?

[GaryGarrett]

Just a matter of availability. When it comes to art stores, Jacksonville is a SMALL town. One can purchase Liquitex or Grumbacher products just about anywhere here, but Winsor & Newton and Golden products are rare and few to choose from. One "superstore" here has them, but costs your "first born" to get them... so I used what I had on hand. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a comment. have a GREAT day!!

[pyramiaou]

Beautiful painting - as always I love to see the details emerging.

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks, I've been wanting to paint this scene for quite a while.... but had to be in just the right mood to do it. Also, I learned some technical ideas from Jimmy3dd which were applied here. If you haven't seen his work, please go to his site... excellent work there. thanks for watching!

[retta2587]

oh one more thing...how do you get the "watch in high quality" thing?

[PuppyZwolle]

It is on the right, the first line of text under the view screen. Even higer than the rate and views tags. Yeah easily missed.

You can even set your viewing setting to always pick the high quality.

Go to account (top of the screen)

Then click: Video Playback Quality.

Check: I have a fast connection

Save settings.

[retta2587]

oh! thanks!!

[retta2587]

oh gary, this is my new fave!! when do you choose acrylics over oils? 500 stars! oh wait, there's only 5...well you get them all!

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks Retta! Primarily, I prefer the speed which you can complete a painting in acrylics, but the colors shift while drying and can be very flat. I have been experimenting with water-mix oils and alkyds as they dry faster than traditional oils. Golden has just come out with a SLOW-DRY (open) acrylic (still hard to find), I found a tube of Golden's OPEN burnt sienna and a bottle of retarder, which when mixed with regular acrylics increases working time, so I can do better blends.

[GaryGarrett]

I still prefer acrylics for plein air as I work larger than most plein air painters and wet oils rolling around in the car on the way home may not be good. i am still experimenting to find that PERFECT solution for the way that I paint, blending & color traits of oils, yet fast enough dry time that it won't be wet going home. THIS experiment might be my answer, I will try this on our next paintout. I completely wiped away a large area and did something new, THAT was never an option before.

[erictfrancis]

amazing of course

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks... this was a fun experiment. Thanks for watching

[jimmy3dd]

I really like this one Gary!! foreground grass came out especially nice! 5* as per usual!!

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks Jimmy, I used some of your coloring techniques in this one... THANKS for your help. The use of fluid retarder, Ultramarine & the "OPEN" Golden burnt sienna kept the acrylic from drying fast, so I had more time to work with it.... more like Alkyd oils which I cannot get locally at a reasonable price. This A.M., found the wad of "Golden's OPEN" burnt sienna on my palette was still as wet as last night, with NO skin, & mixing with regular acrylics controled dry time. THANKS FOR WATCHING!