Using a Template Sometimes it is just such a simple thing that makes all the difference. Buck shows us an easy "hack" that makes painting a silhouette a breeze. Key Points: Buck prepares his white canvas by adding a section of flat black, latex paint and allowing it to dry. He creates his pattern of "Katie" using self-adhesive paper. (Contact paper). He coats … [Read more...]

Tom shares a technique from our Introductory Master Class Today's Video Clip comes from our "Alexander Introductory Master Class with Tom Anderson." This is the second painting in a series of five. He is painting a beautiful waterfall scene but we will focus today on how he sets the mood while he prepares the background. Key Points The Magic White® is properly … [Read more...]

Lowell shows us how to make trees the easy way. A few days ago we sent a Video Clip of Lowell painting a beautiful vase. Today we will begin to fill the vase! We've shown other videos of Lowell painting leaves but we feel like it is worthwhile to show them in different settings. The interesting thing here is that Lowell does NOT paint daisy leaves! He doesn't because he … [Read more...]

A Red Vase of Daisies - Leaves We've shown other videos of Lowell painting leaves but we feel like it is worthwhile to show them in different settings. The interesting thing here is that Lowell does NOT paint daisy leaves! He doesn't because he said they are harder and he didn't have time on his television show. Even though they aren't Daisy Leaves, the arrangement is … [Read more...]

A Red Vase of Daisies - Leaves A few days ago we sent a Video Clip of Lowell painting a beautiful vase. Today we will begin to fill the vase! We've shown other videos of Lowell painting leaves but we feel like it is worthwhile to show them in different settings. The interesting thing here is that Lowell does NOT paint daisy leaves! He doesn't because he said they are … [Read more...]

Creating Tree Trunks to Bring the Trees to Life Bill makes this forest come alive by attaching the trees to the earth. Key Points To Consider: Bill is painting on a wet canvas. He mixes the color he wants on the palette before he goes to the canvas. Bill recognized immediately that he had too much red in his mixture. Rather than leaving the red in his mixture … [Read more...]