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LHS-Creating and Using Snow Logs
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LHS-Creating and Using Snow Logs
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The color and contrast of snow is difficult to accurately capture in a photo. Then again, it's tough to paint snow en plein air! Let me show you an easy way to capture the true color of snow by creating a snow log that is very helpful in your studio.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Paint Along: Holiday Day 4
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
JRS-Seascape Plein Air
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JRS-Seascape Plein Air
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Watch along as Jeanne paints a rocky coastline seascape in in Gloucester, Mass. Watch along as she combines planning and observation to make this challenging subject approachable.
LHS-Fall: Turn up the Color! (part 1)
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LHS-Fall: Turn up the Color! (part 1)
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Have fun delving into playing with fall colors. Starting with a warm toned underpainting, I then turn the trees green and finally drift brilliant fall colors on top. This way fall colors look integrated into the foliage canopy and not garish.
LHS-Fall: Turn up the Color! (part 2)
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LHS-Fall: Turn up the Color! (part 2)
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Have fun delving into playing with fall colors. Starting with a warm toned underpainting, I then turn the trees green and finally drift brilliant fall colors on top. This way fall colors look integrated into the foliage canopy and not garish.
SG-Paint Along: Holiday Day 3
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SG-Paint Along: Holiday Day 3
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
SG-Holiday Day 2
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SG-Holiday Day 2
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
MRO-Bass Rocks (part 1)
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MRO-Bass Rocks (part 1)
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Today we are going to paint a plein air scene at Bass rocks. Underpainting with Transparent red oxide and gamsol. This creates a blueprint for design, values, edge relationships. One bristle brush and Viva paper towels. The underpainting dries ...
MRO-Bass Rocks (part 2)
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MRO-Bass Rocks (part 2)
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Today we are going to paint a plein air scene at Bass rocks. Underpainting with Transparent red oxide and gamsol. This creates a blueprint for design, values, edge relationships. One bristle brush and Viva paper towels. The underpainting dries ...
MRO-Pemiquid Rocks (part 1)
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MRO-Pemiquid Rocks (part 1)
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Today we are going to paint a plein air scene at Pemiquid rocks. A small pencil sketch is advisable to determine your design. I used structure lines without any details. The lines are an integral part of this dramatic composition. Start to sdd color ...
MRO-Pemiquid Rocks (part 2)
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MRO-Pemiquid Rocks (part 2)
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Today we are going to paint a plein air scene at Pemiquid rocks. A small pencil sketch is advisable to determine your design. I used structure lines without any details. The lines are an integral part of this dramatic composition. Start to sdd color ...
MRO-Pemiquid Rocks (part 3)
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MRO-Pemiquid Rocks (part 3)
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Today we are going to paint a plein air scene at Pemiquid rocks. A small pencil sketch is advisable to determine your design. I used structure lines without any details. The lines are an integral part of this dramatic composition. Start to sdd color ...
MRO-Pumpkin (part 1)
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MRO-Pumpkin (part 1)
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Pumpkins can be tricky to paint. In this video I will show from start to finish how to paint a pumpkin in a still life. Use a slight neural green mixture with Gamsol (OMS) to quiet the white of the canvas. Using a darker color make structure lines to ...
MRO-Pumpkin (part 2)
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MRO-Pumpkin (part 2)
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Pumpkins can be tricky to paint. In this video I will show from start to finish how to paint a pumpkin in a still life. Use a slight neural green mixture with Gamsol (OMS) to quiet the white of the canvas. Using a darker color make structure lines to ...
MRO-Pumpkin (part 3)
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MRO-Pumpkin (part 3)
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Pumpkins can be tricky to paint. In this video I will show from start to finish how to paint a pumpkin in a still life. Use a slight neural green mixture with Gamsol (OMS) to quiet the white of the canvas. Using a darker color make structure lines to ...
JRS-Live Demo: The City Nocturne
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JRS-Live Demo: The City Nocturne
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City lights provide the magic and along with a darkening sky make everything evocative. Join Jeanne to learn how to create the glow when the sky goes dark and the lighting gets dramatic.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-PaintAlong: Holiday Day1
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting reference photo
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LHS-Live Demo: Colorful Autumn
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Pastels are known for their color and this season is designed for pastel’s brilliant colors. But how do you paint fall without the colors looking too garish? Join Liz as she demonstrates how to use underpainting as a tool to develop realistic fall color.
JRS-Organizing Your Photos
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JRS-Organizing Your Photos
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Develop a system to find what you're looking for more quickly and easily so you can get to painting!
Artist Jeanne Rosier Smith
11:50
JRS-Developing Your Artist’s Eye
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Hone your artistic perspective in order to take better photos, recognize strong compositions, and strengthen your work.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
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Finding Composition in the Clouds
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever gotten lost in painting clouds! Let me show you how to work with big shapes to develop a pleasing composition in a cloudy sky.
pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Capturing a Sunlit Moment (part 1)
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In this demo I go back to the sunlit Italian alleyway from my video on how cropmarks can be used to help create perspective. Here I use a solid sepia color underpainting to create the underlying color and texture of stucco. This demonstrates how ...
Pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Capturing a Sunlit Moment (part 2)
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In this demo I go back to the sunlit Italian alleyway from my video on how cropmarks can be used to help create perspective. Here I use a solid sepia color underpainting to create the underlying color and texture of stucco. This demonstrates how ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
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LHS-Dealing with Greens (part 1)
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Using a colorful underpainting, in this two part introductory video set, let me show you how using warm colors can make greens really sing.
Plein Air oil painting by Jonathan McPhillips
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JM-Color and Brushwork: East Gloucester Morning
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In this plein air demonstration, Jonathan will discuss the use of color and brushwork to enhance emotion in a painting. "East Gloucester Morning" was created late September during the American Impressionist Society 25th National in Rockport, MA.
Mary Rose O'Connell photo
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MRO-Introduction
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Mary Rose O'Connell welcomes you to her studio and new page on Epiphany Fine Art.
A plein air painting of a boat by Jonathan McPhillips
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JM-The Right Tide
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In this demonstration for the painting "The Right Tide," I covered several key techniques and processes. This was recorded with a live audience at Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, MA. I begin with a discussion on selecting the color palette to reflect ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a boat
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JRS-Float your Boat (part 1)
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Full of tips on drawing boats accurately, underpainting for clear shimmering water and creating reflections and that floating effect for your boats.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a boat
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JRS-Float your Boat (part 2)
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Full of tips on drawing boats accurately, underpainting for clear shimmering water and creating reflections and that floating effect for your boats.
Pastel painting of trees by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Live Demo: Trees
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To paint trees convincingly we need lots of great strategies. In this live demo Jeanne covers several different approaches to enlivening your trees, giving them movement, air, space, and shape without over describing every leaf.
oil painting by Kathy Anderson
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KA-Live Demo: Summer Flowers
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Kathy will focus on creating a strong block in, with emphasis on avoiding details at this stage of the painting. Too much of a focus on detail too early on can inhibit your ability to create a strong composition. Using vibrant summer flowers to paint ...
