Rushing Branch Creek at sunset - Winsor & Newton Water Mixable Oil Paint - Gary Garrett painting Oil on Canvas panel Demo

[LovinLearnin]

I'm really struggling with painting long skinny blades of grass in oil. I just tryed using a (actually a sissor) to scrape away the oil to get a straighter blade and it worked, but i will have to work at this.

[30inventionman]

sell that,,,, u did it. you knew what to do and not paint over good parts of the painting, which many artist do and fucking destroy the work. painting is hard shit

[alonzozcorner]

i have one more question i did the same thing that you did but my paints are how do you say waterery on the canvas because i use winton paint does it matter i know some have more pigment but i dont know what happened ?? :3

[GaryGarrett]

@alonzozcorner WINTON is a baking products brand, Winsor & Newton sell art supplies.

I use water with the watermixable oils only to clean the brushes... not as a medium. Hope this helps. :-)

[alonzozcorner]

is blending meduim the same as water mixable

[GaryGarrett]

@alonzozcorner <-- To be watermixable, an oil paint must have a high percentage of safflower oil to linseed oil, so check the ingrediants of your blending medium for safflower oil. The medium will usually say on the bottle that it is water mixable. To mix your own watermix medium, you can use safflower oil from your kitchen mixed 85/15 (85-Safflower/Linseed-15) with DRYING linseed oil. Thanks for watching :-)

[alonzozcorner]

@GaryGarrett what do u mean by 85 and 15

[GaryGarrett]

@alonzozcorner THE RATIO: IN A CLEAN BOTTLE, MIX 85% OF THE BOTTLE WITH SAFFLOWER OIL AND ADD DRYING LINSEED OIL TO THE REMAINING 15%... MIX WELL.

[GaryGarrett]

@alonzozcorner THE RATIO: IN A CLEAN BOTTLE, MIX 15% OF THE BOTTLE WITH DRYING LINSEED OIL AND ADD SAFFLOWER OIL TO THE REMAINING 85%... SHAKE WELL. BE SURE TO USE A LINSEED OIL MARKED AS "DRYING"OR THIS MEDIUM WILL TAKE MONTHS TO DRY

[alonzozcorner]

oh and amazing painting

[alonzozcorner]

did u use a pratice board or a canvas

[GaryGarrett]

@alonzozcorner This is a Frederix linen over hardboard panel. very sturdy and a nice surface.

[shadowclan1993]

thanks for the advice i have a question for a mid day close to sunset what colors do i use

[shadowclan1993]

Is that burnt umber or black for the sky

[GaryGarrett]

@shadowclan1993 reply: the sky is a mix of burnt umbra & ultramarine blue in the early part and later adding yellow ochre, cad yellow and white for high lights. hope this helps.... thanks for watching :-)

[GaryGarrett]

@shadowclan1993 Its alizarin crimson and ultramarine blue with white

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

nice 1 gazza!

cheers

[Rikana]

Excellent use of the blade to show some of the white canvas as part of your painting. I wouldn't have thought of that. Knowing myself, I'd probably try going in with white paint and it wouldn't be as thin or as accurate than just using a blade to scrape paint out.

Nice painting.

[supercyberfunk]

I wish I could paint. That's some painting.

[kaktusas1000]

what is that thing on 3:05?

[GaryGarrett]

Hi... that's the rusty old utility knife blade that is shown at 3:13 (forgot to show it first), quite often I get caught up and involved in the work and forget everyone is watching via the camera. The blade is used to scrape through the paint allowing some canvas to show... great for thin branches and other vegetation. Thanks for watching

[InrDmons]

I love Bob Ross' wet-on-wet technique and I believe that this technique will best suit me as a beginner. I noticed you said you used "BOB ROSS' LIQUID WHITE". Was this purchased? I am trying to find a way to create my own paint with the same effect with paints that I can buy from my art stores...any ideas? (Tit white, oils etc)

[GaryGarrett]

Hi.. my Liquid White came from Hobby Lobby. I have seen it at Michael's, Dick Blick, Jerrys Artarama and many others. As you don't use but a tiny bit for each painting, my 8 oz can is still going strong a year later, with many paintings behind it. Thanks for watching

[oilpainter92]

ok for a beginner

[shelleyekg]

Gary Absolutely beautiful. I have been painting one year now, started with watercolors and liked it but need more "control" went to water soluble oils...LOVE THEM. Thanks for an inspiration...keep them coming! Shelley

[Brooksk818]

Great painting Gary, nice demonstration too. I find the comments/questions and your detailed answers to be most helpful; and inspiring. I have been working in acrylic (after long time away from painting) they dry so fast on the pallet. I bought the water mixable oil but haven't used them yet. I'm inspired now to dive in. I like that they will be safer than worrying about thinner and rags, not sure how folks keep their studios safe. scares the heck out of me. Anyway thanks again!

[d1capital]

good video - however it would be nicer if it were longer and there was some commentary -not sure if you've seen the videos by jimmy3dd - these are getting great reviews - L.

[GaryGarrett]

Hi, jimmy3dd has a great channel (for those who have not see his work BY ALL MEANS, GO VISIT HIM). I do not like the sound of my own voice, so I tend not to comment. Also, a percentage of my viewers do not speak English & they would not understand me anyway. They see my procedures and techniques. My demos are mostly plein air and studio experiments & were done in under 2 hours... my timelapse is 60:1 so a minute of video painting = an hour of actual painting approx. THANKS FOR WATCHING

[lolliimollii]

i wish i could paint i'm hopeless i love your work, how long did it take you to get this good i'm jelous! lol

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you for the very nice comment. I have been a commercial artist for 35 years, and recently returned to fine arts at my daughter's urgings. So I have been painting in one way or another for about 40 years... but I like what I am doing now, and having fun experimenting, with the experiments being my YouTube videos. I'll be posting another video from our Nov 9 paintout at Pumkin Hill State Park in the next few days. thanks for watching.

