From the video "Footsteps and Sand Dunes," Robert Warren shows how he creates footprints. Robert uses a special technique with his brush called "double loading". He loads two different colors on each side of the brush. In one stroke he creates both the footprint and the highlight. Pretty neat tip we think! "Footsteps and Sand Dunes" is one of hundreds of videos we have … [Read more...]

One of our French fans asked if we could show how to create a color for sand. She also wanted to know how to paint footprints. So this clip will show how Alexander Master Artist Tom Anderson creates a color for his sand dunes in the painting "The Palm Tree." This is a painting from our "You Can Paint" Master Class. Tom is a master of mixing colors and will create this sand … [Read more...]

Bill has said before, "Paint can break you and paint can make you!" This is especially important for beginning painters. That's why Bill spent his lifetime developing the paint for his style of oil painting. … [Read more...]

Bill switches colors to highlight the bushes. You can see the effect he creates much more clearly in this video clip. As Bill warns, you need to use a very light touch with the brush. You want the peaks of the painting to pull the paint off the brush. Previous Lesson:  The best lesson you ever had! First Lesson:  Bill adds power to his painting! … [Read more...]

Bill is really excited for his fans with this highlighting technique. Remember, a very light touch as the brush comes down (or up) the canvas. You are highlighting/painting, just the high points in the painting. Too much brush pressure and you'll lose the effect. Previous Lesson:  Adding power to your painting! Next Lesson:  Just a light stroke! … [Read more...]

Bill demonstrates a quick and easy way to add detail to a dry painting. When Bill talks about "build-up" he's talking about a painting that has so much paint on it that there is an almost three-dimensional effect. As he draws his brush down the canvas, the "high points" in the painting pull the paint off the brush adding detail as if you took a very fine brush and touched up … [Read more...]