Learn To Paint Smarter! Here in America, today is Super Bowl Sunday. For our non-American friends what that means is that people who don't even like to watch football, watch football today. It is the final professional football game of the year and the best of the best should be playing. It isn't always that way but I digress. Sometimes the best part of the Super Bowl is the … [Read more...]

A Giant with a Gentle Touch! Many times we watch Bill paint with such force and power. Today will be different! Today we see the gentleness of his touch while he teaches us how to create a beautiful glass. Pay close attention to the softness of his strokes and the small amount of paint he uses. When Bill painted, without worrying about the clock, he painted much slower and … [Read more...]

Bill shows us how to make different kinds of fruit Bill continues on withhis Still Life by adding some fruit. He does it so effortlessly because he has properly prepared his canvas and he is using a thick paint. It is important to think about the surface of theobject you are painting.Is it porous? Is it solid? Is it shiny? The brush you use will vary based on the answer to … [Read more...]

Bill adds grape leaves to his painting, but teaches us so much more! Bill continues on withhis Still Life by adding grape leaves. As I watched this video, I realized that even though Bill paints with such power, he uses a very soft touch much of the time. Bill knows which part of the grape cluster he wants to show and he strategically places the grape leaves in a way that … [Read more...]

Bill Shows Us How To Create a Cluster of Grapes Billuses the Alizarin Crimson Background to create a cluster of grapes. Notice he chooses a brush that is just the right size. In one motion he forms the base coat and then strategically places the lights and highlights. Key Points To Consider: The background paint is wet. He uses the Alizarin Crimson that is on the … [Read more...]

Learn to Create Texture andDimension Using Color Bill loved to use color! Today's Video Clip is a continuation of Bill'sStill Life Painting. Remember, this is a project that was filmed for video rather than television so Bill has more time to explain what he is doing. Key Points To Consider: Bill is painting on a wet canvas. Watch yesterday's video to see how he painted … [Read more...]