Part three of a pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Dealing with Greens (part 2)
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Using a colorful underpainting, in this two part introductory video set, let me show you how using warm colors can make greens really sing.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan demo on neutrals image
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LHS-Live Demo: The Superpower of Neutrals
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In this LIVE demo I will (attempt to) paint a complete 16x16 painting using just one box of 36 neutral toned pastels on top of a monochromatic sepia colored underpainting. I wish to show you how critical neutrals, including grayed-down colors, are to ...
pastel painting of clouds by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Aerial Perspective in the Sky Demo
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Representational artist are magicians. We take a two-dimensional surface and with our toolbox of techniques we convince viewers our painting is three dimensional. One of the powerful tools we have to achieve this is aerial perspective. In this ...
Matt Miller oil painting
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MM-How to Photograph Your Painting
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Are you driven nuts trying to get good photos of your paintings? Spending lots of money for someone else to do it for you? In this video I go over a simple, inexpensive setup and how-to instructions on how you can photograph your own paintings
Stephanie Birdsall painting sunflowers
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SB-Painting Sunflowers (part 1)
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Stephanie demonstrates how to paint sunflowers in natural light. She explains how to work with a living, moving "still life", how to properly think of sunflower flowers and how to capture their orientation.
Stephanie Birdsall painting sunflowers
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SB-Painting Sunflowers (part 2)
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Stephanie demonstrates how to paint sunflowers in natural light. She explains how to work with a living, moving "still life", how to properly think of sunflower flowers and how to capture their orientation.
Stephanie Birdsall painting sunflowers
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SB-Painting Sunflowers (part 3)
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Stephanie demonstrates how to paint sunflowers in natural light. She explains how to work with a living, moving "still life", how to properly think of sunflower flowers and how to capture their orientation.
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Autumn Landscapes Week 1
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SG-Paint Along with Steve: Autumn Landscapes Week 1
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Stephanie Birdsall painting sunflowers
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SB-Painting Sunflowers (part 4)
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Stephanie demonstrates how to paint sunflowers in natural light. She explains how to work with a living, moving "still life", how to properly think of sunflower flowers and how to capture their orientation.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Clear Flowing Water (part 1)
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Learn to create the effects of clear flowing river water, reflecting the sky and revealing the river bottom.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Clear Flowing Water (part 2)
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Learn to create the effects of clear flowing river water, reflecting the sky and revealing the river bottom.
Girault Neutrals
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LHS-The Importance of Neutrals
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A discussion of how neutrals work in pastel and why they are integral to a successful painting. This impacts your choices of which pastels you should consider purchasing for your palette.
Liz Haywood Sullivan paints a tree
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LHS-Painting a Tree: Massing and Volume
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The next step in this series, how to paint the canopy of a tree's leaves. Leaves group in volumes and rules of how light falls across a volume apply. Includes practical exercises in painting volumes.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Developing Ideas in Sketchbooks
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Part of the magic of loose watercolor painting is that energy and emotion are created organically. Nothing on the page is static. The way to achieve that energy and emotion is to plan out all the painting details in advance of putting any paint on ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan demo sketch
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LHS-Begin with Simple Shapes and Value Sketches
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The first step is to break down your reference image into easily understood shapes and values, giving you the opportunity to learn the “language” of your potential painting.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel demonstration
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LHS-Editing for Better Compositions
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Learning how to edit is a lifetime skill. The more practice you do, the stronger your compositions get. So how do you choose the best composition from a photo reference?
pastel painting of luminous wave by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Achieving Luminousity (part 1)
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Learn the secrets to creating the illusion of light passing through water at the crest of a wave in this step by step demo which focuses on color choices and understanding of wave movement.
pastel painting of luminous wave by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Achieving Luminosity (part 2)
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Learn the secrets to creating the illusion of light passing through water at the crest of a wave in this step by step demo which focuses on color choices and understanding of wave movement.
Gavin Glakas demo painting
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GG-Painting the Portrait Live Demo
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Join us as the award winning artist Gavin Glakas takes us through painting a portrait from a live model. Gavin will demonstrate his setup, block in, and how he takes a portrait from concept to completion. Gavin Glakas is an award winning member of ...
Pastel image of coastal sky by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Coastal Skies (part 1)
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The coastal landscape naturally showcases the sky. This video shows how sky perspective works and how best to use it to your expressive advantage.
Pastel image of coastal sky by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Coastal Skies (part 2)
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The coastal landscape naturally showcases the sky. This video shows how sky perspective works and how best to use it to your expressive advantage.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Gifts from the Moment
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This is an exercise I created to ‘warm up’ before starting to paint. It is a fun and creative way to explore shapes that emerge when I paint freely and without intention. There is no end to the number of times you can do this exercise. I often use it ...
pastel painting of fog
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LHS-Painting Fog (part 1)
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Painting fog is fun! Using black paper as a base helps set the atmosphere for this demo on how to use neutrals to push and pull color and value through a foggy Maine coastline.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo
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LHS-Foliage Through the Seasons
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Starting with a winter tree profile, I demonstrate the evolution of spring, summer and then fall foliage on the same painting.
Liz Heywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo
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LHS-Painting a Tree: Construction
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The basic construction of a tree is discussed from the trunk to the envelope of smaller branches
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo
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LHS-Painting a Tree: Doing Skyholes
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Everyone wants to know how to do skyholes. In this video I show you how to paint different types of skyholes, and also discuss why they appear the way they do.
Stephanie Birdsall oil still life painting
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SB-The Joy of Painting from Life Demo
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Join Master Oil Painter Stephanie Birdsall as she paints a lovely still life of plums with flower arrangement
SG- Paint Along Autumn Landscapes Week 3
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SG- Paint Along Autumn Landscapes Week 3
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Practice for Improvement (part 1)
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Skill development is essential to improving as an artist. Often we focus on creating a painting but it is also important to practice skills, so we are always learning and improving. This practice will enhance our paintings. In this series I’ll be ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel demo painting
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JRS-Live Demo: How do you Dune?
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Dunes and their grasses pose special challenges, both in composition and palette choices. Jeanne will share her approaches to creating compelling dune paintings, convincing grasses and sand you want to step in.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Practice for Improvement (part 2)
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This is Part Two of my series Practice for Improvement. Skill development is essential to improving as an artist. Often we focus on creating a painting but it is also important to practice skills, so we are always learning and improving. This ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel underpainting demo
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JRS-Pond Reflections (part 1): Underpainting Trees & Water
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Discover Jeanne’s different strategies for underpainting trees and water in this
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel trees painting demo
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Pond Reflections (part 2): Trees
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This demo shows how to create a rich textured treelike full of implied detail and early summer greens.
pastel painting of fog by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Painting Fog (part 2)
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Painting fog is fun! Using black paper as a base helps set the atmosphere for this demo on how to use neutrals to push and pull color and value through a foggy Maine coastline.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-PPV Harmony and Contrast
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This is the first in a series of videos about ways to create unity in a painting. In this video I discuss two concepts that, while on the surface are quite opposite, work together to create unity: Harmony and Contrast. Harmony is the effect that is ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Pond Reflections (part 3)
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This video is part three of the Pond Reflections workshop and shows the beginning of an approach to seeing colors and perspective in water, working from the lake bottom up to the surface reflections
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Pond Reflections (part 4)
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This video is part four of the Pond Reflections workshop and shows the completion of an approach to seeing colors and perspective in water, working from the lake bottom up to the surface reflections
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
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LHS-Painting Water Vapor Not Mashed Potatoes
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Learn how to work with translucency and edge management to create wispy, ethereal clouds with light and movement, not heavy and dense like mashed potatoes..
