Plein Air 18x24 Acrylic Peach & Beach Park - Gary Garrett Painting demo

[MissNatsukiKuga]

Impressive

[kghoseawon]

Its fantanstic.You taught me a lot.God bless you.Amen

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks for watching. I experiment on all kinds of surfaces, but when I paint plein air, I travel as light as possible and stretched canvases are as light as you can get. I frame everything that I put into the galleries. I like the frames at Hobby Lobby when they have their 50% off sales. Have fun painting!

[smargaretw]

I think that this is a very pretty painting. Do you like working on pre-stretched canvases mostly? Do you ever frame your work? I hear that that is quite expensive.

[keckvan66]

amazing how american painters differ from european... the bob ross legacy i guess...

[beachgirl22100]

Hi,

I have been painting for about 1 year.  I like your painting and "timeanagain's" statement wasn't very nice. Your technique is great. I am trying to be a "looser" painter and am getting there but I am still fall into the slow, trying to be too accurate, pace. I did stained glass for years and wanted to do something new. I love it.

[julesinpr]

Fabulous... ....just would have liked to see what you were painting from....

Thanks so much

[boodo168]

Hi, Gary... I just wanted to let you know that I got the Tri Art acrylics (their best quality kind) and tried them out yesterday for the first time. WOW They are buttery and you can push them around like oils, but alas they dry like acrylics which has good and bad points to it, as you know better than me. The pigment concentation is amazing and they do not appear to change color when they dry. I am very impressed.

[StephenSaloArt]

Beautiful Gary!

[boodo168]

Great tips about wetting down the masonite. I've never used Bob Ross gesso but I'll give it a try and get a small roller too. I looked at lot of your work on line yesterday and it's very, very nice! I love the animals you do. You are an encouragement to me. It is so thoughtful on your part to write to me with tips. Much thanks. Diana

[boodo168]

Thank you so much. I like the Heavy B. Liquitex also but have just ordered some Tri Art acrylics as I'm being told they handle a lot like oils... we'll see. I have a fine mist atomizer but only two blending brushes. I also paint on masonite most of the time now although have used stretched canvas a lot in the past. I will certainly try your suggestions. Thanks again. Diana

[GaryGarrett]

@boodo168 aaaah... masonite! good stuff BUT it aborbs more moisture from the paint, so hit it with several coats of a really good brand of gesso (Bob Ross is an excellent gesso) to help isolate the masonite. A small 6" roller makes it easy to apply and clean up. And.. before you paint your first stroke, wet it down, let it sit 15 minutes, then wet it again. This keeps the masonite from sucking up all the paint's moisture. Let me know about the Tri Acrylics... I haven't tried them... Thanks!

[boodo168]

I am curious which brand of acrylics you use. I can't seem to make the blending brush work because the paint dries too fast, even if I spray it with my atomizer. I appreciate your talent very much and learned from watching you.

[GaryGarrett]

@boodo168 --- Hi, I like the Heavy Body Liquitex as it has a lot more pigment in it. If I am going to use the blending brush with acrylics, I spray the area with clean water, apply the paint quickly and blend quickly, then clean the blender brush. I carry 5 blenders with me so that one can be drying while using another. Also, try to get an atomizer that produces an extremely fine mist.... many just spray water droplets. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching

[stunym1]

amazes me how you can use so much detail with paint, i mean, pencil ya, but paint, WOW. very nicely done, one day i hope to do this. love the videos.

[timeanagain]

Its an ok painting I suppose. Think you made an obvious mistake by making the sky too dark a value to begin with throwing off all of the rest of the values in the process. The ground plane is clearly too dark based on the light of the day. IMO.

[GaryGarrett]

@timeanagain ....Thanks for watching and your expertise. One must remember that this is a video on a computer monitor and you are not seeing the actual painting. This painting has won several awards. Also, I saw that to date, you have not ventured to upload your own work, so I must take your comments lightly. Many who feel they cannot do are critical of those who can and those who risk it. May God bless you and again, thank you for watching

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

@GaryGarrett

yeah, good point gary!

ya get all these pathetic smart arses telling others what to do, like they are the expert, but they never have the courage to upload any of their own work to put on show for the world to see and comment on. i think you handled it very well, as i probably would not have been so nice back to him!

i thought it a truely fabulous painting....but im no expert (like ''timeanagain'') lol

[SteveyJable]

Awesome video and painting. Even the birds agree as you can hear them giving their approval as you paint. I really like how you put the notes on the screen as you progress,that is very helpful. You need to be on PBS doing this kind of thing.

