Bill continues to lay in his foliage foundation layer - lots of dark. Highlighting will come later. Watch Bill's brush stroke at the :12 - :13 second mark. Notice the (very) slight sideways movement? Notice how that stroke adds just a tiny bit of detail to the tree? Bill is not just slapping paint on the canvas. He's "molding" it. And he's doing it with the same brush - no … [Read more...]
Happy fan brush tree
Time to start filling in details in the foreground. Because the tree is still in the distance, Bill uses the fan brush to lay in the basic foundation of the tree. Notice how dark he shades sap green, which is already a darker green than phthalo green. This will provide a remarkable contrast when he, later, begins to highlight the tree. Please notice two things about the fan … [Read more...]
A little bit of growth
Bill creates the reflection of the mountain in the distant lake. Then using the fan brush he adds just a touch of distant foliage on the bank of the lake. Because the lake is so far away he doesn't create much detail, just a hint of something there. Perspective requires distant objects to appear indistinct and gray. As Tom Anderson, Alexander Master Artist, often says, "Gray is … [Read more...]
Mixing the cloud shadow color
Bill takes you step by step mixing the cloud shadow color. Notice how he corrects the color "on the fly". Notice the circular strokes with the fan brush as he adds the shadow to the cloud. Bill doesn't spend a lot of time working on the clouds in this painting because he doesn't need to. A mountain is going to cover a lot of the sky so he only needs a hint of clouds. But he … [Read more...]
Shadow side first
In a twist on Bill's regular method of highlighting tree trunks, he starts this time with the shadow side first. … [Read more...]
Fan brush tree trunk
Bill shows how to use the fan brush (rather than the palette knife) to create the "roundness" required for a realistic tree trunk. All that is required is a very light touch. … [Read more...]
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