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
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JM-Dune in June
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In this video, Jonathan will be painting plein air in Watch Hill, RI. He will discuss the challenges and opportunities that painting outdoors can offer. "Dunes in June" is an organic painting with sand, vegetation and sky. Jonathan will discuss ...
Jessica Henry Gray oil painting
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JHG-Living Waters (part1)
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"Living Waters" is one of Jessica's most intricate landscape paintings. Drawing her inspiration from a rushing river in Glacier National Park, Jessica shows you how to capture cascading and still water, underwater objects, sky, forests and the people ...
Jessica Henry Gray oil painting
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JHG-Living Waters (part 2)
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"Living Waters" is one of Jessica's most intricate landscape paintings. Drawing her inspiration from a rushing river in Glacier National Park, Jessica shows you how to capture cascading and still water, underwater objects, sky, forests and the people ...
Steve Griggs watercolor demo painting
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SG-Paint Along with Steve Colorado Day 4
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Join Steve for day four of this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting demo
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JRS-Color Intensity: Fantastic Flowers Demo
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We can’t hope to compete with the vibrant intensity of nature’s pigments with the limited palettes at our disposal—but there are many ways to amp up the power, punch, and glow of your palette even if you don’t have a huge arsenal of pastels. Join ...
Shadows on a wall pastel part one Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Shadows on a Wall (part 1)
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Learn how to drape shadows down a wall and across a walkway by following the direction of the building surfaces. Painting shadows requires subtlety in the range of values you use, and the way they can change value and hue within the shadow itself.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting demo
1:24:14
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Colorado Day 3
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Join Steve for day 3 of his ‘Paint Along’ class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through ...
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
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JM-Shellfish Cove: Reimagined Memory
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A Painting Recovery Project. In this video I will try to revive an older painting that I had abandoned a while back. I will discuss and show my process for looking at a painting that was never quite complete with a fresh outlook and new ideas.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
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LHS-Shadows on a Wall (part 2)
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Learn how to drape shadows down a wall and across a walkway by following the direction of the building surfaces. Painting shadows requires subtlety in the range of values you use, and the way they can change value and hue within the shadow itself.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Apple Blossoms (part 1)
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This blooming orchard scene makes a single tree the star of the show with a supporting surrounding landscape.
Jeanne Rosier Smith plein air packing picture
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JRS-Plein Air Equipment
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A review of everything you need to take your studio into the field
Jeanne Rosier Smith plein air beach scene setup photo
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JRS-Beach Plein Air Tips: Tips and Tricks for Plein Air Challenges
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Join Jeanne as she arrives on site, plans, and creates a plein air field study.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:27:53
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Colorado Day 2
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Join Steve for day 2 of his 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through ...
Steve Griggs paint-along watercolor demo
1:21:13
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Colorado Day 1
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Steve Griggs watercolor demonstration painting
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SG-Practice for Improvement (part 3)
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In Part Three of Practice for Improvement I discuss how to use choose a complimentary color palette and use it to layer color in a painting for depth to create interest. Additionally, I show you how to accentuate colors by using simultaneous contrast ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan in her studio
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LHS-Introduction
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Welcome to my Epiphany Fine Art page.  Let's take a tour of my studio.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel demonstration reference photo
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LHS-Scaling Up Your Image Properly
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Check out this fail proof technique to scale up your image (without using math!). A good way to find the best cropping to fit on your paper.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
22:06
JRS-Apple Blossoms (part 2)
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This blooming orchard scene makes a single tree the star of the show with a supporting surrounding landscape.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting demo of flowers
28:48
JRS-Flower Shop (part 1)
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Using flowers as our inspiration this demo shows how creating small works in a series builds confidence and mastery
Watercolor painting by Steve Griggs
1:27:13
SG-Paint Along Autumn Landscapes Week 2
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Join Steve for this 'Paint Along' class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Jessica Henry Gray oil painting demo
1:41:14
JHG-Painting Spring Flowers
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Each season presents plein air artists with unique colors that can stretch their color-mixing skills. For her spring studio demo, Jessica will select a scene of typical early-season colors.
Pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Shadows on a Wall (part 3)
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Learn how to drape shadows down a wall and across a walkway by following the direction of the building surfaces. Painting shadows requires subtlety in the range of values you use, and the way they can change value and hue within the shadow itself.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting block in
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JRS-Lilypad 101 Bonus
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Short bonus follow up to the Lilypad 101 videos: How to block in the lily pads on a large complex scene
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of lilypads
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JRS-Lilypads 101 (Part 1)
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Learn to paint realistic lilypads against a deep blue background. Create convincing perspective and depth, placing details in the foreground.
Liz Haywood Sullivan pastel painting reference
23:27
LHS-The Why of Blue Skies
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Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Or why a blue sky is lighter at the horizon? Watch this video for why this important to know as a landscape artist, and how it makes for better paintings.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan demo image
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LHS-The Value of a Viewfinder
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This short demonstration shows the proper use of a viewfinder outdoors, and how it will help you find the best composition.
LIz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo
1:55:24
LHS-Demo: The Dance Between Sky and Water
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Liz’s first demonstration with Epiphany has her painting the coastline of New England in the USA where she lives. Liz is known for her skies and water, the subject of her 2013 book “Painting Brilliant Skies and Water in Pastel”. Join us as she ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan demo photo
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LHS-Using Cropmarks for Perspective
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How you can use cropmarks to help get perspective right (even if you don’t know perspective).
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting image
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LHS-Working on Paper vs. Sanded Paper
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A discussion of the differences in these two popular pastel painting surfaces. Plus, the best places to get paper and pastels.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel demonstration image
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LHS-Using Black vs. White Paper – Vive La Différence!
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This is a striking demonstration of how a color changes on different colored surfaces.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo
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LHS-Pastel Painting on Black (non-sanded) Paper Demonstration (part 1)
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Working on paper requires a light hand. Watch how to build up layers to get correct values. Also, working on black allows you to work with stronger, brighter pigments. Perfect for a brilliant and dramatic sunset!
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
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LHS-Pastel Painting on Black (non-sanded) Paper Demonstration (part 2)
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Working on paper requires a light hand. Watch how to build up layers to get correct values. Also, working on black allows you to work with stronger, brighter pigments. Perfect for a brilliant and dramatic sunset!
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
27:54
LHS-Pastel Painting on White Sanded Paper Demonstration (part 1)
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Painting the same sunset image, but using an underpainting on white sanded paper instead. Working on white produces a brighter, softer effect.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
36:44
LHS-Pastel Painting on White Sanded Paper Demonstration (part 2)
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Painting the same sunset image, but using an underpainting on white sanded paper instead. Working on white produces a brighter, softer effect.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
29:18
LHS-Pastel Painting on White Sanded Paper Demonstration (part 3)
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Painting the same sunset image, but using an underpainting on white sanded paper instead. Working on white produces a brighter, softer effect.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel paintings
4:46
LHS-Comparing the Final Paintings on Black vs. White
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The final results of the same image painted on black paper vs. white sanded paper. What do you think? Do you have a favorite?
