Because Bill has spent time working on the right side of the painting. The side he moves to now has dried a bit - just enough to pull the paint off the palette knife. Notice, particularly, at the :58 second mark how he just lightly brushes the canvas and lets the paint be pulled off the knife. Bill is barely holding onto the palette knife. It takes a very light touch for this … [Read more...]
Streamline and Innovate!
At Alexander Art, we watch a lot of Bill's videos. We watch them in slow motion to analyze his brush strokes. We pay particular attention to how he mixes colors. We play them over and over, because we always find something that we didn't see before. It was during these viewings that we began to notice some interesting things. We paid close attention to how Bill used his … [Read more...]
Observing nature
Bill used to take his students on trips into the mountains around Aldergrove. Sometimes he would allow them to take a sketchbook. Most times he wanted them to just observe nature. All the great masters did this. Leonardo's notebooks are full of sketches he made while traveling around the countryside. The great English artist Turner did the same. When you have an intimate … [Read more...]
“…oh, God, what a life!”
All of Bill's paintings told a story. We've already discussed the importance of story in your paintings. You want your paintings to sell? Make sure they tell a story. It's what makes them interesting to your viewer. In this clip Bill adds a bit of detail to the rocky ledge and tells the story of what he sees in the painting. … [Read more...]
Fan brush mastery
Bill continues to lay in his foliage foundation layer - lots of dark. Highlighting will come later. Watch Bill's brush stroke at the :12 - :13 second mark. Notice the (very) slight sideways movement? Notice how that stroke adds just a tiny bit of detail to the tree? Bill is not just slapping paint on the canvas. He's "molding" it. And he's doing it with the same brush - no … [Read more...]
Happy fan brush tree
Time to start filling in details in the foreground. Because the tree is still in the distance, Bill uses the fan brush to lay in the basic foundation of the tree. Notice how dark he shades sap green, which is already a darker green than phthalo green. This will provide a remarkable contrast when he, later, begins to highlight the tree. Please notice two things about the fan … [Read more...]
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