Beware Red on Green!
Know your colors?
“You can’t make red redder!”
“Mud is a good thing!”
There is mud, and there is mud! You’ve heard Bill talk about “mud makers.” You’ve probably experienced “mud” in your paintings - I know I have. Bill talks about the bad side of mud when he refers to the problems of using soft paint. Mud occurs when paint mixes instead of stacking. Instead of highlighting your trees, the highlight color combines with the base color of the … [Read more...]
“The sun is dancing in the water!”
Bill’s packed a lot of information into today's video clip. Most folks might miss most of what he is doing so we’ll try to unpack it a bit for you. What Bill is doing in the video is what he calls “conditioning.” "Conditioning" is laying in a background layer of color which will be the foundation of his painting. We’ll return to “conditioning” in a bit. Bill is … [Read more...]