Plein air painting on Bournemouth Beach, Dorset with Tom Hughes - 44 mins

Join award-winning oil painter Tom Hughes, as he completes a full painting on Bournemouth Beach, Dorset.

Fully narrated with in-depth technical insights, Tom's relaxed yet informative teaching style describes what he's doing, as he does it, helping you bridge the gaps in your own knowledge and approach technical problems with ease.

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00:00 Ground colour, sketching colour and framing a composition

02:15 The power of simple compositions

02:40 Editing out objects

03:50 The pleasure of painting in isolation

04:30 The benefit of adding colour temperature while sketching

05:40 Painting the sky and controlling opacity

07:50 Carefully judging aerial perspective affects

09:05 The discipline of painting things in order

10:20 Brush selection and the benefits of different shapes

13:15 Removing mistakes as they happen and why it matters

14:45 Using the Uber Ruler

16:15 Soft edges and when to use them

18:00 Adding details as you go

19:10 Drawing the crane and keeping industrial objects

20:50 How ground colour can massively help you

21:40 Painting the sea and mixing greys

22:55 Painting waves with the Uber Ruler

25:00 My favourite weathers to paint in

25:25 Painting sand, both dry and wet

26:35 Painting things as a collection of tones and hues, rather than the object from memory

28:55 Using artistic licence to push tone

30:40 Painting people

31:45 Making the paint film break and the effects it creates

32:45 Brush stroke direction and why it matters

33:50 Adding subtle clouds to create depth

35:00 “Chocolate sprinkles” what are they and how to add them

36:30 Adding small lights

38:25 Knowing when to stop

41:10 Increasing contrast to help make a painting pop

42:30 Painting reflections in wet sand

43:45 Signing a painting