Tom Anderson, Alexander Master Artist, posed this question to us the other day. What if there had been no Bill Alexander? It's kind of interesting when you think about it, isn't it? Bill Alexander was, perhaps, one of the most important people in art in the last one hundred years. Don't you think he deserves a little recognition for his contribution? Early Life Bill was born … [Read more...]
We have to make it look good!
Watch as Bill highlights this stone. Count the number of colors you see him lay down with one or two strokes of the palette knife. How does he do that? And then he adds Alizarin Crimson which darkens all the colors but adds to the perspective Bill is achieving. … [Read more...]
Put a bit of sunshine on there!
Watch how easily Bill gets the paint to highlight his mountain on the left. Why does it come off so easily? Could it be that he hasn't worked that area of the canvas for a while? Maybe the paint dried a bit? Certainly his technique is so honed that it only takes a light touch to get the paint off the palette knife. Bill is in the "groove" in this clip. He talks about "pulling … [Read more...]
See how far we came?
Another great lesson in perspective. Can you count the levels of this painting? Each new level Bill has creates more depth in the painting. What's the point he's trying to make about this latest addition to the painting? Why is it so dark? Pop Quiz next week! … [Read more...]
A greenish touch!
Make sure you watch this video clip in full screen mode so you can see how thick the paint is going on those trees. Bill has not thinned the paint, yet he's painting on top of paint. What does that tell you? It should tell you either that bottom layer has dried enough to let the paint stay on and/or that bottom layer is still very thin. Most likely a combination of … [Read more...]
Very easy to live!
Harmonize - rhythm - rhyme - colors. Without colors there is no artist; be an artist; play with colors; create; become the almighty creator! Next to God is you! Have that in your mind and then it is easy, very easy to live! -- Bill Alexander … [Read more...]
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