Filmed on my painting adventures, short plein air pochade box painting videos - Visit my Youtube channel to subscribe and watch more videos.
Filmed on a blustery west Wales late summer's day high up in Pembrokeshire's Preseli Mountains, near Newport [View my Preseli Mountain oil paintings here]. I have a clever little bracket that is fitted to the underside of my pochade box, which in turn connects to my tripod, and allows me to effectively turn my tripod into a easel. Sounds grand of course, but it can be tricky when there is a gale blowing and my whole setup is wobbling around, like you can see in this video - still great fun though.
Patch beach, also know and Gwbert beach, is the opposite side of the river Teifi to Poppit beach, and is where the river Teifi meets the sea and meets Cardigan Bay. Sometimes when I've been working in my studio all morning, I look out of the window to see the sun shining, grab my paints and head down to the beach for a couple of hours painting; this was one of those days.
Painting at the same beach as in the video above, this is a second fishing boat study in oils. It's always great fun painting boats, although of course, boats are notoriously tricky to paint: the main problem artists face is getting the shape of the hull correct, or at least convincing. As with most things in life, the key to success is to practice, and to paint a lot of boats.
It was such a beautiful day in Pembrokeshire, instead of painting in the studio I grabbed my paints and headed out into the garden. There are many sizes of pochade box available, from tiny pocket-size ones, to ones much larger than my own. The one I use here I have had for years, and it can take up to three 14 x 10 inch painting boards. Find out where to get your own pochade box here.
A very quick painting this one, about half-an-hour or so. Unfortunately, the tide came in quicker than I had anticipated, which meant I had to leave this painting session early. I hope to go back and finish this painting when I get a chance though, I will check the tide-times first.
Portrait painting step-by-step demonstration. Painting a portrait is about capturing character, not just painting a face. I painted this piece a few years ago as one of my earliest portrait studies, inspired by a photograph in a magazine.
This video is a montage of my artwork set to a soundtrack of my own live guitar playing. If you want to create your own art movies, you can read my guide on Free Painting Video Software on my Artists Blog.
This video is a little off-topic, but it is so charming. I filmed these baby fur seals (kekeno), at Kaikoura, in New Zealand, on one of my painting adventures. Amazingly, they travel from the safety of the New Zealand fur seal breeding colony on the beach, up the tiny Ohau stream inland for about a mile or so, to get to this magical pool and waterfall. Once there, they stay ( and play ) in the freshwater pool by themselves for anything from a few hours, to a couple of days. No adult seals make the journey.
See how these outdoor plein air video sketches are translated into finished studio works.
