JeanneRosierSmithTag

220 videos found
JRS-Live Demo: Lilypads! How to Simplify your Vision
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JRS-Live Demo: Lilypads! How to Simplify your Vision
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If you’re drawn to abundance and complexity – and yet find these daunting to approach, join me for a night focused on finding simplicity.  Discover strategies for breaking down which details to include, and for letting go of the rest.
JRS-What is Atmospheric Perspective (part 1)
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JRS-What is Atmospheric Perspective (part 1)
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Understanding how to create visual depth in the picture plane
JRS-What is Atmospheric Perspective (part 2)
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JRS-What is Atmospheric Perspective (part 2)
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Understanding how to create visual depth in the picture plane
JRS-Mastering Atmospheric Perspective (part 1)
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JRS-Mastering Atmospheric Perspective (part 1)
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How to create depth and atmosphere in a green summer landscape.
JRS-Mastering Atmospheric Perspective (part 2)
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JRS-Mastering Atmospheric Perspective (part 2)
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How to create depth and atmosphere in a green summer landscape.
JRS-Getting the Most from your Hard Pastels (part 2)
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JRS-Getting the Most from your Hard Pastels (part 2)
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In this video I cover a Step by Step demo and how to sharpen pastels.
JRS-Getting the Most from your Hard Pastels (part 1)
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JRS-Getting the Most from your Hard Pastels (part 1)
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Learn the best uses for hard pastels at every stage of your painting
JRS-How to Scale Up a Drawing
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JRS-How to Scale Up a Drawing
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A simple system for taking your image from thumbnail or reference size to a correctly proportioned full scale drawing.
JRS-Size Matters: Proportion Lesson
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JRS-Size Matters: Proportion Lesson
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Here’s two ways to make sure the proportion of your reference photo (or thumbnail) match your painting size.
JRS-Live Demo: The Shining Sea
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JRS-Live Demo: The Shining Sea
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At certain times of day the light effects on water become brilliant and dazzling. How to convey sparkling, moving water, and the skies above that create them? Join me for an eye opening demo and bring your sunglasses!
JRS - What Color is Sand?
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JRS – What Color is Sand?
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What to consider when choosing your sand palette, along with techniques for painting realistic sand at the water’s edge.
JRS-Finding the Colors of Seafoam
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JRS-Finding the Colors of Seafoam
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Painting seafoam well means realizing it’s not white, but always changing according to light, angle and texture.  Here’s a primer to help.
JRS-The Color of Ocean Water
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JRS-The Color of Ocean Water
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Learn how local color, wave form, and light conditions all affect your color choices to create convincing ocean water.
JRS-LiveDemo: Cloudscapes
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JRS-LiveDemo: Cloudscapes
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The sky is nature’s ultimate canvas: ever-changing and spectacular, a skyscape has the power to lift the eye and the spirit. Join us for a night of exploring the light, drama, and color of clouds.
Jeanne Rosier Smith still life pastel painting
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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.
JRS-Painting Rocks in Pastel
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JRS-Painting Rocks in Pastel
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How to use form and surface texture to create convincing rocks in pastel.
JRS-Getting Whites to Glow (part 2)
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JRS-Getting Whites to Glow (part 2)
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A Limelight Hydrangea provides the perfect subject for studying value and temperature shifts in whites under sunlight.
JRS-Add Buildings to the Landscape
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JRS-Add Buildings to the Landscape
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How to incorporate buildings that feel natural in the landscape: tips on drawing, color, atmosphere and edge.
JRS-Live Demo: Capturing Winter Glow
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JRS-Live Demo: Capturing Winter Glow
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To really feel the winter chill in your paintings, it helps to turn up the heat. In this live demo we’ll focus on creating captivating winter landscapes that glow. Learn how to use color temperature and strategic underpainting to make your snowscapes ...
JRS-Painting Distant Trees
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JRS-Painting Distant Trees
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In this video, we’ll look at how distant trees change in three different lighting situations, along with color layering strategies.
JRS-Painting Atmosphere
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JRS-Painting Atmosphere
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How to use light and color to unify everything in a landscape
JRS-Landscape Strategy for a Sky Painting
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JRS-Landscape Strategy for a Sky Painting
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Develop strategies for more expressive paintings by understanding how to direct the eye to what’s important.
JRS-Add Clouds to a Blue Sky
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JRS-Add Clouds to a Blue Sky
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Learn how to decide when to add clouds on top of a blue backdrop, and when to paint your sky around them.
