Use this technique to get perspective in your sky There are several things to learn from today's Video Tip. Key Points To Consider: The background layer is thin. Bill uses thick paint for the clouds. He uses a lot of pressure and is moving the brush in all directions to create variety. The Fan Brush picks up the background color and pollutes the brush. … [Read more...]

Use this technique to get perspective in your sky There are several things to learn from today's Video Tip. Key Points To Consider: The background layer is thin. Bill uses thick paint for the clouds. He uses a lot of pressure and is moving the brush in all directions to create variety. The Fan Brush picks up the background color and pollutes the brush. … [Read more...]

Getting the first layer right makes all the difference. Bill Alexander created"Magic White®." He was the first in modern times to put white paint on the canvas. He became tired of mixing all of his colors with white on the canvas and decided that it would be faster just to apply it to the canvas first and then mix his colors there. Key Points To Consider: Bill's … [Read more...]

div> The Background is the Foundation to Your Painting. Thin Paint Goes Down Deep. Today's Daily Tip Comes from a project that Tom taught for our Beyond Master Class Students. It is a very short video but is packed with the most important tip of all for wet-on-wet painting. The first layer goes deep into the canvas and subsequent layers go on top. If you have too … [Read more...]

Room Lighting Will Make A Difference Today's Video Tip by Tom is short but very valuable. Tom talks about the importance of lighting in your studio. He suggests you have both cool and warm lighting to create balance on your canvas. The second point is about painting from a print. There are a limited number of colors of ink used in printing which causes the photo to be … [Read more...]

It's time to see the Light! Bill shows you the beauty of the wet-on-wet technique. Last time he created the base layer of his trees, using a dark green mixture. Now he will highlight the trees. One of the things we love about this video is that Bill talks about his love of the earth and Mother Nature. He recognizes the beauty there is in the world and brings it alive on … [Read more...]