Understanding this tip on perspective will make your paintings even better! Tom teaches a class called "Beyond Master Class." It is a class for people who have either completed our Master Class Series or who have demonstrated the ability to paint at an advanced level. This class is like nothing else we do. Tom teaches advanced techniques and he spends several hours on each … [Read more...]

Bill shows you how NOT to do it! Today is a short but powerful message from Bill. He is preparing his background for a landscape he has chosen to paint. He knows he wants the darkest mood to be in the center of the canvas. He also knows he wants the dark to fade into the light. So he blends the black medium into the Magic White®. The problem he runs into is that he has way … [Read more...]

Bill shows us how to create perspective in his painting by adding a row of trees. Today Bill will show you how to create a row of "planted" trees. It is a great lesson on perspective. He uses color, size, and placement to show perspective. Points To Consider: Closer trees are larger and appear further apart. Bill uses the dark to define the trunks but uses the … [Read more...]

Bill shows us how to create perspective in his painting by adding a row of trees. Today Bill will show you how to create a row of "planted" trees. It is a great lesson on perspective. He uses color, size, and placement to show perspective. Points To Consider: Closer trees are larger and appear further apart. Bill uses the dark to define the trunks but uses the … [Read more...]

Bill adds the highlights and colors to create a beautiful autumn scene. Today's Video Tip will bring a smile to your face! Not only does Bill create a beautiful autumn scene, but he has fun while he is doing it. No one knew better than Bill about darkness and light. If you watched his autobiography that we sent out at Christmas time, you know that he started out life in a … [Read more...]

Bill continues to teach us how to paint "smarter." Bill continues to add fruit to his still life painting. Remember last time when he told us he didn't want to paint the base of the glass so he just covered it up instead? Well, today he adds blue plums to his arrangement and that accomplishes a couple of things. First, it adds a variety of colors, and second, he continues … [Read more...]