Plein air painting at Widemouth Bay, Cornwall with Tom Hughes - 1 hour

Join award-winning oil painter Tom Hughes, as he completes a full painting in 1 hour at Widmouth Bay in Cornwall.

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

00:00 Establishing a composition

00:40 The rule of thirds

01:45 Ground colour and its benefits

03:40 Mixing the sky colour and controlling saturation

04:25 Using swatches to gauge accurate colour

05:05 Using complimentary colour to calm down a mix

06:50 The importance of getting the first mix right

08:30 My painting medium and what’s in it

10:00 Mixing the sea colour

10:40 Using the Uber Ruler to denote object direction

11:30 Mixing the cliff colour with swatches

14:45 Using painting medium to control transparency

16:40 Why shadow areas are cooler

18:05 Using dry brush in wet paint

19:35 Paint what you see

22:00 Drawing with a dry brush

23:15 Mixing the sand colour

25:25 Nice effects with broken brush marks

26:00 How closely the ground colour resembles sand

29:00 Painting the wet sand

32:00 Letting the ground colour show through

35:00 Painting the mid ground rocks

36:00 The advantages of painting landscapes over still life or portraiture

38:10 Using the fingertip as a tool

39:45 The magic of good mark making

41:10 How to mix distant greens 

43:30 Gradually increasing saturation and dropping tone

46:30 Painting the surf and getting the colour right

48:10 How and why to space out your drawing lines

52:20 Adding figures and a sense of scale

53:30 The importance of adding shadows to figures

55:00 Using artistic licence to boost contrast

56:00 Painting the dog

57:45 Painting the surfer