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
5:13
LHS-Introduction to Underpainting
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What is underpainting? How does it work?
Liz Haywood-Sullivan Monochromatic Underpainting demonstration image
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LHS-Evaluating Color Options for a Monochromatic Underpainting
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A discussion on how you choose a good color to start a monochromatic underpainting.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel underpainting demo
29:51
LHS-Monochromatic Underpainting Demonstration (part 1)
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Learn how getting the right value is more important than choosing the right color. Using four values of one color is a good place to start if you’ve never done an underpainting before.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan Monochromatic Underpainting demonstration image
26:55
LHS-Monochromatic Underpainting Demonstration (part 2)
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Learn how getting the right value is more important than choosing the right color. Using four values of one color is a good place to start if you’ve never done an underpainting before.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan Monochromatic Underpainting demonstration image
27:47
LHS-Monochromatic Underpainting Demonstration (part 3)
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Learn how getting the right value is more important than choosing the right color. Using four values of one color is a good place to start if you’ve never done an underpainting before.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel underpainting demo
23:13
LHS-Complementary Underpainting Demonstration (part 1)
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This demo shows how working with opposite colors on the color wheel can enliven a predominantly green landscape.
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
54:40
JM-Chatham Path
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Join Jonathan in a fun and informative video where he shows you how to use texture and shading to make your paintings pop with depth. See how various brush strokes and value changes can give life to a scene, making it look like you could walk right ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting demo of flowers
29:13
JRS-Flower Shop (part 2)
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Using flowers as our inspiration this demo shows how creating small works in a series builds confidence and mastery
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel flower painting
27:41
JRS-Finishing Touches: Flowers
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This video takes one flower sketch through the final finishing touches with refined edges and editing.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel underpainting demo
24:56
LHS-Complementary Underpainting Demonstration (part 2)
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This demo shows how working with opposite colors on the color wheel can enliven a predominantly green landscape.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
21:44
LHS-Complementary Underpainting Demonstration (part 3)
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This demo shows how working with opposite colors on the color wheel can enliven a predominantly green landscape.
Liz Haywood Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
27:09
LHS-Freeform Underpainting Demonstration (part 1)
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In this demo, underpainting colors are still chosen based on value, but the technique and rationale for choosing color is more random and mixed up.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel underpainting demo
27:41
LHS-Freeform Underpainting Demonstration (part 2)
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In this demo, underpainting colors are still chosen based on value, but the technique and rationale for choosing color is more random and mixed up.
Liz Haywood Sullivan pastel painting demonstration
28:42
LHS-Freeform Underpainting Demonstration (part 3)
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In this demo, underpainting colors are still chosen based on value, but the technique and rationale for choosing color is more random and mixed up.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastels image
6:48
LHS-What are Pastels?
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A discussion of how pastels are made, and what makes their colors standout.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan colormixing photo
11:03
LHS-Colormixing with Pastels
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This is important! This is the bedrock principle of how to paint with pastels. How to layer pastels of the same value but different hue to create vibrant paintings. Pastelists colormix to get the colors we want.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo
21:19
LHS-Putting It All Together
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Pulling together all the Good Bones steps in the previous videos, Liz shows how they work together to provide a solid start to any representational painting.
SG-Paint Along Autumn Landscapes Week 4
1:25:56
SG-Paint Along Autumn Landscapes Week 4
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Join Steve for this ‘Paint Along’ class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Watercolor painting demonstration image
19:20
SG-Using Values as Tools to Describe Simple Shapes
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A simple value study from a reference photo can start with dark, midtone, and light values. From the original study you can then rearrange the values into six different value patterns to create different schemas or ways to look at a scene. From ...
Jessica Henry Gray
24:38
JHG-Color Mixing: Meet All Your Plein Air Needs with a Seven-Color Palette (part 1)
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Discover how a simple, easy-to-manage palette of seven colors can produce any color you desire. Jessica draws on her many years of plein air painting to give you the best of all worlds: few colors to manage, and a full spectrum of colors to capture ...
Jessica Henry Gray
23:54
JHG-Color Mixing: Meet All Your Plein Air Needs with a Seven-Color Palette (part 2)
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Part 2. Discover how a simple, easy-to-manage palette of seven colors can produce any color you desire. Jessica draws on her many years of plein air painting to give you the best of all worlds: few colors to manage, and a full spectrum of colors to ...
Steve Griggs Painting Tuscany final painting
1:26:25
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Tuscany (day 4)
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Join Steve for day four of this ‘Paint Along’ Tuscany class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he ...
Steve Griggs watercolor demo painting
1:11:22
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Tuscany (day 3)
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Join Steve for day three of this ‘Paint Along’ Tuscany class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he ...
Kathy Anderson demo painting
2:00:08
KA-Live Demo – A Touch of Spring
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Kathy will focus on creating a strong block in, with emphasis on avoiding details at this stage of the painting. Too much of a focus on detail too early on can inhibit your ability to create a strong composition. Using fresh spring flowers to paint ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:27:38
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Tuscany (day 2)
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Join Steve for day two of this ‘Paint Along’ Tuscany class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
1:58:29
JRS-Painting Translucent Water
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Riverside: Painting Translucent Water. Clean, pure river water reflects the sky and reveals the riverbed as it flows. Learn to create effects of moving and translucent water in this two hour live demo.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:22:59
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Tuscany (day 1)
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Join Steve for day one of this ‘Paint Along’ Tuscany class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
30:56
SG-Practice for Improvement: (part 4): Using Sketchbooks
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In this fourth video in the Practice for Improvement series, we will be using a sketchbook to capture a quick value sketch of a scene. In this case, I’m using a reference photo but this technique can also be used Plein Air. The focus of the practice ...
Watercolor demonstration painting by Steve Griggs
30:37
SG-Practice for Improvement: (Part 5): Expressing Shapes in Quick Sketches
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In the fifth video in the series called Practice For Improvement, I show you how to employ a very effective technique for capturing scenes quickly and efficiently. By focusing on blocking out major shapes and their relationships, you can create a ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith snowy landscape palette
29:16
JRS-Snow-Covered Pines (part 1)
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Choose a palette for those black-and-white snowy landscapes, and inject feeling and depth in to your winter trees.
Jeanne Rosier Smith winter snowy landscape palette
28:40
JRS-Snow-Covered Pines (part 2)
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Choose a palette for those black-and-white snowy landscapes, and inject feeling and depth in to your winter trees
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:53
JRS-Composing a Winter Landscape (part 1)
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When snow covers all, the bare bones of landscape appear: contour and line of tree and hill. This video demo shows how to use this seasonal shift to advantage in your paintings.
Oil portrait of Asma by Gavin Glakas demo
2:06:47
GG-PPV Painting a Portrait of Asma
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Join us for Gavin Glakas' second demo with Epiphany Fine Art as he takes us through painting the portrait of Asma. Gavin will demonstrate his palette, his setup, block in, and how he takes a portrait from concept to completion.
