This is a little bit about myself in terms of materials, and painting procedures for the curious.
-I try to paint daily mostly from real life and mostly landscapes.
-But I also paint a lot from photos. Painting from life help you "READ" better your photos and painting from photos train your painting muscle so you don't get too intimidated when confronted with the usual "plein air shock".
-A plain air shock is a term I use to describe abundance of questions and lack of answers in your head when you don't know how the heck are you going to paint the scene to want to paint!
-It involves crucial things so as "how do I simplify this?", "the light is moving so fast, what do I do?", "is really my darkest dark that light?", "I have no clue how to mix that green", "is really my lightest light that dark?", etc. If you have ever been doing plein air painting you surely know what i mean. So that's the reason why I thing is so important to practice a lot from photos first: to grow your painting muscle a bit so you at least know how to mix painting well.
-If you are a painter and don't know what plein air is, you have been living under a rock for too much time my amigo. Google it.
-I use professional grade oil for my paintings and if you are serious about painting you should too.
-If you want to improve, paint often, paint daily if possible.
-Remember an artist work is not to match exactly what he sees but to exalt what moves him to paint that scene. Don't be scare to emphasize something.
-Also remember, don't put everything you see in the panel or canvas. Learn to leave things out. Some times it is more important what you discard than what you put in.
-I use walnut oil as a painting medium. Better than linseed oil in my opinion.
Happy painting!
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