TITLE “My Favorite Place” SIZE 18 X 24 – Horizontal Format Medium Duct, Pre-primed Cotton Stretched Canvas SEASON: Winter TIME OF DAY:Late Afternoon – Early Evening INSPIRATION I know what some of you are thinking … snow is hard to paint. Yes, it does have its challenges but learning how to paint snow properly will…
Read MoreTITLE “You Can See Forever” SIZE 18 X 24 – Horizontal Format Medium Duct, Pre-primed Cotton Stretched Canvas SEASON Late Spring – Early Summer TIME OF DAY Late Evening INSPIRATION Have you ever been on a trip, looked out across the vast horizon, and said “Wow, that’s really beautiful …I wonder how I could…
Read MoreTITLE “Sedona’s Giants” SIZE 18 X 24 – Horizontal Format Medium Duct, Pre-primed Cotton Stretched Canvas SEASON Early Spring TIME OF DAY Mid-Day INSPIRATION The giant red rock formations located just outside of Sedona, Arizona, are no doubt a site to behold. These rock formations are a true inspiration to artists who come here from…
Read MoreIn this 3rd of 4 segments of “Autumn Bridge”, Jerry shows how to take the #10 Bristle Brush and using a dabbing technique begins adding the brighter highlights to the background trees. Now he adds the first highlights on the water and first form highlights on the rocks. Painting is now ready for final details.
Read MoreIn this 2nd of 4 segments of “Autumn Bridge”, Jerry shows how to apply the next layer of warm Autumn highlights using the same scumbling techniques as in episode one. Then he under-paints all of the rock formations. Now with the #4 Script Brush, Jerry paints in most of the smaller and intermediate size tree…
Read MoreIn Part 1 of Autumn Bridge, Jerry demonstrates how to properly prepare and under-paint the background of this beautiful autumn scene using the #10 Bristle Brush. He uses a scumbling technique to achieve a soft, mottled background of warm, earthy, fall tones in the first of several layers of the underpainting.
Read MoreIn this session Jerry shows how to begin the highlighting process on the large Oak tree and use of the #6 bristle brush to begin blocking in the red flowers and Blue Bonnets as well as painting in the small rocks along the edges of the road. Jerry paints in the cast shadow from the…
Read MoreIn the final episode, Jerry shows how to paint in all of the final details/highlights like the fence posts, dead tree, and then illustrates use of the chisel-edge brushes to insert the close-up weeds plus miscellaneous accent highlights. Emphasis on how to apply reflected highlights on large tree trunks and then how to add final…
Read MoreAt this point Jerry shows how to begin shaping the distant bushes/trees, then how to begin applying highlights on distant grasses; also applying first distant layers of Blue Bonnets as well as blocking in trunk of large Oak tree. Then mixing the proper color for the Oak tree leaves and under-painting them with #10 bristle…
Read MoreIn this session Jerry shows how to begin intermediate details/highlighting on road and sand with special emphasis on placing grass in middle and on side of road to help settle down the road. Jerry shows how to use proper brush strokes to make road look flat.
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