Today's Lesson is Short and Sweet But Powerful! Diane had command of Bill's technique. She understood how thick and thin paint work together. In this short lesson, she will show you how to paint effectively without struggle. Key Points To Consider: Diane mixes the color she wants on the palette and loads it in her brush BEFORE she thoroughly loosens it with Magic … [Read more...]

Creating a Shoreline Buck can paint anything but there is something special that happens when he paints the sea. Watch as he demonstrates how to use light and dark to create an illusion of ocean shoreline. Key Points: Buck's canvas is dry for this demonstration The paint colors he uses are Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White, and Phthalo Blue, he … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

Creating Light on a Black Canvas Bill continues his lesson by showing us how to create light on a very dark canvas. Remember, he has prepared the canvas with Sap Green and Prussian Blue. The paint is very wet. Key Points To Consider: He uses Matte Black Latex Acrylic Paint (Did you know you don't need to spend the money to buy Gesso? House paint will work fine!) … [Read more...]

Bill teaches us that we are the leader of light! Today's Video Tip by Bill Alexander shows us how to add brilliant light to the sky. We slowed this down so we can see what Bill does with his brush. Points To Consider: Bill loads the brush with bright yellow (Cadmium Yellow and Titanium White) His brush is heavily loaded. He starts where he wants the sun to … [Read more...]