JRS-Paint a Clear Blue Sky
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JRS-Paint a Clear Blue Sky
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The why and how of creating a smoothly gradated clear blue sky in pastel.
Jeanne Rosier Smith paints the tonalist painting in pastel
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JRS-Live Demo: Mood Lighting: The Tonalist Landscape
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One the best tools for evoking powerful emotion is a unified expression of color and light. Join Jeanne for an exploration of the power of tonalism. Her demo will focus on how to harmonize color, edge, and light and create an evocative and moody ...
JRS-Sunlit Flowers (part 1)
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JRS-Sunlit Flowers (part 1)
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Strategies for choosing the best ground, then tackling the complex subject of close-up dramatically lit dahlias, from start to finish.
Painting flowers with pastel
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JRS-Sunlit Flowers (part 2)
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Strategies for choosing the best ground, then tackling the complex subject of close-up dramatically lit dahlias, from start to finish.
JRS-Live Demo: Painting the Meadow
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JRS-Live Demo: Painting the Meadow
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This favorite landscape subject seems deceptively simple, but creating dynamic composition, a sense of depth, and believable grasses is challenging. Join Jeanne for an evening of composing with light, texture and pattern, creating summer grasses and ...
JRS-Sunlit Flowers (part 3) Finishing Touches
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JRS-Sunlit Flowers (part 3) Finishing Touches
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Finishing a painting with attention to values and edges
JRS-Getting Whites to Glow (part 1)
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JRS-Getting Whites to Glow (part 1)
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A Limelight Hydrangea provides the perfect subject for studying value and temperature shifts in whites under sunlight.
pastel painting of flowers
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JRS-Live Demo: Flowers in the Garden
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Botanical beauty and profusion in the garden: so attractive, so joyful! In this live demo, Jeanne shares tips for approaching the chaos, discovering compositions, and creating impressions without being overwhelmed with the detail. Learn how to ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo image
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JRS-Seeing Value I
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This segment looks at the vital relationship between color and value, with a challenging color exercise.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting demo of flowers
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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
JRS-Live Demo: Pond Reflections
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JRS-Live Demo: Pond Reflections
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Still water ponds are full of reflection, color and life in summer. Join Jeanne to explore the color and composition challenges of lily pads and marsh grasses and reflections in still water.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting demo of flowers
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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 demo image
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JRS-Seeing Value II (Part 1)
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This simple exercise using a black and white photo reference shows how deepening our understanding of value can expand our flexibility with color.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo image
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JRS-Seeing Value II (Part 2)
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This simple exercise using a black and white photo reference shows how deepening our understanding of value can expand our flexibility with color (Part 2).
pastel painting by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Making Sunsets Shine (part 1)
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In this demo Jeanne shows how to turn on the power of your brights to make your sunsets realistic, never garish. Harness the power of neutrals to create color magic.
pastel painting by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Making Sunsets Shine (part 2)
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In this demo Jeanne shows how to turn on the power of your brights to make your sunsets realistic, never garish. Harness the power of neutrals to create color magic.
JRS-Live Demo: Looking Up: Light and Perspective in the Sky
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JRS-Live Demo: Looking Up: Light and Perspective in the Sky
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The sky is full of color year round, but especially so in the spring. Join Jeanne for an evening of sky-painting, recognizing gesture, shape and perspective in the sky and using them to create distance and atmosphere.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
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Mounting Your Paper
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A Step-by-step guide to mounting your paper
JRS-Photographing Pastels
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JRS-Photographing Pastels
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You need a simple, reliable, streamlined way to photograph your work. Here are two approaches Jeanne uses regularly to document everything she produces
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
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Cleaning Your Pastels
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A quick, easy way to clean your pastel trays and see your colors better
Jeanne Rosier Smith Homemade pastel demo picture
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JRS Homemade Pastels
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Don’t throw away those tiny shards of pastel, crush them up and make new ones! For this activity you need a mortar and pestle, a small spatula, an eye dropper bottle and a piece of plexiglass or wax paper.
Jeanne Rosier Smith framing lecture picture
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Framing 101: Supplies
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This video reviews all the supplies you’ll need to gather to successfully frame a pastel painting yourself.
JRS-Choosing a Reference
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JRS-Choosing a Reference
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How do you choose a reference photo? This video helps you hone in on what to look for and how to decide.
