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My Girl

Date Released: 09/02/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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First begins with a rough basic sketch of the basic land masses and brief discussion about the ocean. Then under-paints a late evening sunset and talks about leveling the horizon line. Now with a #6 bristle brush block in water along horizon, then finish landscaping the rest of water and sandy shore. Then block in grassy sand dune.

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My Girl 2 of 4

Begin by taking #6 bristle brush and start highlighting ocean along horizon line and then switching to #4 round sable brush. Add brighter sunlight highlights on water. Now taking #10 bristle brush block in tall grass on top of dunes and lower right corner. Now begin highlighting sand with #6 bristle brush. Then finish with brighter highlights on water.

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My Girl 3 of 4

At this point, Jerry takes the white conte pencil and sketches in the old broken down dune fence. Then with the #6 chisel-edge brush block in the fence pickets. Then switch to a #2 bristle brush and paint in support posts. Then paint in additional brush and grasses at base of fence, and finish by adding highlights on drifted sand.

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My Girl 4 of 4

In the final episode, Jerry adds final highlights on fence, grass, water, sand dunes. Also sketches in figure with soft vine charcoal. Then with #2 bristle brush under paint figure then switch to sable brushes to detail figure. Then finish painting with #4 script brush by adding tall grass and seagulls and silver lining on figure. Finish up with tooth brush splatters on sand.

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Wine & Roses (Still Life)

Date Released: 09/02/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate - Advanced

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Canvas Board: Acrylic Medium). Preparing the canvas and blocking in the wood table base. Then with white conte pencil lightly sketch out composition. Then under-paints wine glass and begins defining it with script brush.

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Wine & Roses (Still Life) 2 of 4

In this episode, Jerry continues outlining crystal glass with script brush then under paints grapes – then with chisel edge brushes finishes painting in colors of wine in glass. Then begin highlighting grapes – then sketch in roses with white pencil and under-paint them with chisel-edge brushes.

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Wine & Roses (Still Life) 3 of 4

Begin highlighting roses and using the synthetic chisel-edge brushes to start under-painting the large grape leaves—adjusting the value of the color so that they show up against background. Then begin highlighting leaves to give them form. Now build darker shadows on back side of grapes. Then add additional grapes and leaf stems. Then finish by adding rose leaves and additional highlights to grapes, rose petals, wine glass, and wood table.

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Wine & Roses (Still Life) 4 of 4

This session is all about final details, highlights, shadows, and adding wood grain to wooden table top using script brush and chisel edge brushes. Then finish by adding additional pedals which have fallen from rose, and then carefully add any additional highlights.

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Pheasant in the Rough

Date Released: 08/30/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Rocky River

Date Released: 08/29/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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This is an impressive painting to learn all the basic components of a great landscape. Jerry walks students through the beginning steps in this episode of beautiful trees, running water, distant mountains and dead trees.

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Rocky River 2 of 3

This episode is about the river and how it transforms into wet, flowing water. Jerry will demonstrate getting rocks under the water along with balance of negative space by painting IN, AROUND, and THROUGH the painting.

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Rocky River 3 of 3

Final episode of Rocky River. As Jerry promised the water continues to get a wetter look through reflections of shapes and colors. Finally hotspots are found and the river jumps out at you as it’s flowing.

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High and Mighty

Date Released: 08/29/2013

Difficulty: Beginner - Intermediate

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Jerry starts a wonderful painting on a textured canvas showing the technique with a #12 bristle brush. You will find this segment to be a great study on mountains with a stormy sky. Through a fun, easy method, Jerry quickly creates the stormy sky through the use of the value system.

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Jerry continues with the beautiful scene of high mountains. Learn how to develop the main mountain feature by using a technique of different shapes and leaving pockets of negative space. Finishes this segment illustrating the process of beginning development of the foreground.

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High and Mighty 3 of 4

Exciting surprise in this episode – learn the importance of multiple-step painting that creates a high quality art piece. See advance techniques of the hake brush that quickly suggest the presence of Aspen trees. Finish this episode with placing the shadow color of the snow.

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High and Mighty 4 of 4

Jerry shows viewers how to add the bald eagle. Continued development of the snow of the mountain peaks with variety of shapes and blending. Dimensional nest, tree, and eagle with the addition of highlights. Concludes with accent highlighting to add the glow to the painting.

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Winter’s Surprise

Date Released: 08/29/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Jerry paints a winter scene with a surprise feature to be revealed. This episode will be an introduction to combining warm and cool colors, working with a warm golden color against the cool colors of snow. Jerry will show and reinforce blending of sky colors. He also demonstrates why mixing under-painting color directly on the canvas -- versus pre-mixing a formula on the palette -- works best for this particular painting.

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Winter’s Surprise 2 of 3

Continuation from the under-painting, demonstrating cast shadows and developing an atmosphere using warm and cool colors together. Jerry shows how to interweave patches of snow through a layering progress of darks to light. Then uses script brush to build groups of weeds throughout the painting.

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Winter’s Surprise 3 of 3

As Jerry promised in the first episode, the winter surprise for this painting is revealed. Moving forward, Jerry demonstrates how to be loose and free with brush strokes, yet create an accurate painting. Through the final highlights you will learn how it creates shape through those highlights and value changes.

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Back Country Boulders

Date Released: 08/29/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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n this episode, Jerry will show viewers steps of painting rock in relationship to a back-country waterfall on a textured canvas. Great for basic to advanced painters covering layout, sectional under-painting, gradation of values, and use of chisel=edge brushes.

