No landscape is complete without grass and foliage. And no trees are going to look realistic without this important element in your paintings. Bill demonstrates a fast, easy way to create ground foliage with the 1" brush. But wait...Bill is also going to show you a really neat trick with the palette knife that will add detail and realism to your paintings. Previous … [Read more...]

Watch carefully how Bill creates a three-dimensional tree on a two-dimensional canvas. His three-step process for creating a tree will guarantee that your tree will look realistic. And the best part? It takes about three minutes to create it! Learn more tree techniques in our free "Paint with Bill" art course, taught by Bill himself! Previous Lesson:  Creating the birch … [Read more...]

In this clip from our free "Paint with Bill" art course, Bill shows you how to paint a birch tree. There are two keys to being successful with this tree. First, you must use a very light touch with the brush. Barely touch the canvas. Let the canvas pull the paint off the brush. The second important element is the right kind of paint. Only a thick paint, like Bill's, will work … [Read more...]

In this excerpt from our free "Paint with Bill" art course, Bill shows you how to create his signature evergreen tree. Using a 1" brush with the chiseled edge, Bill shows you how to prepare the brush and then create this key landscape element. Previous Lesson:  Closer trees Next Lesson:  Creating the birch tree … [Read more...]

Perspective applies to everything in your paintings, especially trees. As trees get closer to the viewer they are bigger and start to show more detail. Bill shows you how to use the 1" brush to create these trees which are closer to the viewer. Be sure to check out our free "Paint with Bill" art course to see this and other great landscape painting techniques. Previous … [Read more...]

Don't put your paint brushes away just yet. Bill has some more homework for you to do. Today we begin a series of ten lessons where Bill shows you how to create a variety of different trees. Excerpted from or free "Paint with Bill" art course, these short lessons give you the basics you need to know to create virtually any type of tree for your landscapes. So sit back, … [Read more...]