CASTAWAY ISLAND MARSHLANDS - Gary Garrett Acrylic Painting Demo

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This is a studio painting 9x12 painted Oct 18, 2008 from a photo I shot at our (First Coast Plein Air Painters) paintout last spring at Castaway Island (Just off the Intracoastal Waterway in Jacksonville, Florida, geo:lat=30.296123950482314 geo:lon=-81.43103957176208) using Winsor & Newton Finity acrylics and a tube of Golden's OPEN burnt sienna. I used a retarding fluid along with the OPEN burnt sienna & ultramarine blue to extend the drying time of the acrylics and get a more "oil-like" underpainting. Towards the end, I used a gloss acrylic varnish to thin the colors creating transparent glaze coats to deepen tones in the painting. Total painting time was about 2.5 hours.

The music is by Karunesh from the "Nirvana Cafe" CD, Track 06, "Revelry" which can be purchased and downloaded at musicmp3.ru. My recordings of bird songs gathered over many paintouts has also been mixed in via the voice-over track.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING! HAPPY PAINTING!

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[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

[mummytumy]

JUST GOOD FOR ADVERTISING.

[GaryGarrett]

Thank you for 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

[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=)

[fenix5454]

it,s very beautiful!!!

what is the name of this song?

[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