How to Paint a Chapel in the Woods: Full-Length Oil-Painting Tutorial

VIDEO SEGMENT LIST:
0:00-0:38: Opening credits

0:38-1:43: Application of base blue and green colors mixed with Rustoleum white

1:44-2:07: Clouds

2:08-3:02: Background foliage

3:03-3:22: Tree trunks

3:22-5:38: Foreground leaves in detail

5:39-7:20: Chapel base colors

7:21-16:34: Bell tower stonework

16:35-20:14: Roof of bell tower, steeple, and main structure

20:15-22:03: Stucco and timbers

22:03-23:55: Foundation stonework

23:56-28:02: Spoken tutorial in real-time (mainly about perspective)

28:03-28:42: Stucco clean-up

28:43-31:35: Windows, timber clean-up, vent in steeple, and door

31:36-34:12: Path, bushes near foundation, flowers, and bells

34:13-34:54: Closing credits

VIDEO DESCRIPTION:
In this video I paint a deep forest and then place a rustic Chapel right in the center. I did this for my mom, who took a pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, and loves religious buildings like this.

I had some difficult moments completing this painting, namely with the stonework and the timbers. The stonework was not hard as far as technique goes, but took much longer than I expected (nearly four hours). Having said that, I love how it turned out and feel like it was worth it. The timbers were difficult for me because I did not plan them, so when I went to do them my lines were off and this made achieving proper perspective a challenge. All in all, however, I think those turned out pretty well, too.

There's not a whole lot of "tutoring" in this tutorial, because I felt like once I started a segment it is pretty much just a matter of watching what I did, and if it helps you, then you can mimic it in your work. There is one section where I do give a brief, real-time spoken tutorial about the phenomenon of perspective. Otherwise, it was a highly detailed and time-intensive painting that is hopefully very relaxing to watch. To help toward that end, I think I chose some really nice music from the YouTube audio library to accompany the film.

This painting was done with oil on an 18" X 24" pre-stretched canvas. The total time to complete this was approximately 13 hours.

As always, thank you for watching. Happy painting!

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