Saturday, December 19, 2020

Peter Brown Paints a Street Scene



 Urban plein-air painter Pete "The Street" Brown shares his thoughts as he paints a London cityscape.

He talks about the difficulty of choosing a motif and his ideas about "mapping out" the shapes with a brush on a piece of toned MDF board or canvas.

The video shows how he builds up the image with blocks of tone rather than with lines defining boundaries.

MDF Board, (11 x 14 in,)

9 comments:

  1. I love the dot and dash start of the work. Not outlined, but quick marks eating adjusted. You have shown this several times and it seems a better way to push for accuracy than my usual method.

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  2. 'knowing that you'll always have problems and never get the perfect painting",
    that's a great reminder to not feel pressure when things aren't going the way you want.

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  3. Thanks for another great link. I don't know if that's a mis-hearing or typo but I think that should be MDF (Medium-Density Fibreboard).

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  4. Thanks, Gary. I fixed it and added a link.

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  5. Peter Brown, one of my fav plein air peoples along with Mr JG of course. thanks

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  6. Peter Brown, one of my fav plein air peoples along with Mr JG of course. Thanks

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  7. The MDF in your Amazon link is far coarser than the type sold in the UK (where Pete and I live)

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  8. Thanks for this very informative post on your website. and we hope you will keep it up.

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