[Basshunterrockz]

awesome how long did it take?

[GaryGarrett]

Hi and thanks for watching... it took appox 1 hour 40 minutes. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

[banstee]

Great video - and an excellent length too.

[GaryGarrett]

thank you. This was a fun one to paint. thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[hapukalover]

Gary, thank you so much for your rapid response to my questions and I am going up to my studio right now to continue (toothbrush is very handy) - and yes, New Zealand (kiwiland) is an artists dream. We live on the coast and I never get bored with painting our iconic beaches. Am still very much a novice though - hope 2 have my first exhibition (solo) in December! Again, I look forward to viewing more of your videos. Many thanks. Kia ora (as we say here). Sher

[hapukalover]

oops - should have waited till the end instead of pausing! I shall go back to my canvas and hopefully end up with the result I am looking for. I am going to keep watching - you make it look so easy. Thanks again.

[GaryGarrett]

I imagine from the Nature shows on TV that "kiwiland" is really beautiful and an inspiration to an artist. I have found that mixtures Of ultramarine (or prussian) blue combined with burnt and raw sienna yield most of the marsh grass colors when shaded with white. Distant marsh grass will reflect more light towards to as you are seeing the flats of more individual leaves, they will usually be several shades darker (and a little greener) when closer to you.

Hope this helps, thanks for watching.

[hapukalover]

Justlove your work. I am wondering what size brush you use for the grass area - I am having such a problem trying to paint tussock. I won't give up but feel perhaps the brushes I am using are just not giving me the look I want. I shall continue to watch and learn and grow - many thanks (from downunder in kiwiland). :)

[GaryGarrett]

Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and ask a question. I use a variety of applicators for grasses... stiff brushes, utility knife blades (also works for small branch vegetation) even blending tortillons (paper rolls) qand the imfamous toothbrush. If using a small brush, #1 or smaller, i likr to load the brush with lighter paint on one side, darker on the other, then use random strokes eminating from a base cluster and repeat. Hope this helps, thanks for watching. GG

[ve5bws]

great painting.i was surprized that you used magic white.i am trying to mix alkyd white with the artisan paints as it really speeds drying time.so far it has been working ok.

[GaryGarrett]

Alkyd sounds good.... just wanted to try the magic white...never used it before as I usually paint with acrylics. I'll give the alkyd a try, thanks for the nice comment and Thanks for watching!!

[josesagacha]

bravo,et merci de nous en faire profiter,dommage,que vous ne parliez pas Français

[keeperofowls]

That is positively poetic! Watching you brings back so many memories; my mother is an artist and when I was little I used to love to watch her paint. She used oils and didn't go as quickly. I remember her being quite tedious; sometimes she'd spend a day on one aspect until she got it right. I sketch and paint a little but am not nearly go good as she. But I ended up being a writer, so I guess we al have our different paths. Your painting turned out so beautifully. Thanks for sharing.

[erictfrancis]

that was outstanding gary. I liked the time laps. Looked as if the painting was making itself.

[GaryGarrett]

with these new water mixable oil paints it practically does.... if I am not happy with an area, I can keep working it until I get what I want, or scrape it off and try again, unlike acrylic, where the texture from an undesired attempt will show through... and with Florida's heat and humidity, the acrylics can dry on my palette before I finish with an area. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

[liwana31]

You are great artist Gary.Beautiful painting and wonderful landscape.

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks it was a fun experiment.... and the "Liguid white" doesn't lengthen the drying time that much, just a few days more.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[jimmy3dd]

Gary, this painting really came out nice!!...i like the time lapse, i don't think my camera can do that...how do you like those water based oils, whats the setup time compared to acrylics? Also,i'm curious how you have your camera setup...overhead? Have you thought about trying some voiceover?

Im like Curious George today, lol

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks... it was a fun test. I like the water mix oils a lot. They stay pliable for 1-2 days, dry to touch in 3-4 days, and can be mixed with any OIL paint materials (but doing that slows its drying time).

My camera is a Sony DCR-TRV25. Used in interval mode... this time @ 1sec per 30sec. It is mounted to the ceiling grid over my work area on a security cam mount (garage sale item) and swings into the ceiling when not in use. Lighting = two 4ft flourescents. Thanks for watching & Commenting

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks for the great comment, made me laugh abouth the zebra. My friend in Georgia has a "Zee-Donk" cross between the two. it's a very sweet animal. Yeah, the whole purpose for the\is experiment was to use the magic white, then after all the commotion of getting the camera set and my paints in order... FORGOT to apply it first.... true SENIOR moment! It is well out of my comfort zone of acrylics and was not at all sure how this turn out... I've never used magic white before. Thanks for watching!

[berryconnell]

five star rating even if you did try to forget the Magic White.

I'm guessing here, but, I noticed you have a small jar of water mixable medium (you showed at the beginning)....if you mash a bunch of white up with that, you'll have your Magic White. Just use it the same; light coat spread evenly over canvas.

(The music made me keep waiting for a zebra to hop out'a the brush by the river)