[lathadamle]

Superb painting.

[sharolekaye]

Love your style of painting!!!!

[aliciashaver]

Your paintings are great, where can someone find your work

[meadowofpeace]

Wow you are so gifted.. that was so relaxing to watch! Beautiful work.

[pepsifxr]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing your art and your technique! It inspires me to paint again!

[KAPNIZW]

Excellent work .....

[ArtWithRob]

nice work

[RobbieDump]

This is absolutely beautiful

[RickPacker]

That's beautiful Gary.

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks, this one brought many childhood memories back to life. Thanks for watching

[jflg1]

A beautiful painting

[Effectology]

I wish I could do that!!

Beautiful.

Bill

[perezarte]

Gary hi

This is greattt!, I liked.

take care

Alex

[danjick]

What a great painter you are.......

I admire your works sir..

You and your works are so inspiring for me and my friends here because we will start using acrylic medium next week for our Painting Class.. We will be moving on from Watercolor to this medium....

Thank You very much for your Videos sir,, We enjoyed alot...

[Illusionaire1]

Good Stuff Man, You should make a site and put some pictures of your paintings, they really look nice!

Congrats to the soundtrack choices too, they are amazing!

[chubbychilli]

Fantastic video and thanks for the notes on the left here! So glad to hear your wife is ok. My goodness...the tornado must have been so strong :(

About to check your other videos now. Thanks for the inspiration.

A rookie painter. CC

[GaryGarrett]

thank you... I am happy that these videos are inspiring. Thank you for the very nice comment,, and thanks for watching

[Micart33]

hi ya gary i loved the way you painted the background trees and silver birch are my favourite trees and you captured them ace,

they give real depth from mick.

take care bud i enjoy watching you paint

[GaryGarrett]

thank you, Mick... I like your work also.

.On June 13 2009, we had a tornado which felled a 116-year-old pine tree (42" across at the base) on my house... missed killing my wife by about a foot. jammed the concrete block into the ground another 2 inches breaking the foundation. She's okay, it totaled the bedroom, so I haven't painted much lately, as clearing debis outside and in. Thanks for watching

[Micart33]

im really sorry to here what youve been through it sounds tough, i am glad no one got hurt and i hope your back up and running very soon.

all the best mate take care from mick

[2darbit]

A great invention,the misting bottle : )

Couldn't do without it ;discovered early on. Like soo many others who view, I've learned much from your videos.

Thank you for giving us all your joy, to learn from.

[ameh78]

you are an inspiration sir. I greatly admire your skill and ease of painting. I can only hope to be as good as you one day =]

[loaded88]

wow brilliant job!, that's a wonderful painting :) I wish I could paint like that :D

5/5

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you... just takes practice. Thanks for watching

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you... glad these help.

[zack3mire]

thumbs up ! :D

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks

[lucaddragon]

Great Gerry, I really enjoy your artwork... Could you please tell me what was that spray name? Also, do you know any good chart or something from which I can learn these colour names? Thanks

By the way, that foreground maple trunk is awesome, the lighting is great! Well done. 5*

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you. The spray is just water in a misting spray bottle (the pump kind, NOT a trigger sprayer). it keeps more moisture in the paint slowing the drying time of the acrylics. I bought the sprayer in the cosmetic section of Walmart where they sell the traveler's size items. Hope this helps. Thanks for the kind words on the bark of the trees. Thanks for watching.

[ZombieToaster]

A great tip. I always rip my hair when my paint dry too quickly.

[ShadowAlin]

sir you are awesome, I wish I had your skills :) 5/5

[pelforthpelforth]

Presentation getting better and better. Captions readable and informative.

Time well spent by you ..and me!

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks, trying to learn from previous mistakes. THANKS FOR WATCHING

[retta2587]

another masterpiece gary! you really should have a show on PBS like bob ross! you can have your own "happy clouds" like he did! i'd tune in for sure!!!

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks Retta... this was a beautiful location to paint. I wish I shot the scene i was painting better, but trying to gather my gear and leave before the storm hit... could hear thunder in the near distance. Thanks for watching and the wonderful comment.... :-)

[PuppyZwolle]

Now that is a perfect place to paint. You'd wish you could take that 'tent' with you.

Gotta love Bob. ;^)

Nice painting. Got a lot of 'pop to it. Love the smooth background.

[GaryGarrett]

Hi and Thanks for the great comments, That was a NICE pavilion... chose to paint there as it lookrd like it would rain any second. It did rain as I was packing to go. The smooth, "out of focus" background seems to really add depth to this one. Thanks for watching