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
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 ...
In this video I delve into the concept behind the painting. The concept is what drives the painting from start to finish. It directs the choices in the layout of the composition, the control of light, shadow, value, color, edge, focus, and paint ...
In this video I discuss and demonstrate what it means to "deconstruct the reference". Deconstructing the reference is an easy concept to intellectualize, yet often very difficult to master. In this video I give three short demonstrations and a bonus ...
In this lesson I go over laying out and blocking in a simple still life, laying out flow through the painting, developing form with simple shapes, paint density, color, and edges. You can use this exercise to paint along at your own pace. Part 1
In this lesson I go over laying out and blocking in a simple still life, laying out flow through the painting, developing form with simple shapes, paint density, color, and edges. You can use this exercise to paint along at your own pace. Part 2
Here is a little demo to show how to paint grapes as a mass without "drawing" each grape. This is part of a continuing lesson on how to approach painting "complex" things.
In this video I discuss how to make colorful, visually balanced paintings with a limited palette. I discuss color mixes, visual surround, value, layout, and much more. This is the edited version of a three hour Zorn Palette video I made that was ...
In this three part video I demonstrate how to describe the texture of the material you are painting by controlling the speed of the viewer's eye as it flows across the painted subject. In this demonstration I paint four different textured hard ...
In this three part video I demonstrate how to describe the texture of the material you are painting by controlling the speed of the viewer's eye as it flows across the painted subject. In a later video I will do four different textures of cloth. This ...
In this three part video I demonstrate how to describe the texture of the material you are painting by controlling the speed of the viewer's eye as it flows across the painted subject. In this demonstration I paint four different textured hard ...
In this video we discuss the problems of "sinking in", when previously richly painted passages dry to a dull matte appearance, how to prevent sinking in, and how to mitigate it when it happens.
In this brief video I go over my standard painting palette, the colors I use, and their placement on the palette. Paints should always be placed in the same location on your palette. Their location becomes a muscle memory so you don't have to think ...
Search the web and you'll find a plethora of misinformation on how to care for your oil painting brushes. In this short basics video I show you a simple and inexpensive way to properly wash and care for your brushes so that you can use them for ...
In this short basics video we cover the proper way to set up your easel (something commonly done wrong by beginning artists) and how to then face and use the easel to apply paint.