Jonathan McPhilliips plein air oil painting
1:17:09
JM-Overtime: A Boat Portrait
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Overtime" presents a portrait of a working boat, captured with the rich textures and nuanced interplay of light that are hallmarks of Jonathan McPhillips' coastal oil paintings. This piece showcases his mastery of maritime subjects, emphasizing the ...
Jessica Henry Gray painting a portrait
29:13
JHG-Sean Ryan Portrait (part 1)
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Every portrait tells a story about its subject. But sometimes the story is so rich and vital that the artist becomes editor, deciding not just how to capture their subject's character, but how to present their story. Join Jessica as she talks about ...
Jessica Henry Gray painting a portrait
27:19
JHG-Sean Ryan Portrait (part 2)
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In Part 2, Jessica continues blocking in Sean's portrait using a limited palette.
Jessica Henry Gray painting a portrait
30:29
JHG-Sean Ryan Portrait (part 3)
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Part 3 covers painting hands and a background scene of a field behind the castle, with a dark history.
Jessica Henry Gray paints a portrait
34:23
JHG-Sean Ryan Portrait (part 4)
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In Part 4, Jessica completes the background and starts making final decisions about furnishings.
Jessica Henry Gray portrait
26:10
JHG-Sean Ryan Portrait (part 5)
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Jessica wraps up Sean's portrait in Part 5, making finishing touches on facial features and hands.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
30:39
JRS-Composing a Winter Landscape (part 2)
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When snow covers all, the bare bones of landscape appear: contour and line of tree and hill. This video demo shows how to use this seasonal shift to advantage in your paintings.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:22:08
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Florence Italy (day 4)
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Join Steve for this ‘Paint Along’ class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
21:31
JRS-Composing a Winter Landscape (part 3)
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When snow covers all, the bare bones of landscape appear: contour and line of tree and hill. This video demo shows how to use this seasonal shift to advantage in your paintings.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Artist Picture
8:46
Welcome and Where to Begin
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A brief welcome to my site and where to begin.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Studio Tour
12:19
JRS-Studio Tour
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Let's take a tour through my studio
Ricky Mujica portrait demo painting
2:34:29
RM-Painting the Portrait Live Demo
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In this online painting demo, multi award winning artist Ricky Mujica showcases a unique, health-conscious approach to figure painting. Renowned for his realist, painterly style, he adopts a solvent-free method that offers a fresh perspective that ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:24:43
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Florence Italy (day 3)
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Join Steve for this ‘Paint Along’ class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:28:15
SG-Paint Along with Steve: Florence Italy (day 2)
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Join Steve for this ‘Paint Along’ class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
2:36:15
JRS-Live Demo: Painting the Icy Stream
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Learn to create the chill. Paint the downstream movement of icy water and snowy banks. Composing the winter landscape, choosing a color palette, underpainting strategies, and snow textures, all in a two hour live demo.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:18:44
SG-Paint Along with Steve Workshop: Florence Italy (day 1)
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Join Steve for this ‘Paint Along’ class, where he will construct a painting from start to finish during each class, while you paint along with him. Steve will take you through the process step-by-step. He will demonstrate how he moves through the ...
Steve Griggs watercolor demo painting
40:17
SG-Harmony and Contrast (part 2)
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This video continues our examination of the use of harmony and contrast to create unity in a painting. Harmony is the effect that is created when like elements come together, such as color. While harmony is satisfying it can be rather static. ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Painting
20:59
Get to Know Your Materials
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This short video offers a primer on pastels and paper
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
27:56
JRS-Step1: Markmaking
271 views
In this short video we explore how to ‘paint’ with a pastel stick
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel demos of clouds
23:15
Cloud Studies Exercise (Part 1)
193 views
Eager to paint that virtuoso sky for your landscape?  These cloud studies will get you primed to handle any challenge in the sky, with exercises for practicing the forms, color variations, textures, and patterns that clouds can take.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel demos of clouds
29:54
Cloud Studies Exercise (Part 2)
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Eager to paint that virtuoso sky for your landscape?  These cloud studies will get you primed to handle any challenge in the sky, with exercises for practicing the forms, color variations, textures, and patterns that clouds can take.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
27:57
JRS-Step2: Applying Pastel: Paint a Pomegranate
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This short demo on applying pastel to paper shows how to create a simple still life starting with a toned, sanded paper
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
11:47
Mounting Your Paper
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A Step-by-step guide to mounting your paper
Jeanne Rosier Smith still life pastel painting
26:19
JRS-Still Life Discovered – on the Kitchen Counter (part 1)
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Learn how to recognize and compose a ‘found’ simple still life. This lesson focuses on finding hard and soft edges to create space and depth in a still life, and choosing a great color palette.
Jeanne Rosier Smith still life pastel painting
42:28
JRS-Still Life Discovered – on the Kitchen Counter (part 2)
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Learn how to recognize and compose a ‘found’ simple still life. This lesson focuses on finding hard and soft edges to create space and depth in a still life, and choosing a great color palette.
Steve Griggs watercolor demonstration painting
38:05
SG-Harmony and Contrast (part 3)
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This is the third in a series of videos where we are exploring ways to combine harmony and contrast. In Part One, we looked at using abstract shapes over harmonious backgrounds. In Part Two, we looked at contrasting value and color. In Part Three we ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo pastel painting
2:26:44
JRS-Bon Appétit Demo
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It’s always important to paint what you love. Jeanne’s recurring still life theme has been and continues to be delicious, appealing, appetizing foods. Pour a glass of wine, tear a good hunk of bread and get ready to enjoy an evening of tasty ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
29:55
SG-Word Mapping for Inspiration
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There is a direct link between language, ideas, and painting. Sometimes we want to convey a specific idea or feeling in a painting and we need to plan in advance the various elements to achieve our outcome. One easy way to do that is to use words as ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
30:15
JRS-Seascape: a Sense of Light – Underpainting for Dramatic Light (part 1)
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This extended demo explores every step in the painting process in depth as Jeanne shares how to create a seascape with low and dramatic early morning light.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:37
JRS-Seascape: a Sense of Light – Creating and Atmospheric Sky (part 2)
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This extended demo explores every step in the painting process in depth as Jeanne shares how to create a seascape with low and dramatic early morning light.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:51
JRS-Seascape: a Sense of Light – Wave Sculpting with Light & Shadow (part 3)
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This extended demo explores every step in the painting process in depth as Jeanne shares how to create a seascape with low and dramatic early morning light.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
28:50
JRS-Seascape: a Sense of Light – Seafoam and Sand (part 4)
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This extended demo explores every step in the painting process in depth as Jeanne shares how to create a seascape with low and dramatic early morning light.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of Cumulus Clouds
20:09
Cumulus Clouds (part 1)
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Learn how to build the soft, subtle puffy forms of cumulous clouds through this start to finish demo of beautifully lit clouds at sunset. Judging values, layering, temperature shifts and edge control all covered.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of Cumulus Clouds
28:52
Cumulus Clouds (part 2)
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Learn how to build the soft, subtle puffy forms of cumulous clouds through this start to finish demo of beautifully lit clouds at sunset. Judging values, layering, temperature shifts and edge control all covered.
