Time to quit - but not until it's RIGHT! All artists know that a painting is never finished. Every time they pass by it the urge to grab a fan brush and touch up just a spot is difficult to ignore. That's the beauty of oils...you can do that. But...when the oil dries, that's a different story. You can still do it, but you have to prep the canvas first. … [Read more...]
Blue and white shoreline
Bill needs to create a shoreline. Usually he does this with his palette knife but it doesn't make sense in this painting, does it? That water is falling steeply off the waterfall so there would only be the barest trace of a shoreline. The shoreline would be clinging to the rock wall. What better tool than the fan brush to achieve this look! … [Read more...]
Against the dark it looks very bright
From the beginning Bill is thinking of the effect of shadow on what he's about to paint. This foliage is not in direct sunlight but it is still bright. So he darkens his yellow just a bit. However the color still looks great against the dark which he went to great lengths to apply earlier! Then, as he applies it on the hillside he walks the color up the hill losing the color … [Read more...]
I want to harmonize with Mother Nature!
Bill painted what he saw in Mother Nature. Bill knows how light would affect this scene, so he applies it to his painting. Your painting must make sense. How you do that is up to you. In this case, Bill uses his fan brush and adds highlights to the edge of the rock where the light would hit. He could have put a bush there or just highlighted the rock. Take your lead from Bill. … [Read more...]
Into the shadow colors!
We warned you about "scallops" with the fan brush in the last video. Bill begins this video clip by showing you how to fix them. Notice how Bill first lays his paint with the fan brush. He then works on each side of the "scallop" and straightens them out. Watch as he lays in his shadow ripples. See how straight he keeps the fan brush? The ripples are very straight - no … [Read more...]
Dabbling fan brush!
We've talked before about how delicately Bill uses the fan brush. Watch in slow motion - can you see just how little the brush bends when he touches the canvas. This is a very light touch that prevents "scalloping" which is a common problem in many paintings with the fan brush. … [Read more...]
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