My video painting demos take approximately 1 - 3 hours.  My background music is selected from a wonderful site called Musopen.  Musopen is a non-profit online music library of copyright free (public domain) music.  Although I have included some alla prima demos (working indoors), I focus specifically on doing plein air demos for the purpose of encouraging the aspiring artist to go outdoors and paint from life. 

Most of my demos are time-lapse but I also have real-time demos so the viewer can have the advantage of seeing both. The real time demo helps the viewer see the type of brushstrokes I use. On the other hand, the time-lapse version shows the painting process from start to finish. 

What is really wonderful about doing these oil painting demos are the emails I receive from artists asking questions about my painting process and I am always happy to provide encouragement and answer their questions (or reference outside sources for the answers).  I always make a point, however, to discuss the reasons why an artist should paint Plein Air and the importance of using Nature to learn.

This past month, however, I discovered something new. These videos are also for my benefit.  Back in my studio I can watch the videoand see the whole painting process. I can also see where I used poor judgment. I can see a “good painting gone bad” and when and why it happened. Perhaps it was my color choice or I didn’t know when to stop and overworked the painting! These videos don’t ever get uploaded to YouTube but they’re valuable and constructive as they are used to self-critique.

My plein air oil painting video demos were designed to encourage the aspiring artist but to my surprise I discovered they are also a wonderful learning tool for me.

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Ramona Dooley
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