Jonathan McPhillips plein air oil painting
46:21
JM-Colorful Crossing – The Sagamore Bridge
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In this video, Jonathan starts with a blank white canvas, setting the stage for a lively oil painting of the Sagamore Bridge on Cape Cod. He dives right in, using direct painting to bring out the excitement of the scene with energetic brushwork and ...
Jonathan McPhillips oil painting
58:53
JM-Gesture and Expression in Marinescapes
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How brush strokes can convey energy and life in seascape and coastal paintings.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
32:33
SG-Terrific Trees!
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Now that autumn has arrived, let’s paint some trees! This video explores how to paint trees using watercolor techniques such as wet on dry and wet on wet, dry brush strokes, and dappling. You’ll learn how to create different effects with a variety of ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
29:23
SG-Terrific Trees! (part 2)
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In this continuation of Terrific Trees!, I demonstrate how to create different effects when painting trees. In particular I focus on dappling in and staccato strokes with a beautiful autumn palette to create inviting fall foliage.
Women's Roundtable photo
1:59:19
Women’s Roundtable: How Does She Do It?
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Join master artists Kathy Anderson, Julia S. Powell, and Jeanne Rosier Smith for a roundtable discussion on their lives as women artists, how they balance the pulls of life, family, while sustaining their creativity and business success.
Jonathan McPhillips painting
1:11:41
JM-Thresholds of History
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Paint along with Jonathan as he paints the inner threshold of a historic building with a view to the outside.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
1:56:05
JRS-Demo: Painting from Travel Photos
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Wanderlust also stirs the desire to capture what we discover and paint it. But so often our photos lack the sensory and emotional feeling of being there. A good painting can do that, though. How to take your photos and memories and translate them ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
1:02:03
SG-PPV Achieving Dramatic Effects with Hard and Soft Edges Demo
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Watch as Steve paints a mountain landscape, using hard edges to emphasize subject shapes and soft edges to de-emphasize supporting shapes, The combination of near and far shapes work together to create drama and atmospheric effect. Paint along with ...
Jessica Henry Gray fall color demo painting
1:34:00
Jessica Henry Gray-Fall Colors Demo – Sept 16
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Capturing the beauty of changing trees in reflected water, using photo reference
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
25:22
SG-Creating Passages
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In this video we will explore how to create passages in a painting. Passages are patterns of light, dark, or color that lead the eye through a painting and give us a visual journey, which most often leads to the center of interest.
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
29:56
SG-Creating Passages Demonstration
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In the previous video we will explored how to create passages in a painting through a series of sketches. Passages are patterns of light, dark, or color that lead the eye through a painting and give us a visual journey, which most often leads to the ...
Jessica Henry Gray fall color demo
38:10
Jessica Henry Gray-Q&A Demo 8/12/23: Mixing Greens & Fall Colors
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In this Demo, Jessica talks from behind the camera, pointing to several of the diverse greens in her scene, and explaining her method of mixing them on her palette.
Steve Griggs watercolor demonstration
25:21
SG-Isolating Shapes
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For an artist to create an artistic painting, rather than simply replicating a photograph, they must first identify the shape they want to emphasize and then determine how to make it the focal point. This sketch exercise shows you how to isolate the ...
Steve Griggs watercolor demonstration
26:10
SG-Isolating Shapes (part 2)
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For an artist to create an artistic painting, rather than simply replicating a photograph, they must first identify the shape they want to emphasize and then determine how to make it the focal point. This sketch exercise shows you how to isolate the ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
24:16
JRS-Seascape: Sparkle and Shimmer (part 1)
56 views
How do you create that special effect of sparkling light on water? This demo takes you through the special conditions which create this sparkle, how to underpaint and build layers to make light move and shine on the water’s surface.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:38
JRS-Seascape: Sparkle and Shimmer (part 2)
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How do you create that special effect of sparkling light on water? This demo takes you through the special conditions which create this sparkle, how to underpaint and build layers to make light move and shine on the water’s surface.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:44
JRS-Seascape: Sparkle and Shimmer (part 3)
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The last segment in this demo shows how to choose highlight colors and create the sparkle to make your painting shine, including the wet
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
33:05
JM-Catboat Playground (part 1)
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In this video Jonathan addresses the issues in painting a complicated scene on a small 8x16 canvas. Additionally, he addresses how to convincingly depict a busy and crowded boat yard in a simplified fashion
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
25:18
JM-Catboat Playground (part 2)
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In this video Jonathan addresses the issues in painting a complicated scene on a small 8x16 canvas. Additionally, he addresses how to convincingly depict a busy and crowded boat yard in a simplified fashion
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
27:50
JM-Catboat Playground (part 3)
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In this video Jonathan addresses the issues in painting a complicated scene on a small 8x16 canvas. Additionally, he addresses how to convincingly depict a busy and crowded boat yard in a simplified fashion
Jessica Henry Gray Still life painting demo
29:08
JHG-Still Life Foundations: Apple and Lime Part 1
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In this first video of a two-part series, I will explain the very basics of beginning a still life. This is part 1, where I demonstrate toning a canvas, blocking in, and massing in colors and values
Jessica Henry Gray Still life painting demo
33:33
JHG-Still Life Foundations: Apple and Lime Part 2
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Part 2, of the first lesson in still life foundations will focus of further developing the apple and lime still life. I will show more about mixing colors, establishing light, dimension and will cover use of brushwork. These first two still lifes ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
6:00
JHG-The Day is Done (part1): Intro
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Jessica introduces this 7-part series on her still life, "The Day is Done." Most often, you'll see Jessica outdoors, painting plein air studies where changing conditions make quick decisions and rapid brushwork essential. But she also loves settling ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
26:37
JHG-The Day is Done (part2): Setting Up & the Sketch
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Jessica shares her method for still life set up, including lighting, backgrounds, object selection and how to arrange the objects to create visual flow. Once arranged, she creates a thumbnail sketch framing the scene in a way that allows the objects ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
37:17
JHG-The Day is Done (part 3): Learning from a Quick Study & a Short Intro to the Final Painting
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Jessica paints a "study" of the still life, working quickly in the style of plein air paintings. Critiquing her study, she plans improvements to be applied to the final painting. This video ends with a 3-minute overview of the 20 hours of painting ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
53:36
JHG-Day is Done part 4: Vase, Hourglass, and Feather
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Although Jessica paints multi-part subjects by moving around the canvas, developing each object a little more with each pass, we edited this video to isolate her work on each object. In Part 4, we show Jessica's work on the vase, the hourglass and ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
42:46
JHG-Day in Done part 5: Tea Cup
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In Part 5, we show how Jessica paints the tea cup, with it's fine porceline design, delicate gold leaf, translucient tea and even a hint of steam. It's a master class on fine detail in still life
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
44:01
Day is Done (Part 6) the Book
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Watch as Jessica paints a classic older book, with engraving, script title and gold guilded pages.
