Here's another "signature" technique of the Master. You'll see this "blue shadow" on many of his trees, particularly the redwoods. Bill explains why. … [Read more...]
“This has to be done right!”
You see the difference? That's the way you should create. -- Bill Alexander Bill is highlighting the water runoff between the mountains. Every part of the painting is important -- even this little segment. Not only does he add the highlight but notice how he accentuates that highlight by darkening the lake reflection of the mountain on the right. … [Read more...]
“All of a sudden it will stay there!”
Two great tips in this video clip. Watch how Bill highlights his tree trunks. He has already "plowed" through the paint, so he has removed the paint so he can lay in his highlights without worrying about "mud". However, it's a different animal (as Bill would say) when it comes to highlighting the trees. You've already seen him slather on the paint, so you've got to make your … [Read more...]
“I plow that paint away!”
Bill has just put a lot of paint onto the canvas. Now watch how he creates his tree trunks. This method will help create depth in the tree because he can then add paint into the channel he just created and not worry about it becoming muddy. Notice the order in which he works. First the basic dark shape of the tree, then the tree trunk. Now he can color/highlight the trunk and … [Read more...]
How is it possible?
Bill shares some interesting thoughts on Mother Nature while he shows you how to block in a tree with the palette knife. Since he's covering over a part of the canvas on which he has not painted, he can lay the paint on pretty thick - and he does! He's all ready for highlighting in the next video. … [Read more...]
We have to make it look good!
Watch as Bill highlights this stone. Count the number of colors you see him lay down with one or two strokes of the palette knife. How does he do that? And then he adds Alizarin Crimson which darkens all the colors but adds to the perspective Bill is achieving. … [Read more...]
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