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The Falls

Date Released: 08/26/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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The Falls 1 of 3

In this opening segment, Jerry takes his students through the process of under painting each segment of the painting. Beginning with the sky, then the background trees, waterfall, middle ground, body of water, and then the foreground rocks. He finishes by adding darker trees in background.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Falls 2 of 3

In this segment, Jerry shows his students how to paint in the intermediate details, like more distinct, distant trees, adding first layers of highlights on waterfall, paint ripples on water and shows how to dry brush fog and mist at base of waterfall. He finishes up by painting in the foreground rocks.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Falls 3 of 3

In this final segment, Jerry takes his students through the process of detailing the entire painting from background to foreground. First dabbing in the fall colored leaves of the background trees, then finishing with the script brush for the tree limbs, tall weeds and foreground bushes.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Heaven On Earth

Date Released: 08/26/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Heaven On Earth 1 of 5

Mottle sky, foreground, and painting mountains in this opening segment. Jerry takes his students through the process of creating a semi-stormy sky, by using a special mottling technique. Then he shows how to block in the very distant mountains. Finally he under-paints the entire foreground with intermediate values of grayish greens.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Heaven On Earth 2 of 5

Clouds. In this segment, Jerry takes his viewers through the process of creating more distinct clouds by using a wet-on-dry technique and a scumbling process to suggest different layers of clouds. Then he shows how to dry-brush a much brighter glow at the sun light area and soft sunrays. Jerry now finishes this segment blocking in the bushes and trees.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Heaven On Earth 3 of 5

In this segment, Jerry under-paints the distant waterfall and stream. Then begins highlighting the middle and foreground areas. Now he blocks in the 2 large tree trunks. He finishes this segment by adding a few small rocks in the middle and foreground.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Heaven On Earth 4 of 5

In this segment, Jerry shows his students how to use a very loose scumbling technique to paint in the leaves of the two large trees with a special emphasis on the use of good negative space to create good form. He then brightens the highlights of the stream, background area, and middle and foreground grasses.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Heaven On Earth 5 of 5

Final details, highlights, cabin, etc. In the final segment, Jerry paints in the cabin in the background then details and highlights it. Now he puts the final accent highlights on the large trees, waterfall, and middle and foreground. Now he finishes up the painting using the script brush for weeds and miscellaneous details.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Autumn’s Delight

Date Released: 08/26/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Autumn’s Delight 1 of 5

In this opening segment, Jerry shows his viewers how to under-paint the background of the forest with the large Hake Brush using a gradation of colors and values. Then he shows how to under-paint the reflections in the water using the Hake Brush. He finishes the program with under-painting the middle ground and rocky area.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Autumn’s Delight 2 of 5

Jerry shows his students how to block in the background rocks, how to use a bristle brush to dry brush in the fog and mist. Then closes the show with using a bristle brush to dab on highlights to suggest leaves on distant trees. Background, rocks, trees, mist, highlight background trees in this segment.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Autumn’s Delight 3 of 5

In this segment Jerry shows his students how to apply brighter mist and sunrays. Then adds additional rocks along shoreline. Then blocks in tree trunks for large trees. Now, Jerry adds the white ripples in back of stream. Then finishes by adding more colors to the reflections.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Autumn’s Delight 4 of 5

Part four of five 30-minute segments.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Autumn’s Delight 5 of 5

Final highlights and details. In this final episode, Jerry shows his students how to detail and highlight the large autumn tree with much brighter colors. Now he finishes the painting with much brighter highlights on the rocks, water, grass and trees.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Osage Prairie Summer

Date Released: 08/25/2013

Difficulty: Beginner

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Osage Prairie Summer 1 of 5

In this segment, Jerry begins this beautiful prairie painting by giving a very detailed explanation of how the proper use of the value system creates great depth. Also, he explains how to use impressionistic techniques to under-paint and block in the background.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Osage Prairie Summer 2 of 5

Continuing with Osage Prairie Summer, Jerry now shows his students how to continue using very loose, impressionistic strokes and other techniques to continue under-painting and blocking in the middle and foreground. Then, shows how to add minor highlights to create the so-called hot spots to lead your eye to specific areas of the painting.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Osage Prairie Summer 3 of 5

In this episode, Jerry now begins showing viewers how to paint in the trees and bushes. Jerry also explains the proper use or negative space to create good eye-flow and form for the trees and middle ground bushes. He also shows how to under-paint the foreground grasses.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Osage Prairie Summer 4 of 5

In this episode, Jerry shows his students where to place the barn and how to under-paint it. Then, blocks in the live trees on the left middle ground of the painting. Then, blocks in the large dead tree on the right foreground as an eye stopper. Now Jerry shows the technique for painting in the middle ground flowers.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Osage Prairie Summer 5 of 5

