Buck adds vitality to his painting by creating the waves. Today's Video Tip by Buck Paulson shows us how to use his "desh" method to create water and waves. Remember his "desh" lesson? He looks for direction, variety of endings, variety of s sizes, and variety of heights. He is bold with his colors and creates a vibrant ocean reflecting the sky. Soon Buck will reveal … [Read more...]

Buck adds vitality to his painting by creating the waves. Today's Video Tip by Buck Paulson shows us how to use his "desh" method to create water and waves. Remember his "desh" lesson? He looks for direction, variety of endings, variety of s sizes, and variety of heights. He is bold with his colors and creates a vibrant ocean reflecting the sky. Soon Buck will reveal … [Read more...]

An Easy Way To Add Atmosphere To Your Painting Today's Daily Video Clip comes from our Alexander Advanced Master Class by Tom Anderson. Tom is creating a beautiful, mountain, river scene and he is going to show an easy way to get the atmosphere at the base of the mountain. Notice he uses the Alexander 1" Brush to apply the paint and then he uses a clean, dry, 2 1/2" … [Read more...]

Detaching Lines to Create Perspective Sometimes artwork can appear flat, lacking dimension. Today's Video Tip teaches a principle that shows us how to add dimension to our paintings. Follow this principle and see just how much more realistic your paintings will be. During Buck's Live Class last week an art principle came up that I thought would be great to share. So I … [Read more...]

Master Artist Lowell Speers Bill Alexander was our first Master Artist to blaze the trail for art instruction on PBS. Next came Lowell Speers our Floral Master Artist. Lowell could paint anything but what he became known for was his florals which he so effortlessly painted. We have PBS to thank for bringing art to all of us. If it wasn't for art how-to shows that aired … [Read more...]

Master Artist Lowell Speers Bill Alexander was our first Master Artist to blaze the trail for art instruction on PBS. Next came Lowell Speers our Floral Master Artist. Lowell could paint anything but what he became known for was his florals which he so effortlessly painted. We have PBS to thank for bringing art to all of us. If it wasn't for art how-to shows that aired … [Read more...]