The bonus video we include with our new art course is a late sunset painting. The sky is a brilliant red with a yellow/orange sun. It reflects on a placid lake adding to the dazzling effect of light. It never ceases to amaze us how Bill can paint bright light. You’re going to have to give your friends sunglasses if they want to view your painting from this video. This … [Read more...]
“There’s a certain ‘swing’ in life!”
We hope you’ve been resting up because you’re going to need it! Laurie and I wanted to let you know that we're finalizing the curriculum for our self-study art courses. Just about finished Over the last month, we've been working hard on our next art course. We're almost finished and plan to launch it next week. Remember that survey we asked you to complete about a … [Read more...]
I Learn to Create!
You got to nail it down; you have to frame it completely that you know what you are doing on that almighty canvas there. -- Bill Alexander Bill had a remarkable ability to see his paintings before he created them. How did he do it? What was Bill's secret? Bill was a student of Mother Nature. He was a keen observer of the world around him. In many of his videos and his … [Read more...]
Slow down!
We have two words of advice for you. Slow down! It’s amusing how some people think that painting fast is the whole point. We admit Bill did start something. Why, though, did Bill paint so fast? The tyranny of twenty-eight minutes Answer: He only had twenty-eight minutes to finish his television show. Bill admitted in at least one video that he didn't paint in … [Read more...]
“Art is the pleasure of living.”
When you paint, you don’t use your brain; you use your feelings. — Bill Alexander You can’t miss Bill’s passion for art, can you? In fact, you can see his passion in almost every video he filmed. It wasn’t just a passion for art, though. Bill’s passion for his fans was evident. He believed learning to paint helped you realize the potential you have for greatness in … [Read more...]
How many colors?
Some of you in our “Yellow, Red, and Blue” Art Course know what we mean by a “limited palette.” You’ve been using one for the paintings in that course. We’ve written before that the Old Masters used a limited palette for all their work. Not only was paint scarce, but much of it was also very expensive. In another part of the video we recorded with Tom a week, or so ago … [Read more...]
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