Creating Tree Trunks to Bring the Trees to Life Bill makes this forest come alive by attaching the trees to the earth. Key Points To Consider: Bill is painting on a wet canvas. He mixes the color he wants on the palette before he goes to the canvas. Bill recognized immediately that he had too much red in his mixture. Rather than leaving the red in his mixture … [Read more...]

Bill shows us how to create perspective in his painting by adding a road. In this video,  Bill adds perspective by creating a road in his painting. Notice how the road widens as it comes closer to you, the viewer. Also, notice how Bill is able to make the road look like it is laying flat. He adds some foliage along the road as well. Bill places the strongest color of … [Read more...]

What can you learn from a Master Artist's Review? This video clip comes from our Beyond Master Class with Tom Anderson. This is a live, weekly class presented through zoom. The students watch Tom as he explains the process of painting and then they receive a link to the video to paint along. Weekly they get to bring their work forward for critique and guidance. Danielle … [Read more...]

What can you learn from a Master Artist's Review? This video clip comes from our Beyond Master Class with Tom Anderson. This is a live, weekly class presented through zoom. The students watch Tom as he explains the process of painting and then they receive a link to the video to paint along. Weekly they get to bring their work forward for critique and guidance. Danielle … [Read more...]

A long-haired dog is Easier to Paint than a Short Haired Dog? What? We have a special treat for you. Sharon Perkins, a guest artist on Bill's Television Series 14 shows us how to prepare the canvas to paint her dog "Spot." Points To Consider: Sharon created the sketch by using a projector. She just sketched around the outline of the photo of Spot. She cut out … [Read more...]

Bill adds a little light and shadow! In this video, Bill continues to paint his project called "Spring Thaw." There are a few things to consider. Notice Bill moves around the canvas. He doesn't work in the same place for very long. He is going to add light and shadows to the thick paint that is already on the canvas. This paint has been oxidizing while he worked on the … [Read more...]