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...]
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 tell you? It should tell you either that bottom layer has dried enough to let the paint stay on and/or that bottom layer is still very thin. Most likely a combination of … [Read more...]
A little touch of sunshine
Notice how Bill fools the cameraman in the beginning of this clip. But he recovers and gets to the right trees just in time for you to see how Bill highlights them. Bill has not painted on this section of the canvas for quite a while so the paint has dried ("tacked up") just a bit. How do we know this? Did Bill thin the yellow paint he uses? Nope. Also notice that the … [Read more...]
Fan brush mastery
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...]
Highlighting the tree
Bill's method of highlighting trees is so very simple, yet effective. He adds perspective and shape to the tree with an "open" 1" foliage brush. … [Read more...]
Adding the tree trunk
Before Bill highlights his trees he likes to add the tree trunk. This is usually a two step process of marking in the trunk with the palette knife and then "finishing" off the tree trunk by highlighting. This gives the trunk depth and adds roundness and shape to the tree. … [Read more...]
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