Plein air painting in Clifton Village, Bristol with Tom Hughes - 1 hr 2 mins

Join award-winning oil painter Tom Hughes, as he completes a full painting in Clifton Village, Bristol.

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.

For a full list of materials and equipment, please watch this video on YouTube

00:40 Establishing the composition

01:10 Sketching colour and ground colour

02:00 Why landscapes are a good place to start with plein air

03:35 Mixing the sky colour and what works best

05:30 Using dynamics to create contrast and interest in paintings

06:20 Aerial perspective and distant hills look cool

07:10 The order in which I paint things and why

08:00 Using opacity and transparency to your advantage

08:25 Dealing with greens, especially at distance

09:40 Using brushwork and mark making to describe trees

11:40 Finding the darkest dark and lightest light and why they are useful

14:00 The contrasts within the landscape on Dartmoor

17:30 Using painting medium and transparency to your advantage

18:55 Bigger brushes and loose mark making. Controlling dynamics

20:15 Focussing on mark making to communicate the textures in the landscape

21:45 Knitting both large and small brush strokes together

24:00 Dry brush technique

25:40 Artistic licence and selecting what to put in or leave out

28:00 Painting sheep

29:30 How to make any object look 3D

31:30 Signing the painting

32:20 Painting elements that move and where to put them

34:20 The benefits of painting standing up

36:05 The moor and the defining characteristics

37:40 Balancing and defining the focal point

43:50 Risky greens

46:50Using foreground opacity to create structure