Jeanne Rosier Smith framing lecture picture
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Framing 101: How to
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With Jeanne’s clear instructions, learn step-by-step how to beautifully frame a pastel painting, from start to finish
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Signing Your Work
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This useful video takes you through everything you need to consider when preparing to sign your work: placement, tools, color, size, name choice, design aspects, even mindset.
JRS-Sunset Beginnings
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JRS-Sunset Beginnings
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In this quick and fun exercise, discover keys to making your sunset glow, and observe how strongly your choice of underpainting color can influence the feel of your painting.
Watercolor painting of snow by Jeanne Rosier Smith
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JRS-Live Demo: Let it Snow
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A snow-covered landscape doesn’t mean a colorless scene. In this live demo, join Jeanne to discover life and color in a deep woodland snow scene.
JRS-Shipping Unframed Pastels
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JRS-Shipping Unframed Pastels
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There are a lot of conflicting and confusing instructions on how to ship pastel paintings, both framed and unframed. In these two videos we cover our best practice shipping instructions.
Artist Jeanne Rosier Smith
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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.
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!
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.
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.
JRS-The Power of Cropping
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JRS-The Power of Cropping
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Your reference photos may be better than you think. Here's how to find the compositional gems hiding in your references. (note: can be edited by Matt.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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JRS-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.
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
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 ...
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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo image
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JRS-Chroma I
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A brief Color Theory 101, this short video considers why we need neutrals, how color complements work, and how to neutralize bright colors
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo image
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JRS-Chroma II
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Color Theory 101 continued. How to create glowing color, and control the volume of your brights.
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.
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 pastel painting
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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 flower painting
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JRS-Finishing Touches: Flowers
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This video takes one flower sketch through the final finishing touches with refined edges and editing.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith snowy landscape palette
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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
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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
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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
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Welcome and Where to Begin
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A brief welcome to my site and where to begin.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Painting
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Get to Know Your Materials
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This short video offers a primer on pastels and paper
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
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JRS-Step1: Markmaking
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In this short video we explore how to ‘paint’ with a pastel stick
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel demos of clouds
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Cloud Studies Exercise (Part 1)
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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 pastel demos of clouds
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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
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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
JRS-Shipping Framed Pastels
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JRS-Shipping Framed Pastels
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There are a lot of conflicting and confusing instructions on how to ship pastel paintings, both framed and unframed. In these two videos we cover our best practice shipping instructions.
Jeanne Rosier Smith still life pastel painting
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel Painting Demo
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JRS-Design Primer (part 1)
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Learn to see design more abstractly—and be able to choose compositions based on how they work as designs rather than for the subject or photo, in this series of exercises.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo pastel painting
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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 ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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 ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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JRS-Seascape: Sparkle and Shimmer (part 1)
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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
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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
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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
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
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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 ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Underpainting Demo Image
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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
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JRS-Exercise 1: Underpainting Basics and Landscape Part 2
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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
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JRS-Exercise 1: Underpainting Basics and Landscape Part 3
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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 demonstrating pastel underpainting water
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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
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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
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JRS-Exercise 2: Underpainting Water (part 3)
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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 Pastel Painting
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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
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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.
Jeanne Rosier Smith underpainting demo
27:34
JRS-Using Toned Paper as Underpainting
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74views
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 Pastel Painting
2:04:45
JRS-Archived Demo: FLOWERS!
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189views
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 ...
