Educational Content

Shot in the middle of painting in the studio, quite random but hopefully a little bit informative and interesting if you’re battling with distant tree colours.

The first part of this epic multi-episode tutorial painting a New Zealand seascape in oils.

Part 2 of the Mountain Painting and the dedicated snow painting video. I'm continuing to experiment and learn technique myself, but this is the method I have found works the best for me - mainly with the palette knife and a little brushwork.

A short video explaining how I went about the foam and white water in this close-up wave seascape.

The second part of the seascape painting, following on from my initial block in. This episode I'm further creating the wave shapes and adding the whitewash and foam, setting up for the final details in part 3.

Part 1 of painting this mountain scene from the Crown Range summit near Queenstown, NZ. This is my first three layers of this indirect painting method, Part 2 will include the palette knife snow.

Part 1 of a narrated time-lapse of how I paint the ocean and waves. Mixing the colours, the process I use and a lot of my techniques.

Part 2 of this very long narrated time-lapse. Working from my own photo references from my local beach here in Papamoa, NZ.

This is how I paint a realistic wave - this is the information I would have liked when I started out trying to paint the sea. Here in Papamoa NZ I take landscape/seascape oil painting classes, in these videos I am trying to answer the familiar questions the people in my classes have. This is part 1, there will be part two, and I will do more waves.

The second and final part to this realistic wave painting, the nitty gritty details. Palette knife and brush painting.

Painting a seascape in oils on location in New Zealand - Waiotahi Beach.

Taking you through my mixing of sky colours, trying to keep it interesting because my students who come to my classes here in Papamoa have found this really helpful - so it may help someone out there.

Painting a small(12x6inch) Fiordland, New Zealand landscape painting. The first time I have ever videoed myself painting a painting start to finish. Hopefully there's some handy little tips from my thousands of hours behind the brush.

Part two of the painting hanging mist in the mountains, plus some distant tree painting technique. A short colour mixing video from this painting is still to come - A trilogy! Thanks for watching, I hope it helps your artistic journey and good luck, happy painting.

Part one Painting hanging mist in the mountains wet into wet in my block in stage. This is a really fun and easy technique to achieve subtle transitions which create realistic mist and cloud.

A quick video while I was mixing some earth tones from my primary palette. And some painting footage midway through a New Zealand mountain-scape, here in NZ. My Palette; Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo Blue, Red Madder, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Titanium White.

A seascape painted en plein air in Papamoa, New Zealand. Another look at my approach and method plus a Top Tip on how I mix and blend a sky gradient in limited time.

Plein Air Painting in Oil Paint - Mount Maunganui NZ. A quick look into my approach and method to a fast little plein air, battling changing light as the sun goes down on a beautiful autumn day here in NZ.

Recorded via Facebook live on the 26th March 2020, so it's raw footage. Painting a seascape from Mount Maunganui beach NZ, I painted this in one session, just under 60 mins. Hopefully it sheds some light in my method and technique, this the same way I approach a Plein Air painting.

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