Jessica Henry Gray Painting
1:21:52
JHG-Day is Done (Part 7) Cloth and Background
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In this final episode of the Day is Done series, Jessica shows you how to paint and sheer cloth that runs through the arrangement, and the background -- and how she makes changes as she evaluates how the background should best support the subjects of ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting demonstration
17:08
SG-Continuous Line to Sketch Painting
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This is a demonstration of how I use continuous line drawing as source material for a sketch painting. While photographs make good source material, they are often so dominate that it is hard to break away from trying to re-create them. If you have ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
2:00:21
JRS-Demo: At the Waterline
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Coastal marshes carry their own quiet beauty, and capturing the rich texture and varied light where the grasses meet the waterline is the subject of Jeanne’s next live demo. Join her to explore the challenge of creating believable marsh grass and ...
Jonathan McPhillips plein air workshop demo
1:29:45
JM-PPV Plein Air Workshop at Epiphany Fine Art Day 2
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Day two demo. This workshop is for the painter looking to enhance their skills while depicting the beautiful scenery of the Epiphany Fine Art Campus in springtime splendor. An inspirational and encouraging environment will be fostered through ...
Steve Griggs watercolor demonstration
28:16
SG-Variations on a Theme
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An existing painting can serve as inspiration for other, similar paintings with an entirely different feel or story. In this video I show how to use an existing painting as a reference and then ask the question, “What can I do differently?” Trying ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Underpainting Demo Image
30:22
JRS-Exercise 1: Underpainting Basics & Landscape (part 1)
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Discover the why’s and how’s of underpainting and sharpen your skills and strategies by using three different approaches (warm, value only, and local color/warm complement) to one scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith underpainting pastel demo
28:52
JRS-Exercise 1: Underpainting Basics and Landscape Part 2
68 views
Discover the why’s and how’s of underpainting and sharpen your skills and strategies by using three different approaches (warm, value only, and local color/warm complement) to one scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith underpainting pastel demo
28:43
JRS-Exercise 1: Underpainting Basics and Landscape Part 3
56 views
Discover the why’s and how’s of underpainting and sharpen your skills and strategies by using three different approaches (warm, value only, and local color/warm complement) to one scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith underpainting demo
27:34
JRS-Flowers: First Steps
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A prequel to the Archived live Demo: Flowers, this video takes you through the initial steps of that painting, a unique start on toned PastelMat paper.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demonstrating pastel underpainting water
30:18
JRS-Exercise 2: Underpainting Water (part 1)
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Expand your underpainting repertoire and ease with water, exploring three foundation strategies (cool, local color, black paper) for the same scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demonstrating pastel underpainting water
29:53
JRS-Exercise 2: Underpainting Water (part 2)
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Expand your underpainting repertoire and ease with water, exploring three foundation strategies (cool, local color, black paper) for the same scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demonstrating pastel underpainting water
35:00
JRS-Exercise 2: Underpainting Water (part 3)
27 views
Expand your underpainting repertoire and ease with water, exploring three foundation strategies (cool, local color, black paper) for the same scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel Painting
27:47
JRS-Underpainting for Seascapes (part 1)
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Discover the special tips and tricks needed to enhance your seascapes. Learn how to create luminosity, lift out color to create light, enhance a sense of motion through brushwork and build wave form in your underpainting.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel Painting
30:02
JRS-Underpainting for Seascapes (part 2)
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Discover the special tips and tricks needed to enhance your seascapes. Learn how to create luminosity, lift out color to create light, enhance a sense of motion through brushwork and build wave form in your underpainting.
Jessica Henry Gray painting demo picture
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Jessica Henry Gray-Q&A 6/10/2023: Depicting Distance
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Our growing group of Epiphany and Newsletter subscribers asked Jessica about converting plein air "studies" into studio paintings, colors of shadows, and more…. In Jessica's demo, she shows how to convey distance between objects in plein air paintings.
Steve Griggs watercolor sketches
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SG-Iterative Sketching
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A sketchbook is a great way to capture a scene when you don’t have a camera with you or you just want to sketch instead. Iterative sketching uses sketchbook images as source material in order to harvest ideas and create a painting. This is a process ...
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
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JM-PPV Plein Air Workshop at Epiphany Fine Art Day 1
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Day one demo.  This workshop is for the painter looking to enhance their skills while depicting the beautiful scenery of the Epiphany Fine Art Campus in springtime splendor. An inspirational and encouraging environment will be fostered through ...
Image of Jessica Henry Gray
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JHG-Highlights from Q&A May 13, 2023
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During Jessica's Monthly Question and Answer sessions (free), she offers critiques, answers viewers questions and narrates a painting demonstration. Check out these highlights from a recent Q&A and join her next time on Epiphany Fine Art!
Jessica Henry Gray painting reference
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JHG-PPV 5/13/2023: Painting Underwater Rocks
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We again welcomed Epiphany and Newsletter subscribers. I critiqued two participants' paintings and answered questions. I did a live commentary as we watchd a recent video, showing how to paint underwater rocks. The full video is being released as a ...
Jessica Henry Gray painting demonstration
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JHG-Olmsted Falls Waterfall in Spring (part 1)
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This is the complete lesson, shown in part in our May 13th Q&A. In it, I paint a lovely scene of a natural waterfall near a historic sandstone quary in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. In my voiceover, you'll learn how I make decisions about composition, ...
Jessica Henry Gray painting demonstration
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JHG-Olmsted Falls Waterfall in Spring (part 2)
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Join me as I finish the waterfall plein air. In part two, I focus on the underwater portion of the scene, painting the bottom, the water itself, the reflections and the object that emerge above the water level.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel Painting
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JRS-Archived Demo: FLOWERS!
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As spring blooms with a burst of color, Join Jeanne for an evening of reveling in the luscious colors and textures of flowers. Learn how to compose without cliché, create specific blooms without tightening up, and create vibrant, living color with ...
Sgeve Griggs Watercolor demo painting
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SG-PPV Live Demo: Watercolor Magic
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Join us for a free one-hour loose watercolor painting with Steve Griggs. With fun and humor, Steve demonstrates his unique style of loose, moving, and evocative watercolor painting. Taking ‘loose’ to a new level, Steve uses bold lines, shapes, and ...
Jessica Henry Gray still life demo painting
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JHG-PPV with Artist Group: Still Life 4/22/2023
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Too often, artists undervalue still life. In this session, I discuss how the process of selecting, lighting, arranging and painting still life presents artists with rewarding challenges that both develop their skills and yield beautiful works of art!
Jonathan McPhillips painting
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JM-Shipbuilders Homestead (part 1)
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In this video, Jonathan showcases his techniques while painting a picturesque scene of a ship builder's homestead in Essex, MA. Jonathan will discuss brushwork and color choices, and the decision making process that brings the scene to life on the ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Integrating Negative Shapes (part 1)
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Balancing positive and negatives shapes allows for greater balance, depth, and movement in paintings. In these paint-along videos I demonstrate how to transform a static photographic reference into a lively and interesting painting by integrating ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Integrating Negative Shapes (part2)
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Balancing positive and negatives shapes allows for greater balance, depth, and movement in paintings. In these paint-along videos I demonstrate how to transform a static photographic reference into a lively and interesting painting by integrating ...
