A good artist is the one who can express themselves with a couple of mighty strokes! -- Bill Alexander Bill starts today's lesson showing you how to make $50 with one stroke of the palette knife. Has there ever been an artist with as much enthusiasm for his craft or love for his students? … [Read more...]
A good painting
Cover up all the bad things and leave the good things and you got a good painting. -- Bill Alexander … [Read more...]
The taste of an artist
What is good looking, what is bad looking? It's the taste of an artist. -- Bill Alexander Bill doesn't like the shape of the mountain in this scene so he decides to change it by covering it up. What goes on the canvas is up to you. Don't worry about what others might say. It's a matter of the taste of the artist. … [Read more...]
Follow your dream!
All Children are born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up. -- Picasso "Mommy, mommy, look what I did!" She was so excited, wasn't she? Waving the finger painting she created in school. "Oh my," you exclaimed, "it's just beautiful!" And you put it right up on the refrigerator along with all the other treasured family mementos. Did it remind you … [Read more...]
Almighty Creative Power!
Creative power is at the core of Bill's work. Creative power is the energy inside all of us. He encourages us in many of his videos to reach down inside, find that life force, and release it onto the canvas. … [Read more...]
How easy it is to create!
Can you see how easy it is to create? Bill always created original paintings on "The Magic of Oil Painting". Nothing was prepared before he went into the studio - there were no reference paintings, no reference photos.Bill admits that early in his career he used reference photos but abandoned them as he felt it restricted his creativity. Bill's imagination was his inspiration. … [Read more...]