JRS-Your Art Business: an Interactive Discussion
2:08:04
JRS-Your Art Business: an Interactive Discussion
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122views
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 ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting block in
6:13
JRS-Lilypad Bonus: Composing
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76views
Short bonus follow up to the Lilypad 101 videos: How to block in the lily pads on a large complex scene
Jeanne Rosier Smith lessons tips and techniques
28:39
JRS-Painting Reflections – Part 1
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156views
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
28:19
JRS-Painting Reflections – Part 2
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141views
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
32:53
JRS-Waterlilies: Reflections (part 1)
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83views
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
32:29
JRS-Waterlilies: Reflections (part 2)
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72views
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 "Winter Creek"
1:59:57
JRS-Magic in the Shadows: from Seafoam to Snowdrifts
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195views
Like seafoam in the crest of a wave, fallen snow is beautifully reflective and challenging to paint. Shadows are where the magic happens, revealing form and texture. Jeanne’s snowy landscape demo will also reveal what she’s learned from painting ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a boat
28:52
JRS-Notes on Painting Boats (part 1)
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73views
Painting sailboats can be tricky. This demo incudes tips to help you judge values, get your drawing right, and find a stronger composition and inspiring color even when using less-than-inspiring reference photos
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a boat
19:09
JRS-Notes on Painting Boats (part 2)
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49views
Painting sailboats can be tricky. This demo incudes tips to help you judge values, get your drawing right, and find a stronger composition and inspiring color even when using less-than-inspiring reference photos
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a boat
25:45
JRS-Simplifying the Sailboat (part 1)
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60views
Dealing with a challenging subject? Close observation and simplification of shapes will go far. Jeanne will show how using these tips, anyone can learn to include boats in their work convincingly
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a boat
27:39
JRS-Simplifying the Sailboat (part 2)
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49views
Dealing with a challenging subject? Close observation and simplification of shapes will go far. Jeanne will show how using these tips, anyone can learn to include boats in their work convincingly
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a Seascape Nocturne
2:00:53
JRS-By the Light of the Moon: Seascape Nocturne Demo
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194views
Alluring and elusive, moonlight on water is among the most difficult sights in nature to paint. Paint it live and you’re in the dark, and yet moonlight is next to impossible to capture well photographically. In this demo, Jeanne will share how you ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Fall Color Painting
1:58:16
JRS-Fall Colors Demo
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242views
Foliage season is coming soon: be ready for it with this live demo on handling nature’s most glorious show with subtlety and sensitivity. Learn to balance the brilliance of fall color with just the right neutrals, and create depth and a strong ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel Painting Demo
26:40
JRS-Design Primer (part 2)
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124views
Learn to see design more abstractly—and be able to choose compositions based on how they work as designs rather than for the subject or photo, in this series of exercises.
JRS-Finding and Fixing Problems
14:34
JRS-Finding and Fixing Problems
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67views
Jeanne shares a common problem-solving practice: fixing a ‘finished’ painting when you realize it needs adjustments.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a beach at sunrise
2:01:35
JRS: Seascape Sunrise Palette Demo
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290views
Early morning light passing through waves infuses translucent seawater with dawn’s distinctive atmosphere. In this live demo, Jeanne takes a special look at how the color pallet of ocean water changes due to lighting conditions, and in particular she ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:16
JRS-Designing with Space and Line (part 1)
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124views
In this video we’ll look at some classic tools for designing landscapes, using space (foreground, middle ground & distance) and line to direct the eye to a focal point and around the composition.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
27:56
JRS-Designing with Space and Line (part 2)
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92views
In this video we’ll look at some classic tools for designing landscapes, using space (foreground, middle ground & distance) and line to direct the eye to a focal point and around the composition
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of Forrest Trees
29:23
JRS-Color, Texture, and Pattern in Composition Part 1
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125views
In this forest demo, Jeanne uses rich textures and patterns anchored by strong lines to organize a tree composition
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of Forrest Trees
30:42
JRS-Color, Texture, and Pattern in Composition Part 2
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102views
In this forest demo, Jeanne uses rich textures and patterns anchored by strong lines to organize a tree composition.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of fall trees
30:02
JRS-Simple Shapes, Big Impact (part 1)
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138views
In this demo Jeanne shows how to crop and simplify for maximum impact.  Learn how to identify and play to the strengths of your composition
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of fall trees
26:30
JRS-Simple Shapes, Big Impact (part 2)
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112views
In this demo Jeanne shows how to crop and simplify for maximum impact. Learn how to identify and play to the strengths of your composition
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of clouds
25:24
Cloud Patterns and Perspective (part 1)
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124views