Steve Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Integrating Negative Shapes (part 3)
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Balancing positive and negatives shapes allows for greater balance, depth, and movement in paintings. In these paint-along videos I demonstrate how to transform a static photographic reference into a lively and interesting painting by integrating ...
Jonathan McPhillips painting
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JM-Shipbuilder’s Homestead (part2)
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In this video, Jonathan showcases his techniques while painting a picturesque scene of a ship builder’s homestead in Essex, MA. Jonathan will discuss brushwork and color choices, and the decision making process that brings the scene to life on the ...
JRS-Your Art Business: an Interactive Discussion
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JRS-Your Art Business: an Interactive Discussion
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No matter where you are on your art journey, those aspects of art NOT related to pigment and paper have surely crept in from time to time. In this 2-hour zoom seminar Jeanne talks framing, marketing and social media, galleries, exhibitions, and ...
Matt Miller portrait painting of Kenny in oil
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Matt Miller-Portrait Workshop: Painting Kenny
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This video is from the first couple hours of a live portrait painting workshop I recently gave.  In it I go over some of the basics of painting a portrait from life, how to work with the model, painting from memory, getting the all important first ...
Jessica Henry Gray painting demo
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JHG-PPV with Artist Group: Art as Therapy 3/18/2023
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We welcomed Newsletter subscribers to this session. It was a great group of old friends and new faces! I critiqued two lovely paintings by group members and then spoke on how, without knowing we're doing it, we can turn art into a source of stress ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting shimmering water image
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JHG-Painting Shimmering Water (part 1)
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On a warm, sunny, February afternoon in Northern Ohio (a phrase I've never used before), I went to plein aire at a nearby wildlife habitat. The video opens with my search for a great scene to paint. Finding a view full of your "loves" -- interesting ...
Jessica Henry Gray Painting shimmering water image
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JHG-Painting Shimmering Water (part 2)
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In Part 2, I finish the painting following the plan I laid out in the thumbnail sketch. Boisterous geese, local row boaters and some camera-toppling wind gusts, make it another great plein air experience.
Jonathan McPhillips Painting
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JM-Good for the Goose (part 1)
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In this two part series, Jonathan will demonstrate a rare-for-him subject matter. He will discuss taking on an unfamiliar subject as well as some thoughts on looking for the small vignettes in complicated scenes. Zooming in can help keep the focus ...
Jonathan McPhillips Painting
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JM-Good for the Goose (part 2)
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In this two part series, Jonathan will demonstrate a rare-for-him subject matter. He will discuss taking on an unfamiliar subject as well as some thoughts on looking for the small vignettes in complicated scenes. Zooming in can help keep the focus ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of lilypads
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JRS-Lilypads 101 (Part 2)
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Learn to paint realistic lilypads against a deep blue background. Create convincing perspective and depth, placing details in the foreground.
Jeanne Rosier Smith lessons tips and techniques
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JRS-Painting Reflections – Part 1
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Learn to make sense of what you’re seeing in water reflections, and paint them effectively in this start to finish demo - part 1
Jeanne Rosier Smith lessons tips and techniques
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JRS-Painting Reflections – Part 2
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Learn to make sense of what you’re seeing in water reflections, and paint them effectively in this start to finish demo - part 2
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Waterlilies: Reflections (part 1)
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Learn to tackle complex reflections, handle subtle value shifts, and tips for getting your lily pads to sit in the water. A start-to-finish demo.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Waterlilies: Reflections (part 2)
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Learn to tackle complex reflections, handle subtle value shifts, and tips for getting your lily pads to sit in the water. A start-to-finish demo.
Jessica Henry Gray image
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JHG-PPV with Artist Group: Efficiency (2/25/2003
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In this session I critiqued four paintings from the group and we talked about efficiency -- a key to enjoying painting more and getting better results. Then I did a one-hour demo of a scene I loved, from a great trip to Ireland last summer.
Jonathan McPhillips plein air painting
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JM-Around the Point – The Composition within the Composition
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In this video Jonathan will discuss his use of the various parts of the painting as compositions within themselves, which can provide added impact to the whole, and in many instances, make the design process easier. He will discuss the seascape genre ...
picture of artist Steve Griggs
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SG-Introduction
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An introduction with Steven Griggs
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Paint Along: Demonstration Painting – Waterscape
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Paint along with me as we complete a waterscape from start to finish!
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Paint Along: Demonstration Painting – Landscape
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Paint along with me as we complete a landscape from start to finish!
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Paint Along: Demonstration Painting – Cityscape
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Paint along with me as we complete a cityscape from start to finish!
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Format
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The first decision every artist makes is what format to use for the painting. There are three fundamental formats: portrait, landscape, elongated, square, as well as two variants: elongated landscape and elongated portrait. How do you decide which ...
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Composition
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Composition fits into how we use or organize the page. Much like the artist uses different types of prose or poetry to tell a story, the painter uses composition to determine how best to tell their story.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Working with Shapes
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Fundamental to every painting is the idea of shape. In this video we will look at strategies for understanding simple shapes, breaking them down, and integrating them to create a painting.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Method for Seeing Shapes
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By viewing source material through the lens of shape, you can simplify a scene before painting. Use this video to learn my method for seeing shape and then apply it to your sketches while planning a painting.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Using the Method to Create a Sketch Painting
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Let’s practice looking for shapes by applying the ‘Method for Seeing Shapes’ to photographs.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Practice Seeing Shapes
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Looking at source material, it is time to practice seeing simple shapes and developing them in your sketchbooks.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-People as Shapes
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In keeping with the idea that all painting can be broken down into shapes, let’s look at the human form as a shape! In this video I will show you how to paint human figures to proportion and scale. I will also show you techniques for adding movement ...
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-People in Situations
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Now that we’ve looked at how to paint people, add movement, and personality, it is time to practice putting them in situations such as city streets or landscapes. Adding people to paintings is a great way to draw the viewer into the scene to connect ...
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Materials
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Let’s start by discussing the materials I recommend for loose watercolor painting, including sketchbooks, paper, brushes, paint, and palettes.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Paint Delivery Systems
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Loose watercolor painting techniques are a little different from traditional watercolor painting techniques. In this video I demonstrate and explain five loose watercolor painting techniques I call ‘Paint Delivery Systems.’
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Sketch Painting
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In this video I show you how to paint a simple landscape, using the paint delivery systems and watercolor techniques discussed in the previous videos. I invite you to either watch and paint along or watch first and then paint your version. Or both!
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Sketching Techniques
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There are a variety of sketching techniques that will help as you develop your sketchbook ideas. This video explores some of those techniques.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Using Motif to Develop a Painting
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Motif development allows for a richer inventory of ideas in order to develop a painting. In this video I expand on the use of sketchbooks and detail, through an actual case study, how I use my sketchbooks to explore motifs.
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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SG-Watercolor Techniques as Verbs
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How does a writer add drama and action to their storytelling? One way is by using verbs. Similarly, I use specific watercolor techniques to add action and drama to my paintings. I call these techniques the ‘verbs’ of loose watercolor painting. In ...
Steven Griggs watercolor painting
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Steve Griggs-Sketch Painting Demonstration
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