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Back Country Boulders 2 of 3

Jerry continues ‘Back Country Boulders’ showing students how to develop shelves for the waterfall amongst the boulders with a large chisel edge brush. Jerry shows how to spontaneously find masses of boulders using form highlighting technique.

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Back Country Boulders 3 of 3

n this final segment, Jerry shows technique of “capping” -- which creates the form of the boulders, along with how to make light “pop” in your painting while achieving a harmonized color throughout the painting. Jerry concludes with ideas to make this painting your very own.

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Morning Fog

Date Released: 08/29/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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This painting illustrates how – as an artist – you can create atmosphere in a painting; and, in this case, morning fog at the beach. Jerry starts this picture using the Hake brush and covers the canvas with a light layer of gesso and then tints the canvas with Hooker’s green. The background is then warmed with burnt sienna. Using burnt umber, the value system is applied to create distance starting at the horizon. Jerry angles the various levels of water lines, working toward the beach and using elliptical strokes to maintain flatness of the water. The last step in this session is to texture the beach by splattering in texture in various to the beach, as well as blocking in the old pier posts.

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Morning Fog 2 of 3

In this session, Jerry begins by adding details to the pier posts in the foreground – noting the value system as he works into the distance. He then creates the reflections of the posts and debris on the beach into the water. Jerry then designs the layout of the focal point by creating overlaps and strategically positioning seagulls into the painting. The session ends with Jerry giving an explanation of the importance of elliptical brush strokes to achieve flatness of the water.

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Morning Fog 3 of 3

In this final episode, Jerry blocks in the seagulls and demonstrates how to add shape and form to the birds using the #4 sable brush. Be careful to remain in the value system for objects that are painted in the distance. Switching to the script brush, Jerry demonstrates the technique of creating seagulls in flight at the beach. The next step is to reflect birds on the beach in the water. In the final phase, Jerry applies a total glaze to the painting and then adds clouds to create movement in the sky to complete the painting. Simplicity is key in creating the atmosphere for this painting.

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Evening Glow

Date Released: 08/28/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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This snowy landscape makes a wonderful greeting card. The lesson starts by under painting the sky with Gesso and then creating the horizontal glow with light orange in the blue sky, being sure to darken the corners. Next, the various values of distant landscape are added, keeping everything soft and smudgy. A dark tree line is then added to the horizon line. Moving from the horizon line to the foreground, a purple bluish gray is blocked in that will be the under painting for the snow. Three values of gray are used to create depth with the land masses. The session is completed by adding the final layer of dimension to the tree line using the script brush.

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In this episode, Jerry sketches in the cabin and then scumbles in the distant snow values using dry brush blending and using layering to create snow highlights. Next Jerry adds the mid-range tree line behind the cabin which adds contrast to the painting. Moving to the middle ground, the snow is again dry-brush blended into the land mass, while adding a few highlights. Using the script brush, details are added to the mid-canvas trees behind the cabin, creating overlapping limbs and good use of negative space. Next, the cabin is seated in the landscape. Moving to the foreground, the snow is added with more definitive highlights according to the value system. The session ends by completing highlights on the cabin and detailing the snow glow to create the ambiance of late-evening glow.

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Evening Glow 3 of 3

At this point, foreground trees are blocked in, and it is time to start to add the glow to the painting. This begins with the windows on the cabin by adding bright orange strokes. A chimney is detailed on the roof and highlighted with a red glow as well as adding smoke leaving the chimney to create more atmosphere. A detailed fence with snowdrifts is added to help create interest and composition. Moving to the foreground, detailed weeds and limbs are added, primarily by using the script brush. Final highlights are added to complete the painting, including highlights to tree trunk and weeds. At this point, the glow areas can be brightened, snow drifts added, icicles hung along the roof, as well as a snow-covered woodpile to complete the wintry atmosphere.

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First Love

Date Released: 08/28/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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This session starts by under painting the piece in sections starting with dark green, leafy canopy in the upper third of the canvas, as well as adding some light spots representing leafy motion. Next, the horizon line is added by placing the road
bank and the light green horizon highlight. The road is then added using a transparent burnt sienna, which should be double-coated because of its transparency. The grassy banks are then blocked in on both sides using a bristle brush and upward strokes. The session is then completed by adding highlights to the road to set the stage for the neat effects that this painting will develop. A second highlight to the road completes this session.

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First Love 2 of 3

Having completed the under painting, more highlights and dark areas are added to the background and road to provide contrast. Next, the tree trunks are blocked in on the sides using a dark, rich mixture. At this point, shadows can be added across the road. The rocks are next highlighted, and the script brush is used to add overhanging limbs to the trees. The session is completed by highlighting the tree trunks to create roundness, and a leafy technique is employed to add pockets of leaves and canopies. The session ends with adding spot highlights using complimentary colors to provide balance.

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First Love 3 of 3

In this final session, Jerry starts by sketching the figures on the road and using a No. 4 round and flat brush to block in the shapes and then highlight to create roundness by using the quick and decisive one-stroke method. Light purple flowers are added in the foreground as well as red flowers, to add complimentary colors to the painting. Next, Jerry focuses on the center of interest by adding rich highlights and creating light rays using the glazing technique. A No. 2 flat bristle brush is used to provide final highlights to the road, rocks and leaves. Less details and highlights are added around the edge of the painting to maintain the center of interest in the young couple, thus completing the painting.

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