Bill's Original Palette Knife Archives

Blue shadow

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...]

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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]

Put a bit of sunshine on there!

Watch how easily Bill gets the paint to highlight his mountain on the left. Why does it come off so easily? Could it be that he hasn't worked that area of the canvas for a while? Maybe the paint dried … [Read more...]

See how far we came?

Another great lesson in perspective. Can you count the levels of this painting? Each new level Bill has creates more depth in the painting. What's the point he's trying to make about this latest … [Read more...]

A greenish touch!

Make sure you watch this video clip in full screen mode so you can see how thick the paint is going on those trees. Bill has not thinned the paint, yet he's painting on top of paint. What does that … [Read more...]

“You can do all those things!”

Bill says, "You are the almighty creator, you are next to God." Bill believed that through art you have the power! No one can tell you how your world should be. … [Read more...]