Priming The Canvas Today Buck will talk about the principle of priming the canvas with a color other than white. He does this for several reasons. To create unity on the canvas. In case he wants to use some of the tinted canvas colors. When you put the paint on top of a primed canvas you get what Buck calls "Quality of Color," almost like glazing in reverse. … [Read more...]

Perfect Practice, Makes Perfect! Today's Tip Comes from our "Beginning Master Class." A while back Tom showed us how to create a "Practice Board." We used enamel paint on wood and created a surface we can use to practice without wasting canvas. Well, it is never really wasting canvas but you know what we mean. Things to Consider: The enamel finish is what makes … [Read more...]

Perfect Practice, Makes Perfect! Today's Tip Comes from our "Beginning Master Class." A while back Tom showed us how to create a "Practice Board." We used enamel paint on wood and created a surface we can use to practice without wasting canvas. Well, it is never really wasting canvas but you know what we mean. Things to Consider: The enamel finish is what makes … [Read more...]

How Does Bill Get Depth In His Paintings? Bill talks about how the term "Fire In" came about. We can see from Bill's videos that he was passionate about painting and unafraid of the canvas. There was a time that Bill was afraid of the canvas. He didn't want to be so he decided that it was all backward! He decided that the "lousy" canvas should be scared of him! He … [Read more...]

Shadows Make All The Difference! Today's Video Tip is short but powerful. Lowell will show you how to make a leaf shadow on a table. Key Points To Consider; We are only focusing on the shadow today. Lowell is painting on a wet canvas. He uses flat, straight strokes to create the illusion of a table. Notice the color is darkest further down the canvas … [Read more...]

Shadows Make All The Difference! Today's Video Tip is short but powerful. Lowell will show you how to make a leaf shadow on a table. Key Points To Consider; We are only focusing on the shadow today. Lowell is painting on a wet canvas. He uses flat, straight strokes to create the illusion of a table. Notice the color is darkest further down the canvas … [Read more...]