Buck Paulson- Wall Ready Workshop Replay 10/21/2020 We are excited to share this replay of Buck's Free Wall Ready Workshop.(Password: wall ready If you have any questions or need anything to help you on your art journey just let us know. We are here for you! Happy Painting! Laurie and Dawn PS: Interested in taking classes with Buck? We have several to … [Read more...]

Another Concept From Our Beyond Master Class! This video clip comes from our Beyond Master Class with Tom Anderson. He is adding the final touches to his painting called "Cafe." We are showing just a short clip of what he does to add finesse. Key Points to Consider for today's video;​ Tom is painting on a dry canvas. He mixed a touch of Alexander Magic Clear … [Read more...]

Bill shows you how NOT to do it! This video is a short but powerful message from Bill. He is preparing his background for a landscape he has chosen to paint. He knows he wants the darkest mood to be in the center of the canvas. He also knows he wants the dark to fade into the light. So he blends the black medium into the Magic White®. The problem he runs into is that he … [Read more...]

Magic White, not just for priming the canvas and thinning paint anymore! The times, they are a-changing! Bill Alexander invented Magic White®. We know that wet-on-wet is an old technique used hundreds of years ago however, Bill is the one who brought it to the world in our day. Bill decided that since he mixed every color with white that he should just apply it to the … [Read more...]

"You Can't Make Yellow Yellower" Bill Alexander Bill loved to paint light. He used to say, "You can't make yellow, yellower, you can't make red, redder." What he meant is that the way to make things look brighter can't be done just by adding more light paint." As artists, we create the illusion of light. There is no better way to brighten something up than to surround it … [Read more...]