Tackling a complex cloud-filled sky means understanding cloud patterns and perspective and how they translate to two dimensions. This start to finish demo covers how to underpaint for large clouds, judging subtle value shifts, orchestrating a complex ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of clouds
28:43
Cloud Patterns and Perspective (part 2)
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97views
Tackling a complex cloud-filled sky means understanding cloud patterns and perspective and how they translate to two dimensions. This start to finish demo covers how to underpaint for large clouds, judging subtle value shifts, orchestrating a complex ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of night sky
26:59
JRS-Moon Over Positano (part 1)
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73views
After sunset, a landscape’s tone and mood changes as light sources become more subtle. This demo is full of tips on creating clouds, light and atmospheric effects in a night scene
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of night sky
15:43
JRS-Moon Over Positano (part 2)
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57views
After sunset, a landscape’s tone and mood changes as light sources become more subtle. This demo is full of tips on creating clouds, light and atmospheric effects in a night scene
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
29:11
JRS-Harbor Nocturne (part 1)
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74views
This demo on dark paper shows how to layer deep rich colors for a moonlit sky, and create the effect of reflected lights on water.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
21:57
JRS-Harbor Nocturne (part 2)
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57views
This demo on dark paper shows how to layer deep rich colors for a moonlit sky, and create the effect of reflected lights on water.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting reference demo
29:18
JRS Exercise: Shape Up Your Figures
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92views
Adding figures to your landscapes creates liveliness and focus. Use these exercises and tips to incorporate figures more accurately and convincingly into to your landscapes.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel reference for demo
32:06
JRS Figures in the Landscape
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90views
Adding figures to your landscapes creates liveliness and focus. Use these exercises and tips to incorporate figures more accurately and convincingly into to your landscapes.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo painting
28:53
JRS-Buildings in the Landscape (part 1)
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53views
How to incorporate buildings that feel natural in the landscape: tips on drawing, color, atmosphere and edge.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo painting
28:58
JRS-Buildings in the Landscape (part 2)
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41views
How to incorporate buildings that feel natural in the landscape: tips on drawing, color, atmosphere and edge.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
28:17
JRS-Painterly City Scene (part1)
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66views
Learn to place buildings in your paintings without getting bogged down with the details. Jeanne takes you step by step through the process of seeing a complex city scene in simple terms, read the values and shapes and then add details and texture.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting
39:15
JRS-Painterly City Scene (part2)
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62views
Learn to place buildings in your paintings without getting bogged down with the details. Jeanne takes you step by step through the process of seeing a complex city scene in simple terms, read the values and shapes and then add details and texture.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting from live demo
2:03:35
JRS: Photos To Painting Demo
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Regardless of what we’re painting, working with photos carries specific challenges: bad cropping, unreliable color, too much information. In this seascape demo, Jeanne Rosier Smith shares how she uses photos without being tied to them. She’ll show ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting from the Seafoam Light and Shadow video series
19:00
JRS Seafoam Light and Shadow (part 1)
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202views
In this series, learn tips and tricks for creating more realistic foam. This demo includes advice for handling all sorts of seafoam challenges and will sharpen your seafoam skills.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting from the Seafoam Light and Shadow video series
28:37
JRS Seafoam Light and Shadow (part 2)
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176views
In this series, learn tips and tricks for creating more realistic foam. This demo includes advice for handling all sorts of seafoam challenges and will sharpen your seafoam skills.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of an ocean wave
1:03:35
JRS: Anatomy Of A Wave Demo
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297views
Learn how to capture the movement and power of an ocean wave in pastel. Understand the wave’s moving form, and explore special underpainting and layering strategies to make your seascapes come alive.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of the ocean shoreline
1:02:18
JRS: Painting The Shoreline
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173views
As waves come ashore, both the design and technique of your seascape paintings become more complex. In this video Jeanne takes you through composing a shoreline seascape, handling wet and dry sand, foam, and underpainting strategies. Learn how to ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of coastal landscape dunes and grasses
55:13
JRS: Coastal Landscape Demo
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109views
Coastal landscapes present unique challenges: tricks of light and atmosphere seldom seen inland, subtle curves of sand and grass, light, reflective planes. This video takes you through the particular challenges posed by the coastal landscape. Learn ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting from the Seafoam Light and Shadow video series
29:53
JRS Seafoam Light and Shadow (part 3)
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157views
In this series, learn tips and tricks for creating more realistic foam. This demo includes advice for handling all sorts of seafoam challenges and will sharpen your seafoam skills.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting from the Seafoam Light and Shadow video series
30:43
JRS Seafoam Light and Shadow (part 4)
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137views
In this series, learn tips and tricks for creating more realistic foam. This demo includes advice for handling all sorts of seafoam challenges and will sharpen your seafoam skills.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of rough tumbling sea foam
