Creative Power...that's what makes me so happy -- Bill Alexander Bill's imagination takes him to the place he is creating. This is creative power at work. When Bill lays in that shoreline, he is there on that lake with his fishing pole in the water waiting patiently for that first bite! Bill spent a lot of time communing with Mother Nature. The images he saw became part of … [Read more...]
A better tomorrow
I want to help give people the power of living toward a better tomorrow. -- Bill Alexander … [Read more...]
A little bit of growth
Bill creates the reflection of the mountain in the distant lake. Then using the fan brush he adds just a touch of distant foliage on the bank of the lake. Because the lake is so far away he doesn't create much detail, just a hint of something there. Perspective requires distant objects to appear indistinct and gray. As Tom Anderson, Alexander Master Artist, often says, "Gray is … [Read more...]
The Story of Magic White™
Bill struggled to make money at the beginning of his art career. Traditional methods of oil painting required days or weeks to create an oil painting. Bill could not charge a price for his paintings that compensated him for the time it took to create one. Bill needed a way to speed up the painting process. He could then sell a painting at a price people could afford. He would … [Read more...]
“Coming forwards”
Bill continues his process of bringing the painting forward into the foreground. The mountains are finished and Bill is working on the "middle" of the painting. As you look at the painting now, the mountains are predominant, but watch as he continues this painting, how they will move farther and farther back. Notice how clear Bill is about the next parts of the painting. … [Read more...]
Create that flat feeling…
Bill has an image in his mind of what he wants to paint. He has already created the water fall in the split between the two farther mountain ranges. Now he wants to bring the water forward into the painting. He decides to create the illusion of a flat area between the far mountain ranges and the closer one. The point he's trying to make is that you are the creator and you can … [Read more...]
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