Bill gives you some insight into how he selects his color palette for his paintings -- cool colors in winter, warmer colors in spring and summer. Bill plans out everything before he starts. He knows what he is going to do before he puts brush to canvas. … [Read more...]

Boy...is this a difficult concept for beginning painters! I know it was for me. And here's Bill in this video clip covering the entire canvas with black! It LOOKS like he's putting on a lot of paint, but listen to him scrubbing the paint into the canvas. That paint is going in deep so it will stay thin. A sure sign you have too much paint is when your next layer starts to … [Read more...]

Bill discusses an important concept in painting that is often overlooked. Bill said it first, "In order to show light you need dark." In this case, he puts the light behind the dark mountain, but he could have easily reversed the colors. Bill often talks about the need to use contrasting colors to show objects correctly. … [Read more...]