29:41
JRS Seafoam Rough and Tumble (part 1)
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163views
Seafoam is full of information about edges, motion, direction, texture of the water. This demo shows how to use foam to tell the story of the water’s motion and activity, with more sensitive observation and mark making.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of rough tumbling sea foam
28:16
JRS Seafoam Rough and Tumble (part 2)
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137views
Seafoam is full of information about edges, motion, direction, texture of the water. This demo shows how to use foam to tell the story of the water’s motion and activity, with more sensitive observation and mark making.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of rough tumbling sea foam
28:18
JRS Seafoam Rough and Tumble (part 3)
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99views
Seafoam is full of information about edges, motion, direction, texture of the water. This demo shows how to use foam to tell the story of the water’s motion and activity, with more sensitive observation and markmaking.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of rough tumbling sea foam
24:39
JRS Seafoam Rough and Tumble (part 4)
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101views
Seafoam is full of information about edges, motion, direction, texture of the water. This demo shows how to use foam to tell the story of the water’s motion and activity, with more sensitive observation and markmaking.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a Winter Sky
29:54
JRS Winter Sky (part 1)
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100views
A serene winter sky creates a dramatic backdrop for a stand of winter trees. Make your well-designed sky the star of the show
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a Winter Sky
15:20
JRS Winter Sky (part 2)
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69views
A serene winter sky creates a dramatic backdrop for a stand of winter trees. Make your well-designed sky the star of the show
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of Spring Trees
1:57:09
JRS: Painting Spring Trees Demo
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159views
New growth and lush blossoms, brief and beautiful, create a tantalizing challenge for painters. Join Jeanne for an evening demo on approaches to finding and capturing blossoming trees at their best. We’ll cover tips for scouting great references, ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting a winter scene
26:18
Snowy Riverbank (part 1)
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109views
Paint a snowy riverbank by understanding light, shadow, and plane shifts in the scene. Learn to judge snow value and temperatures, and create ripples and reflections in a winter river
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting a winter scene
30:31
Snowy Riverbank (part 2)
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82views
Paint a snowy riverbank by understanding light, shadow, and plane shifts in the scene. Learn to judge snow value and temperatures, and create ripples and reflections in a winter river
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting a winter scene
28:34
Snowy Riverbank (part 3)
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75views
Paint a snowy riverbank by understanding light, shadow, and plane shifts in the scene. Learn to judge snow value and temperatures, and create ripples and reflections in a winter river
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo painting of a blizzard
29:55
Blizzard (part 1)
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53views
What to do with those snowy but nearly colorless photo references? This demo shows how to convey depth and color to create an atmospheric and moody snow scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo painting of a blizzard
28:54
Blizzard (part 2)
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47views
What to do with those snowy but nearly colorless photo references? This demo shows how to convey depth and color to create an atmospheric and moody snow scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a forest scene
29:46
JRS Forest Walk: Hinting at Complexity (Part 1)
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122views
Learn to create a complex forest scene with a simple design and accurate values. By finding the bigger shapes and implying the detail, Jeanne creates the forest
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a forest scene
28:43
JRS Forest Walk: Hinting at Complexity (Part 2)
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83views
Learn to create a complex forest scene with a simple design and accurate values. By finding the bigger shapes and implying the detail, Jeanne creates the forest
Jeanne Rosier Smith Winter Wonderland Pastel Painting
1:58:40
JRS: Winter Wonderland Demo
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321views
Snow is crystalline and reflective just like clouds or seafoam, creating wonderful color opportunities. Painting well is learning to see. The rules for painting snow change drastically depending on the weather and the light. In this demo, retune your ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Plein Air Demo Final Painting
JRS: Plein Air to Studio Demo (2 hours)
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3views
Are you a studio painter who feels guilty about not going out plein air more often? This demo is for you. I’ll share my plein air practices with you, and tell you exactly how I use them to help inform and enliven my studio paintings. Don’t get me ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Composing a Beach Scene Demo
JRS: Composing a Beach Scene part 1 (1 hour)
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3views
How do we work with the reference photos we have to create the best painting possible? In this demo, Jeanne has shared how to work with less than perfect photos to compose beautiful paintings with a strong visual impact.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Composing a Beach Scene Demo
JRS: Composing a Beach Scene part 2 (1 hour)
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How do we work with the reference photos we have to create the best painting possible? In this demo, Jeanne has shared how to work with less than perfect photos to compose beautiful paintings with a strong visual impact.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Sky Drama Demo reference photo
JRS: Sky Drama Demo (2 hours)
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7views
Every Painting tells a story. The painter always has to choose: is it about the sky or is it about the land? In this demo we’re looking up, focusing on sky drama. How to compose a sky for dramatic affect, how to build soft, billowy clouds, control ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Finished Waterlilies pastel painting
