Comments on: Painting into, and out of, an Effect

By: Paul Salmon, Illustrator

Paul Salmon, Illustrator — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:40:50 +0000

I really get much pleasure looking at you beautiful outdoor paintings, I am reminded of the fine painting of Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida. If you are ever in Madrid you must visit his museum. You will not be disappointed. THE RESTORER brought me to your web site. You are a very fine painter. Thanks for the inspiration.

By: Chasing Effects | Marc Dalessio

Chasing Effects | Marc Dalessio — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:08:44 +0000

[...] a follow up to the ‘into and out of effects’ post below, here is a short video of a plein air landscape sketch from this week. It was painting as the [...]

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:52:09 +0000

I agree with you Stephan. Many of my best ‘quick sketches’ are actually done over a couple (or more) days.

By: Stephan Giannini

Stephan Giannini — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:48:59 +0000

I like that you mention that you sometimes work a long time on a painting, up to 6 hours in the midday sun. So many people say that you should work on a painting only a couple hours on a sunny day, and I find this an impossibility unless it is really small, at least to get a good painting.

By: Benjamin Salley

Benjamin Salley — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:03:55 +0000

Thats the stuff! I love coming across tidbits like this. This is one of those ideas that when someone puts it into words it opens a mental door and seems so obvious afterwards. Thanks! Love the Croatia stuff too. Pretty with out too much pretty. Lot of lighting variety. High and low key. Some day you’ll have to talk about your method for dealing with lighting changes on your canvas surface while you paint.