Perspective! What Difference Does It Make? Today's Daily Clip is a little longer than our normal short tip. This is a workshop we did for our members a few years ago that we want to share with you. Happy Painting! Laurie and Dawn PLUS: So whenever you’re ready…here are a few ways we can help you become the artist you’ve always wanted to be. 1: Join Our … [Read more...]

Background Preparation? What's The Big Deal? Today Lowell will talk about a couple of different topics. You will see that in both cases it has to do with paint control. First, he talks about how he lays his palette out, intrinsically, from light to dark. He always places his colors in the same general area. Sometimes he might put on a little different palette lineup but he … [Read more...]

A Brief Lesson On A Little Color Theory This Video Clip just may save you a lot of time and heartache! Do you ever wonder when and why you use color? There has to be a system to it just because there is order in all things. Tom will explain an important principle that will help you know where to place color in your paintings. KEY POINTS TO WATCH FOR: Everything … [Read more...]

A Brief Lesson On A Little Color Theory This Video Clip just may save you a lot of time and heartache! Do you ever wonder when and why you use color? There has to be a system to it just because there is order in all things. Tom will explain an important principle that will help you know where to place color in your paintings. KEY POINTS TO WATCH FOR: Everything … [Read more...]

What Does Imagination Have To Do With It? Today's Video Tip will start a series of tips by Buck Paulson. Bill and Buck are walking along our old favorite walking trail. This trail is in Minto Brown Park, in Salem Oregon and it follows the edge of the Willamette River. The Willamette River flows north to the Columbia River and then out to the Pacific Ocean. It looks like … [Read more...]

How do you secure your pattern to your canvas? Has this ever happened to you? You have transferred or traced patterns onto your canvas to follow. You start painting and the lines begin to disappear! You no longer know what the remaining lines even represent! Well, Tom has a solution for you. This Tip Comes from our "IntermediateMaster Class." Tom shows us how to add a … [Read more...]