JRS: Waterlilies Demonstration
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36views
Floating on the surface, reflecting the sky, suggesting depths below, waterlilies have captivated artists for centuries. Join in while Jeanne shares approaches for composing a lily pond scene, creating the illusion of reflections and suggesting ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith tips and techniques
23:30
Lecture 1: The Keys to Loosening Up
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250views
Jeanne outlines the origins of the workshops, plus 5 lies that lead to overworked paintings and 10 tips for loosening up.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel lessons and tips
17:06
Exercise 1: Freshen Your Markmaking
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236views
An exercise for expanding your marks and freshening your work.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Intuitive painting demo
25:59
JRS Intuitive Painting
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222views
A simple exercise to help you get into the flow of your painting, and stop second-guessing your process
Jeanne Rosier Smith Thumbnails demo
22:44
JRS Thumbnails That Work For You
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168views
A clear step by step guide to creating better thumbnails, the GPS for your paintings
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel demo painting
29:16
JRS Loosen Up Dune Demo (part 1)
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123views
In this demo Jeanne shows how a clear plan allows for fresh, intuitive, looser painting (part 1)
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel demo painting
38:05
JRS Loosen Up Dune Demo (part 2)
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119views
In this demo Jeanne shows how a clear plan allows for fresh, intuitive, looser painting (part 2)
Jeanne Rosier Smith Waterlilies demo reference picture
2:00:39
JRS: Waterlilies Archived Demo
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453views
Floating on the surface, reflecting the sky, suggesting depths below, waterlilies have captivated artists for centuries. Join in while Jeanne shares approaches for composing a lily pond scene, creating the illusion of reflections and suggesting ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Painting
29:25
JRS-Exercise: Stressbuster (Part 1)
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155views
Get in the zone with these stress buster exercises to loosen up your style as you create small gems with boldness, confidence and a sense of fun
Jeanne Rosier Smith Painting
30:38
JRS-Exercise: Stressbuster (Part 2)
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112views
Get in the zone with these stress buster exercises to loosen up your style as you create small gems with boldness, confidence and a sense of fun
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel tips and techniques
28:54
Painting Ripples pt1
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185views
Learn to paint rippling water in this start-to-finish demo by recognizing the complex visual patterns and how to simplify them
Jeanne Rosier Smith Pastel tips and techniques
29:30
Painting Ripples pt2
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148views
Learn to paint rippling water in this start-to-finish demo by recognizing the complex visual patterns and how to simplify them
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Reference
2:00:57
JRS: Plein Air To Studio Archived Demo
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287views
Are you a studio painter who feels guilty about not going out plein air more often? This demo is for you. I’ll share my plein air practices with you, and tell you exactly how I use them to help inform and enliven my studio paintings. Don’t get me ...
Picture of waterfalls painting by Jeanne Rosier Smith
28:23
JRS-Waterfalls (part 1)
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92views
A cool flowing waterfall comes together quickly on dark paper in this step by step demo
Picture of waterfalls painting by Jeanne Rosier Smith
21:03
JRS-Waterfalls (part 2)
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72views
A cool flowing waterfall comes together quickly on dark paper in this step by step demo
Jeanne Rosier Smith Sky Drama Demo reference photo
2:00:39
JRS: Sky Drama Archived Demo
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513views
Every Painting tells a story. The painter always has to choose: is it about the sky or is it about the land? In this demo we’re looking up, focusing on sky drama. How to compose a sky for dramatic affect, how to build soft, billowy clouds, control ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
27:50
Sunny Day Wave (Pt1)
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224views
This start to finish demo shows how to create the effects of sunlight on a curling wave. Special attention to underpainting strategies, and color and value choices to heighten atmospheric and lighting effects. (Pt1)
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
29:05
Sunny Day Wave (Pt2)
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181views
This start to finish demo shows how to create the effects of sunlight on a curling wave. Special attention to underpainting strategies, and color and value choices to heighten atmospheric and lighting effects. (Pt2)
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
40:45
Sunny Day Wave (Pt3)
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202views
This start to finish demo shows how to create the effects of sunlight on a curling wave. Special attention to underpainting strategies, and color and value choices to heighten atmospheric and lighting effects. (Pt3)
Jeanne Rosier Smith Composing a Beach Scene Demo
1:00:36
JRS: Composing A Beach Scene Archived Demo Part 1
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463views
How do we work with the reference photos we have to create the best painting possible? In this demo, Jeanne has shared how to work with less than perfect photos to compose beautiful paintings with a strong visual impact. Part 1
Jeanne Rosier Smith Composing a Beach Scene Demo
58:09
JRS: Composing A Beach Scene Archived Demo Part 2
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274views
How do we work with the reference photos we have to create the best painting possible? In this demo, Jeanne has shared how to work with less than perfect photos to compose beautiful paintings with a strong visual impact. Part 2
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo image
28:05
JRS-Chroma III (Part 1)
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210views
This start-to-finish demo video highlights a vibrant bosc pear against a neutral backdrop, with emphasis on value and chroma choices. Bonus tip: how to fill and organize a pastel box according to color and value (Part 1).
