Gary Garrett painting demo San Jose Creek plein air

[bytonynguyen]

Gary I think your paintings are wonderful. 

[Topdoginuk]

Excellent.

I look forward to seeing more.

5 stars.

[sevar157]

so good..thanks for sharing

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you very much and thank you for watching.

[Reecesm18]

happy oainting buddy,nice.

[thomasvalenti]

Dear Gary,

I enjoyed your video, your work is great. Thank you.

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks, I wish they could have all been in the "Hi Quality" mode they have now, let's you see more detail. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[Chordwayze]

Hi Gary,

I can't quite make out if you taped down watercolour paper to work on, or a canvas board. I guess using a 'T' square and a pencil, one could put a white border around a stretched canvas too; tape over up to the pencil marks then remove the tape after the picture is done. Must give that a go and see how it looks!

Cheers Gary,

Happy Paintings!

John

[GaryGarrett]

Hi John... thanks for watching.... it's just 1" masking tape, taped on following the direct edge of the 18x14 stretched canvas. I use the BLUE (3M) easy release tape as I find there is less underflow and it doesn't pull up the gesso. I will usually paint a "deckle edge" line over the tape seam in a color that compliments the frame & painting. this whole procedure gives the effect of a linen matt, let's you use a cheaper solid color frame with great results. hope this helps. GG

[Bb0iKiNG]

WHOA you really good

im doing this stuff in my 2D art class and its my first time, got any advice or tips on how to paint?

[GaryGarrett]

I start with the background in the areas that will have the next layer touching to give it some drying time (usually the horizon line, then up, do the sky, then the ground, then the trees (by that time the sky should be dry), then the foreground, the return to spots I want to highlight throuhout the painting. That is my usual method... hope this helps! THANKS FOR WATCHING! I will post a new plein air video tonight or tomorrow of today's paintout with my friends "First Coast Plein Air Painters".

[Chordwayze]

Well, that's very nice indeed. But it doesn't tell us very much about how soon (or not) you can go back into the colours on the canvas. When I try this I get a muddy mess; I have to let each stage dry. You can't paint plein air unless you use wet into wet, or keep returning to the scene; which isn't parctical these days!

Fine work though.

regards

John

[GaryGarrett]

Hi Thanks for watching. I paint using acrylics, which dry to touch in about 10-15 minutes depending on humidity, so I paint color overlays, prior layers peek through enriching the colors in any one area. I also like to use each color in all parts of my painting, which links different areas. So quite often, I "fudge" the colors of the actual scene to achieve my personal "painterly" interpretation. Most of my paintings are completed in under 3 hours. Hope this helps, Thanks again for watching.

[Chordwayze]

Ahhh Thanks Gary... Yes I realised later that you used acrylics. I use them too, but I never considered plein air with them! I really must try harder, and I might sell more then! Thank you my friend.

[GaryGarrett]

Hi again... I use a spray bottle (formerly held an orange spray cleaner) on location using a "misting" spray to keep my palette (canvas too) workable. I use styrofoam plates so that i can change to a new palette quickly if it dries too fast on the palette. I like the "Van Gogh" brand acrylics as they have a WIDE variety of colors in the tubes, I can quickly attempt a match should one dry out beyond use, acrylics dry darker than when wet making a perfect match difficult. THANKS FOR WATCHING!

[RickPacker]

Very nice...I like the scene.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you, it was fun to paint.

[RickPacker]

I really like all the different greens.

[bullerwell]

very nice

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you, it was a very nice day!