Below is a short video of fellow plein air painter Ben Fenske painting a quick (2 hour?) oil sketch of the road to the farmhouse where I’ve lived in the summers for the last few years.
I filmed the plein air video a couple of years ago and found the footage today while organizing old files on my computer. A couple of people have written to me asking about Ben’s technique, so here it is in all it’s badly-color-graded glory.
Update: Some people were having problems watching the video, so I uploaded a new version.
Man, Ben really Sight-Sized that one nice.
I wish I understood how he was using that mirror.
It looks to me like he’s just using the mirror to shade his eye from the sun which is directly to his left.
Hi Marc, i have a question out of the subjet.
Could you tell me who painted the two landscapes seen at 1min00 time in the following video of the Comtemporary Florentine Realism exhibition?
http://vimeo.com/34696990
The mirror is used to check shapes. I made a short video explaining the process which you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEArczFBPgk
Benoit, the small landscape at 1min is by Leo Mancini-Hresko, the big one at 1:04 is by Ben Fenske.
Thanks. Seems like i wasn’t out of the subject after all…
Love the brush-flip. Nicely choreographed to the music. Very cute. Noticed that Ben is lefty. That’s a big advantage for a painter since left-handedness allows for greater access to the right, non-analytical, wholistic, pictorial side of the brain. Not that I’m an analytical righty or anything.
Hi, I am self taught (I hate calling myself an artist as it is still very much a work in progress) and so I am always very appreciative of artists who post tips and explanations on the internet. It helps me a lot. Thank you so much Marc for taking the time to explain the use of the mirror. And a great video of Ben Fenske painting too. Thank you đŸ™‚