In this two-part series, Bill shows you how to work with transparent colors on a black canvas. There are two types of paint: opaque and transparent. As the name implies, transparent paints allow colors from beneath the paint to show through. Transparent paints are also used a lot in glazing paintings. The old masters used glazing a lot in their art as they worked with light … [Read more...]
I space it in my mind!
In this video clip, Bill explains what he sees in his mind. This is something we all can do. In fact, you can do it right now. Close your eyes. Remember a day from this past summer. Perhaps you were on a beach. Maybe you were in the mountains. Recall the images as you sat in your beach chair or floated down the river in that big innertube. Your mind is an imagination … [Read more...]
How to succeed with wet-on-wet!
Bill spent most of his career developing and perfecting his paint so that students and fans would be successful with his style of wet-on-wet painting. No one makes a paint as thick and solid as Bill's paint. Alexander Art has stayed true to the formula Bill perfected. We have refused to put other artist's names on his paint and never will! … [Read more...]
What is “Mud?”
What is “mud?” What causes it? What can you do about it? You hear the term used by a lot of painters. We will confine our comments to mud as it applies to Bill’s method of oil painting What is it? There are two types of "mud." The first type is what most people think of when they hear the word. In our article on Wet-on-Wet Painting, we explained how wet-on-wet works. This … [Read more...]
Snow highlighting – Part II
Tom continues his highlighting lesson. Tom explains his "stairway" technique and throws in an extra technique or two. Click here for Part I - Tom's special highlighting technique … [Read more...]
Snow highlighting – Part I
Alexander Master Artist Tom Anderson shows you his technique for adding snow highlights to trees. He also gives you a great tip on how to clean your brush - with paint! Click here for Part II - Tom's stair-step technique … [Read more...]
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