Red Dingy on Mandarin Shoreline - Gary Garrett Oil Painting Demonstration

[MinorKeyDancing]

Very nice work, than you!

[kaylu12]

Awesome, love it!!!

[juanlambda27]

I like the overall result except one thing. The frame makes it look like a painting I would buy at a garage sale. I make my own frames from quality wood, keeping them simple and only applying a stain that will complement the colors of the painting. This gives me nice frames that aren't too ornate and enhance the look of the painting instead of competing with it for attention.

[GaryGarrett]

Thanks for watching. My uninsured woodshop was destroyed by Hurricane Frances several years ago... can't afford to replace it, so I utilize the frames I have that fit the dimensions of the paintings.

Frame-Making itself can be art, and take as much or more time than painting. Most of my work is offered unframed at the shows I attend. Have a great day! Thanks for watching.

[LaDawn8284]

Great technique and I am going to try it. however...please use your voice to add comments while panting. I don't necessarily understand this technique just by watching it. Great help though and I appreciate it so much!

[GaryGarrett]

Hi ... first using only Black Gesso and White gesso (mixing the two for greys), paint a greyscale scene. Then lightly spread linseed oil over the scene after gesso has dried thoroughly, and paint using VERY LITTLE amounts of oil paint to make it VERY transparent. It's very easy, fun and can achieve truly amazing results. Hope this helps (I HATE the sound of my voice on youtube) THANKS FOR WATCHING

[Micart33]

nice painting i loved the reflextions they looked wet 5 stars

[tonchititito]

I like the technique! so first you made a grey scale with basic shadows and lights? then you apply the glaze. My question here is: do you apply the color on top of the glaze while is still wet or dry? I have never try the glazing. I'd love to try beautiful landscape!

[Mikes10241]

Hi Gary...really liked this painting. I use the W&N Artisan as well...new to painting here. I don't get the use of the bob ross liquid clear product. Can you explain?

[GaryGarrett]

hI, THE LIQUID CLEAR IS LIKE WETTING THE CANVAS IN A WATERCOLOR.... IT DOESN'T ALLOW HARD EDGES, SO YOU CAN GLAZE LARGER AREAS WITH SUBTLE COLORS MORE EVENLY. THIS IS A SMALL PAINTING, BUT THE EXPERIMENT WAS FOR THE TECHNIQUE, KEEPING FUTURE LARGER PAINTINGS IN MIND. HOPE THIS HELPS, THANKS FOR WATCHING!

[LuC1800]

I love this painting alot. I wonder about glazing with oils? I have been reading alittle about it. Still not sure. I guess I will try.

I have been looking at painting on youtube for months and I am thrilled to find you.

Please keep on painting. You are so inspiring to watch.

Thanks So Much...

PS My landscape territory looks just like yours. Maybe oneday my paintings will.

I'm coastal South Carolina and I live on a Cypress Lake with moss and egrets and lots of birds.

[GaryGarrett]

Hi... my hard drive crashed so it's been brief and unstable until now... think it's back. Thanks for the kind words. Try this glazing technique... it's a variation on Bob Ross' technique. I tried a few of these glazing with acrylics, but it's difficult to see what it will look like as the glase medium is a milky white, with the oil glaze, you get what you see. This technique is easy and quite fast. Thanks for watching... stay creative!

[nysanda]

I have never seen this technique. Thank you for putting it on You Tube! I'm going to try it and take the result into my art class.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you. Good luck with it, it's an easy way to create nice paintings, with lots of glazed coloring. This technique workson ANY black and white image... (it does not have to be a landscape). Please try it, I think you will be very happy with your results. Thanks for watching

[ve5bws]

great technique.i enjoy your demos.thanks for putting them on youtube.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you, glad you like the demos. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[RickPacker]

That's a nice peaceful scene. Well done!

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you. it is a peaceful location, one of my favorites, and not too far from home.

[annettesart]

Very nice. Thanks for all your demos. Have you tried watercolor over the glaze? Or maybe gouache? Gouache is opague, but if you add water, it is more transparent. I think watercolor might work nicely. But maybe not with the oil. Very fun to watch!! Great job!

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you for the nice compliment. I like the gesso as it's designed to hold the oils and dries fast. I may try the Gouache in the future but only on a rigid panel as the flexing differences would eventually cause the oil glazes to crack and peel. Thanks for watching.

[Buckpenn]

I thought myself the picture looked super in black and white until you added the color washes to the scene. A beautiful job. Keep it up.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you Buck. That scene is just minutes from my house and one of my favorite plein air spots, but this one was done in the studio to test this process, which is not yet perfected. Thanks for watching.

[pyramiaou]

I really liked the picture in black and white! It was quite a surprise when the colour started to go on. I have tried doing a greyscale underpainting with acrylics before, but didn't like the result. Not sure how you would do this with oils.

[GaryGarrett]

Hi again, The black and white is gesso mixing the two for grey. The color is oil, but still trying to solve the problem of the oils being a bit too opaque, hiding the texture in the black and white gesso. Thanks for watching.

[jimmy3dd]

Gary, this is fantastic, Ive never seen this technique demoed before...had to watch it a couple of times.... Im assuming you're letting the underpainting dry before glazing? and are there varnish layers in between the glazes? fascinating!! ...keep up the great work!

[GaryGarrett]

Thans for the nice comment. Yes, the gesso has to be dry as it's water-based. I didn't use a varnish, I used the Bob Ross Liquid Clear... but my glazing layers seem too opaque. I am trying a few things off camera to see if I can get the results I'm looking for, but so far haven't found the idea formula. TRhanks for watching.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you, I am still trying to figure the tinting process to use that won't obscure the details of the b&w gesso underneath. THANKS FOR WATCHING!

[erictfrancis]

wow this is incredable you are inspiring me to try something like this.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you for the nice compliment, your work has been inspiring to me as well, I was trying experiments that you inspired me to try during tropical storm Fay that were not taped due to frequent losses of power. All in all, I completed 7 painting experiments during Fays visit. Thanks for watching.

[erictfrancis]

well thanks. I haven't been keeping up with the news, I hope everything is ok with you guys down in Florida.

[berryconnell]

favorited this one.You've done that to me before. Sometimes it looks so good, it's a photograph (with improvem,ents, of course. Nature really does need 'help' sometimes) but, you were done with the picture and then you weren't at all.

I like what happened after you Rossed it up a bit.

Delacroix did that to me with that darned Arab rider attacked by lion. I painted copies of it, and each time did it bigger and bigger.

One day, after starting it on a 3'x4' canvas I went to Chicago to see it.