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo image
24:11
JRS-Chroma III (Part 2)
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148views
This start-to-finish demo video highlights a vibrant bosc pear against a neutral backdrop, with emphasis on value and chroma choices. Bonus tip: how to fill and organize a pastel box according to color and value.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo image
24:59
JRS-Temperature I
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221views
This short video explores color temperature, and especially how the quality of light effects local color. A brief challenging exercise analyzes light and shadow in terms of temperature.
Jeanne Rosier Smith demo image
28:13
JRS-Temperature II
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250views
This short demo shows how to ‘turn on the light’ in a painting, conveying sunlight and shadow through shifting color temperatures.
JRS-Temperature III
20:03
JRS-Temperature III
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23views
This short demo completes this series on managing temperature in a painting, conveying sunlight and shadow through shifting color temperatures.
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo
30:10
JRS-Getting Green Right 1
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232views
This segment introduces the challenges with greens, and shows how to underpaint to create rich, complex greens
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo
25:27
JRS-Getting Green Right 2
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150views
This exercise shows how to expand your range of greens, using layering techniques to create the right greens from the colors you have on hand.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel floral painting
39:33
JRS-Luminous Flowers (part 1)
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67views
How to simplify, then use analogous color and temperature shifts to create glow.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel floral painting
17:34
JRS-Luminous Flowers (part 2)
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44views
How do we figure out what’s next and bring the painting to a conclusion?
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel lessons
28:08
JRS-Summer Greens Landscape (pt 1)
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274views
This Demo shows how to create a rich, realistic summer landscape painting, using underpainting strategies and layering techniques to make your greens more dimensional.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel lessons
26:15
JRS-Summer Greens Landscape (pt 2)
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222views
This Demo shows how to create a rich, realistic summer landscape painting, using underpainting strategies and layering techniques to make your greens more dimensional.
JRS-Garden Tapestry (part 1)
29:19
JRS-Garden Tapestry (part 1)
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75views
Creating texture and atmosphere in a garden scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith thumbnail drawing
18:40
JRS-Step3: Thumbnail for Value and Shape
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114views
A foundational lesson on breaking down the parts of a composition to understand shape and value and prepare for painting.
JRS-Garden Tapestry (part 2)
28:33
JRS-Garden Tapestry (part 2)
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60views
Creating texture and atmosphere in a garden scene.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel pear painting sketch
26:14
JRS-Step4: Pear Painting: Sketch and Block In
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105views
In this primary exercise, we begin a pear painting with sketch, block in and underpainting.
Jeanne Rosier Smith pastel painting of a pear
29:37
JRS-Step5: Pear Painting: Layering, Blending, Edges
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95views
We continue and complete our pear painting with the steps of layering, blending, and edge work.
JRS-Step6: The Art of Self-Critique: Is It Done Yet?
23:42
JRS-Step6: The Art of Self-Critique: Is It Done Yet?
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114views
Cultivating a critical eye towards our own work is one of the most valuable and difficult skills we can develop as artists. This video contains an array of things to consider as you look at our own work, as well as offering a number of tools and ...
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
26:07
Light Through Water (part 1)
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221views
In this longer video I take you through the complete painting from selecting a scene to paint, through creating special light effects, to completing the painting (part 1)
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
29:42
Light Through Water (part 2)
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181views
In this longer video I take you through the complete painting from selecting a scene to paint, through creating special light effects, to completing the painting (part 2)
Jeanne Rosier Smith Demo Picture
30:22
Light Through Water (part 3)
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182views
In this longer video I take you through the complete painting from selecting a scene to paint, through creating special light effects, to completing the painting (part 3)