Form every piece of equipment to your own hand! -- Bill Alexander Do you know how wonderful your favorite shirt feels on your back? It's only after washing it a couple of times and wearing it that it truly becomes part of your body. Your artist's tools are no different. The longer you use a brush, the more comfortable it becomes in your hand. Rarely is a tool straight from the … [Read more...]

Bill has demonstrated a lot of brush techniques. Now he's moving to the palette knife. Let's get started right by making the tools your own. Bill shares a little-known tip on getting ready to use your palette knife. Next Lesson:  Every knife a different form! … [Read more...]

Bill finishes this lesson series by adding the final touches to any landscape. All of these techniques are easy to learn and easy to add to your artist's toolbox. Previous Lesson:  The dry Fir tree! First Lesson:  Distant Trees … [Read more...]

In this video clip from our free "Paint with Bill" art course, Bill creates a very simple fir tree using the fan brush and the 1" brush. In this clip, rather than highlighting the tree trunk from the light source side, Bill chooses, instead, to create a shadow on the reverse side of the tree trunk. Bill shows you there is more than one way to create great paintings. Previous … [Read more...]

The magnificent redwood tree is the subject of this nearly five-minute video clip. But there is so much more than creating a tree in this clip. Watch as Bill creates a beautifully detailed redwood tree using a three step process with his brush and palette knife. This is a clip worth watching over and over because you will be able to apply these techniques to all the trees you … [Read more...]

Bill paints a "dead" tree to show you special tree trunk and branch techniques. In this nearly five minute instructional clip, Bill shows you how to use the palette knife and fan brush to create and highlight a tree trunk. He also demonstrates two types of tree branch techniques using the fan brush and the script liner brush. There is a lot of valuable technique packed into … [Read more...]