TITLE “Raising The Bar” SIZE 18 X 24 or 16 x 20 – Horizontal Format Medium: Your Choice SEASON: Spring, Summer, or Fall (no Snow/Winter) TIME OF DAY: Your Choice Before you start, make sure you have reviewed the above SERIES TUTORIAL! INSPIRATION There is a saying that goes something like “Be careful what…
Read MoreTITLE “Raising The Bar” SIZE 18 X 24 or 16 x 20 – Horizontal Format Medium: Your Choice SEASON: Spring, Summer, or Fall (no Snow/Winter) TIME OF DAY: Your Choice Before you start, make sure you have reviewed the above SERIES TUTORIAL! INSPIRATION There is a saying that goes something like “Be careful what…
Read MoreTITLE “Childhood Swimming Hole” SIZE 18 X 24 – Horizontal Format Medium: Acrylic on Stretched Canvas SEASON: Spring TIME OF DAY: Early Morning INSPIRATION This painting takes me back to my early childhood days. We were an outdoor family and almost every weekend we were out camping, hiking, fishing, cooking-out, etc. Now that I’m…
Read MoreIn this step we will paint in the final glow of the sun and the sunrays. We will also “leaf” the smaller trees on the left of the painting and add the reflections of those trees on the left side. Take the #4 Bristle Brush and a mix of White (Gesso) with about 25% Cadmium…
Read MoreAll you do for this step is create a mixture of 50% Ultramarine Blue and 50% Burnt Umber. Then use our #2 and #4 Dynasty (chisel-edge) Brush to underpaint all the tree trunks and old tire. Then thin some of the mixture to an ink-like consistency and use our #4 Sable Script Brush to paint…
Read MoreNow we will begin highlighting the distant trees and middle-ground meadow plus waterfall. At this stage you can begin painting in the bright tones of flowers and accent highlights on the trees. So, take your #6 Bristle Brush and fan it out and begin dabbing in various colors to create the suggestion of distant flowers…
Read MoreNow for this step we will paint the old house. Take your #2 Dynasty (chisel-edge) Brush and the #4 flat and #4 Round Sable Brushes to paint in the house. This is very simple and easy so don’t overwork or detail it, Use a dirty medium gray for the shadowed side and White (Gesso) with…
Read MoreNow we will highlight the banks and the waterfall area. Use your #4 or #2 Dynasty (chisel-edge) Brush for these highlights. Just use White (Gesso) with a touch of Burnt Umber and Cadmium Orange and a very slight touch of Ultramarine Blue to help cool off the color. Highlight the banks and carefully blend them…
Read MoreIn this step we will block in the rest of the meadows and all of the banks and shorelines. Use your #6 Bristle Brush and a mix of Hookers Green and Dioxazine Purple and a touch of Cadmium Yellow Light and block in all the darker meadow grasses. Use the brush on its side and…
Read MoreIn this step we will underpaint the water and a small waterfall about midway up. This is going to be a multi-toned underpainting. So, take your #10 Bristle brush and beginning at the very bottom of the canvas, start applying multiple colors of blues, purple, greens, a little Burnt Umber, and of course White (Gesso)…
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