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“…without dark there is no light.”

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Bill often makes this comment during his videos because it is so important and so basic to great art. In order to create the illusion of light in your painting you often have to surround it with dark. This was called chiaroscuro by the "Old Masters" and Bill understood not only the term but the technique. If you look at some of his candle paintings, you can see his mastery at … [Read more...]

…the mountains talk to you.”

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Bill now works on the shadow side of the closest mountain. He uses exactly the same technique when highlighting with white. We're going to let you in on one of Bill's secrets. We've talked before about keeping your base mountain layer thin. You can see Bill did that with this mountain. Bill's secret, though, was to work on another part of the painting while a different … [Read more...]

“…I just let that paint fly on…”

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Notice Bill's palette knife technique. He is allowing the paint to be pulled off the knife onto the canvas. There is no heavy pressure on the knife, just a delicate, light  touch. The paint is thick enough, and the under layer is thin enough, that the two layers to work together beautifully. This is a technique well worth practicing if you want your mountains to show that … [Read more...]

“…you create those kind of things.”

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Bill is continuing the process of pushing his mountains farther into the background by building up his foreground. He has already darkened the base color because this part of the mountain range is the closest to the viewer. The mountain lake and the water run-off has also receded into background adding to the perspective of the painting. Also notice how Bill pulls your eye … [Read more...]

Mountain nuances

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God gives you all that talent and all that oompah to do whatever you feel you can do... -- Bill Alexander Notice the subtle nuances Bill adds to his mountain. In one of Bill's videos he shows how he goes to goes to great lengths to create a unique mountain peak. It was these subtle "nooks and crannies" that distinguished Bill's mountains from every other artist. It's what … [Read more...]

Fifteen miles

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...pull a part of Mother Nature out of the world and fire it right on the canvas. -- Bill Alexander Time to get closer! Bill is ready to create his next mountain range. Notice how he keeps his base mountain color separate from the other colors so that he can darken it as he moves his mountains closer to the viewer. Another great lesson in perspective just using color. … [Read more...]

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