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All About Snow

Date Released: 12/01/2019

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Snow is one of the most difficult subjects to paint. This study will be a comprehensive look at all the techniques needed to paint very good, cold, soft, beautiful snow. We will discuss the proper brushes to use, which part of the brush and brush pressure to use. We will learn the proper tones for underpainting and the proper tones for highlighting snow. We will discuss proper moisture content, along with wet or dry brush techniques and also how to create snow drifts and shadows. You will love this study!

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

All about Snow 2 of 4

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Aspen Shadows

Date Released: 11/01/2019

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Aspen Shadows is a comprehensive study on the use of backlighting to create extreme, forward-cast shadows which is used primarily for early morning sunrises and late evening sunsets …. thus creating long cast, dramatic shadows. This study also helps understand use of foreshortening shadows and helps to create atmosphere and drama in your paintings. So many of you have requested additional instructions especially with Aspens and shadows! We noticed that several of you even replied to our recent survey asking for help in these areas – so your timing is PERFECT given that Jerry had already produced this one just for our Yarnell School Online (YSO) students.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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The Art of Composing a Painting

Date Released: 10/01/2019

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Wow have we heard requests from our YSO members about this one! I have been asked time and time again for advice on beginning a painting. How to get started, reference material to use, canvas size, etc. The questions are many and the options are also many. So, today our lesson is in response to that question and as well in response to what we again see students regularly struggle with in terms of learning fine art techniques. It doesn’t really matter if you are a beginner or an advanced artist, this step in the learning process is key to a successful painting … yet as you’ll see, typically takes a great deal of patience, practice, and just plain fortitude before you can feel you truly have mastered the art-of-composing technique. The good news is … YOU can learn the key elements in pulling everything together that you need for your unique composition and I’m going to walk you through these steps. Now let’s get started!

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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The Valley Beyond

Date Released: 09/01/2019

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Adding to our continuing library of wonderful materials created for YSO members, you’re going to love this one! This is a beautiful, full-scale landscape with values, depth, and distance. Created in the late Summer/early Autumn season, this one includes a very special feature we’ve not provided before: how to create a valley.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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The Art of Color

Date Released: 08/01/2019

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Color is the spice that flavors your paintings. In this lesson Jerry will take an in depth look at not just mixing color but the use and proper application of color. If you are struggling with color mixing and proper use of color in your paintings, this lesson is a must!

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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Understanding Perspective

Date Released: 06/24/2019

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A comprehensive study in understanding one- and two-point perspective as it pertains to creating fine art paintings. This study/lesson is a must for any artist who is struggling with the process of creating dimensional objects like buildings and other man-made objects that need to have proper angles, proportions, depth, etc. Learning how to properly use perspective to achieve technical accuracy will no doubt give your paintings a much more professional appearance and will open many new doors in the creative process of fine art painting. Understanding Perspective also includes: Horizontal Line, Vanishing Point/s, Parallel Lines, and more.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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Waves of Fury

Date Released: 06/01/2019

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A comprehensive study using very broad, loose, impressionistic strokes to create the dramatic movement of the waves, action, and atmosphere. Plus, Jerry illustrates how to use connector strokes to create proper compositional eye flow.

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Beside Still Waters

Date Released: 03/16/2019

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Acrylic Painting on18x24 stretched canvas. In this opening segment, Jerry explains the process of creating a memory painting without the use of reference material -- other than a rough “memory” sketch of things you have seen as you travel. He then explains and lays out the composition and begins blocking in the sky and distant trees and other background areas. He also discusses the loose impressionistic brush strokes and techniques he will be using.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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In the session, Jerry continues the underpainting process by blocking in the water and various areas of land masses. He then blocks in the tree trunks of some of the distant trees and begins highlighting and detailing the background areas in preparation for re-sketching and underpainting the bridge. Now he underpaints the bridge, pathway, and darker grasses along the shoreline.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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In this episode Jerry begins the refinement phase of detailing and highlighting the grasses and other areas. Now he underpaints the rocks along the edge of the banks and paints in some of the reflections of the grasses and rocks along the shoreline. Then he underpaints the larger tree trunks and reflections of the trunks.

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In the episode, Jerry shows his viewers how to paint the stones and miscellaneous details on the bridge. He continues by painting in the form highlights on the rocks along the shoreline and on the large tree trunks. He continues by adding additional tree limbs and miscellaneous intermediate details along shoreline and pathway.

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In this final segment, Jerry takes his viewers through the process of adding all final details and highlights. He adds the miscellaneous clumps of grasses, weeds, and brush to seat the bridge, trees, and rocks. Then adds the leaves on the large trees. He finishes up by putting a horizontal glaze on the water to make it appear more wet. Then uses the script brush to apply the taller weeds throughout the painting.

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Old Faithful

Date Released: 03/01/2019

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Acrylic on 18x24 stretched canvas. In this opening segment, Jerry talks with his viewer about the awesome beauty and power in nature and encourages his viewers to visit Yellowstone and Old Faithful. Then he discusses his canvas choice and preparation. Now he shows his reference material and how to create a composite using multiple photos. Then takes his soft vine charcoal and makes a rough sketch of the main composition. He then finishes by painting phase one of the sky and distant trees.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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In this segment, Jerry starts the finishing phase of the sky and background. Then he begins the process of underpainting the middle and foreground areas. He discusses the issue of glazing to create softness. Then paints in final highlights and details in the middle and foreground areas. He finishes by explaining the compositional layout of Old Faithful as it begins to release its steam and gases.

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Old Faithful 3 of 4

In episode 3, Jerry continues highlighting the foreground rock area with multiple colors and various brighter highlights and details. Now he explains how to mix a specific color of gray for the underpainting of the mist and gasses from the geyser. Now he shows how to use the #6 bristle brush to underpaint the formations of the geyser. He ends by explaining how to layer the light values to create the cloud-like formations.

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In this final episode, Jerry continues layering the highlights on the explosion of mist and gases from the geyser. He explains how to carefully layer the highlights to create the progression of lighter values. Then shows how to create a very bright white to cap the multi-layered formations. Then he finishes by using the toothbrush to splatter the rock formation with various colors.

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Hide and Seek

Date Released: 03/01/2019

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Acrylic Painting on18x24 stretched canvas. In this episode, Jerry discusses the size, shape, and preparation of his canvas. Then talks about the reference material and how to compose a painting from memory. Then he shows how to create the proper underpainting mixture for the shadow of the snow and how to properly apply it. Then he finishes by showing how to dry-brush in phase one of the contour of the snowdrifts and create the proper composition.

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Date Released On:04/20/2020

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In this episode, Jerry continues showing how to form and highlight the snowdrifts using brighter glazes of white. He then shows how to use smaller brushes to highlight the raised areas. He then shows how to add touches of orange to the white to create a soft bright highlight for the tops of the drifts. He now finishes by taking the #10 chisel-edge brush and underpaints some of the main clumps of grass.

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In this episode, Jerry continues underpainting the base grass clumps. Then he shows how to use the #6 chisel-edge brush to paint in the taller, thicker weeds. Then shows how to seat the grass clumps by drifting snow at the base. Then he adds the taller skinny weeds with the #4 sable script brush. Now he shows how to paint in the bright sunlit weeds. Then he finishes by using the #4 round sable brush to paint in the extreme bright snowdrift at the base of the clumps.

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In the final episode of this series, Jerry shows how to underpaint the rabbit. Then shows how to detail and highlight the rabbit with subtle tones to make him appear hidden. Jerry now finishes by using the #4 sable script brush to add the final taller weeds and highlights to the grasses and snowdrifts.

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