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33 videos found
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting of a moonlit marsh
1:54:27
LHS-Live Demo: Moonrise on the Marsh
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It's one of those moments that stops you in your tracks when you come across it. The rising moon has a magic all its own. It doubles when its reflection is captured in water. Let me show you how to capture the effect of this fleeting moment in time.
pastel painting of a waterfall painted by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
1:46:25
LHS-Live Demo: Capturing Waterfall Drama
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Waterfalls are dramatic and dazzling. But they can be elusive and difficult to capture, and easy to overdo. Let me give you some techniques to capture a moment in the life of an eye-catching waterfall, with it's splashes and energy. Hint: Don't first ...
Moving water pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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LHS-Third Layer of Water: Moving Water (part 1)
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Water rarely sits still. Whether it is a gust of wind ruffling the surface, a pebble or fish breaking the surface, or currents running deep underneath, the surface of water is constantly moving. Building on the first two layers this video shows how ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting of water
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LHS-Third Layer of Water: Moving Water (part 2)
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Water rarely sits still. Whether it is a gust of wind ruffling the surface, a pebble or fish breaking the surface, or currents running deep underneath, the surface of water is constantly moving. Building on the first two layers this video shows how ...
LHS-Fourth Layer of Water: What Lies on Top (part 1)
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LHS-Fourth Layer of Water: What Lies on Top (part 1)
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The final layer of water is what sits on the top surface. This could be water itself in the form of a splash, or it could be a leaf or waterlily quite literally floating on top. I'll demonstrate developing the painting in preparation for the final ...
Liz Haywood-Sullivan live demo picture
1:59:41
LHS-Live Demo: Tumbling Creek
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The subject of this live demo is a swiftly flowing creek full of active, energized water tumbling over a shallow rocky streambed. Let me show you how I approach this complicated type of moving water and chip away at its intricacies, layer by layer.
LHS-Fourth Layer of Water: What Lies on Top (part 2)
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LHS-Fourth Layer of Water: What Lies on Top (part 2)
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The final layer of water is what sits on the top surface. This could be water itself in the form of a splash, or it could be a leaf or waterlily quite literally floating on top. I'll demonstrate developing the painting in preparation for the final ...
LHS-Water Final Touches
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LHS-Water Final Touches
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Working on a gallery painting, I show you how I evaluate and make the final marks to finish the water on a icy creek.
LHS-Mapping Moving Water
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LHS-Mapping Moving Water
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This discussion goes over several common surface conditions the artist will encounter when painting moving water. I introduce the important concept of using of dark, medium and light lights for mapping.
LHS-Mark Making for Water
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LHS-Mark Making for Water
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Focus on specific techniques for painting realistic water. These include working over an underpainting, dragging, using a sponge, your fingers and brushes.
how to paint sand with pastel
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LHS-The Color of Sand (part 1)
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I get asked this all the time. It's a conondrum because sand is a chameleon. It changes it's color based upon the source and color of the light hitting it. So how do you paint it? Let me show you.
Color of Painting Sand with Pastel
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LHS-The Color of Sand (part 2)
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I get asked this all the time. It's a conondrum because sand is a chameleon. It changes it's color based upon the source and color of the light hitting it. So how do you paint it? Let me show you.
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.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
38:17
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.
Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting
27:18
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.
pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan
2:01:20
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.
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 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 ...
Liz Haywood Sullivan paints a tree
23:15
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.
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
21:15
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 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
28:34
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.
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.
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..
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.
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 demo
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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.