In this final segment, Jerry shows his viewers how to put in the final details and highlights to give the painting its life. He highlights the road, the barn, the large dead tree and the middle and background leafy trees. Then, he shows how to paint in the foreground daises and grasses along with final highlights throughout the painting.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Study Series: Stormy Skies

Date Released: 08/25/2013

Difficulty: Beginner

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Study Series: Stormy Skies 1 of 2

In this segment, Jerry takes his students, step-by-step, through the process of creating various cloud formations using the wet-on- wet technique. With the #10 Bristle Brush, Jerry shows his students how to use contrasting values to create beautiful cloud formations.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Study Series: Stormy Skies 2 of 2

In this segment, the painting is dry and now Jerry is able to show his students the proper techniques for adding the sunlight glow and sun-rays. Then, he shows how to carefully apply the silver lining on certain clouds to create a more dramatic atmosphere.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Ruby

Date Released: 08/25/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Ruby 1 of 4

Painting Miniatures (Ruby Throated Hummingbird) Jerry shows how to prepare different surfaces for different size miniature paintings and how to create mottled backgrounds.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Ruby 2 of 4

Jerry sketches in hummingbird and shows how to under-paint with different hues the various parts of the hummingbird, preparing it for final detail work.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Ruby 3 of 4

Jerry shows to paint in some of the background weeds and leaves. Also shows proper use and preparation of the #4 Round Sable Brush for details. Paints in details of wings.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Ruby 4 of 4

Here Jerry shows how to put final details on this beautiful little hummingbird painting. Also using the new #4 Chisel Edged brush to paint in the final leaves, weeds and flowers.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Reminders Of The Past

Date Released: 08/23/2013

Difficulty: Beginner

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Reminders Of The Past 1 of 2

In this unique study of weathered wood, Jerry shows his students how to paint a simple landscape in the background. Then shows how to under-paint the old barn wood to form the shape of an old barn window as though you were looking from the inside out.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Reminders Of The Past 2 of 2

In this final segment, Jerry shows his students how to use a series of dry brush techniques of various glazes to suggest wood grain. Then using the #4 script brush, he shows how to add the final details, like cracks, knot-holes, highlights, etc.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Guardian

Date Released: 08/22/2013

Difficulty: Intermediate - Advanced

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The Guardian 1 of 5

In this opening segment, Jerry takes his students through the process of preparing the canvass for the under-painting. Then, he paints in the sky, using the Hake Brush with the wet-on-wet technique. Then, he shows how to under-paint the foreground snow. He ends this segment using the #4 Script Brush to paint in the background trees.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Guardian 2 of 5

Jerry opens this segment using the #4 Script Brush to paint in the larger distant trees. Then, shows the proper placement of Teepee. Then he shows how to under-paint and detail the Teepee. He finishes up this segment by adding the highlights on the snow and final details on Teepee.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Guardian 3 of 5

In this segment, Jerry takes his students through the process of sketching in the large dead tree in the foreground paying special attention to the foreshortened limb that the Hawk is sitting on and the hollow stump. Then, he shows how to under-paint the tree and give it 3-Dimensional form.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Guardian 4 of 5

In this segment, Jerry shows his students how to properly sketch and proportion the Hawk sitting on the foreshortened limb. Then, he shows how to properly under-paint the Hawk's body and head. At this point, Jerry shows how to begin painting in the eyes and beak and how to begin the first phase of painting feathers on the head.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Guardian 5 of 5

In this final segment, Jerry shows his students different techniques for finishing the details and highlights of the entire bird with a special emphasis on how to create feathers. Then he shows how to finalize details and snow on large tree trunk and limbs.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Decision

Date Released: 08/22/2013

Difficulty: Beginner - Intermediate

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The Decision 1 of 3

In this opening session, Jerry explains to his students how to use the Hake Brush, and the #6 Dynasty Brush to paint in the background and with the wet-on-wet technique paint in the tall out-of-focus background needs.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Decision 2 of 3

In this segment, Jerry explains how to draw the human figure by using the negative space rule for painting and drawing. After drawing the figure. Jerry then shows how to under-paint the upper torso, hair and face using the proper hues, and values for each section of the figure. He also gives a careful explanation of how to use the correct brush to block in the under-painting of the figure.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

The Decision 3 of 3

In this final episode, Jerry takes his students step-by-step, in how to use the Synthetic, Chiseled-Edged Brushes to apply the final highlights on the torso, pants, face, and hair. Then, with the Script Brush, adds the taller foreground weeds.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

Jerry’s New Identification Video

Date Released: 06/23/2012

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