How Important is the Placement of Your Signature? This Video Tip is short but very powerful. While filming an online class with Buck Paulson we had a chance to talk about the signature. Normally Buck will wait until his painting is dry to sign it. Today's clip is an exception because he wanted to share with us his thought process. Points To Consider While Signing a … [Read more...]

How Important is the Placement of Your Signature? This Video Tip is short but very powerful. While filming an online class with Buck Paulson we had a chance to talk about the signature. Normally Buck will wait until his painting is dry to sign it. Today's clip is an exception because he wanted to share with us his thought process. Points To Consider While Signing a … [Read more...]

What did Bill discover about selling paintings with buildings in them? Bill shares with us his experience of selling paintings. He talks about when he first started. He painted everything perfectly. For example, if there should be curtains in the window, he put them in. Did the window have a window sill? If so, he put it in! He was so detailed in his work until... he found … [Read more...]

How Does Bill Make The Water Look "Believable"? This Video Tip by Bill Alexander is a great lesson on how to make the water look believable. He has already created beautiful reflections in the water. Adding waterlines on top of the water pushes the reflections deep into the water. Points To Consider: Bill is painting into wet paint. The reflections are deep into … [Read more...]

Bill shows us how to create perspective in his painting by adding a second row of trees. Today Bill will continue to teach us by painting a second row of trees and by adding reflections. As I watched Bill hurry when he was told by the floor director that he was about out of time, I couldn't help but think of how great it would be if Bill was alive today and we could … [Read more...]

Bill Takes His Time To Get It The Way He Wants! Bill continues on with the background. He shows us that it doesn't matter what we do we can fix it or change the outcome. Points To Consider: Bill doesn't worry about adding too much paint because he can lift it off with his palette knife. By removing the excess paint, Bill can add more on top of the background … [Read more...]