Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting

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.

Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting

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.

pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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

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

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 fog

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.

pastel painting of fog by Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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.

Part three of a pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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 sketch

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

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 clouds by Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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 ...

Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting demo

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 Haywood Sullivan paints a tree

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 pastel painting

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..

Shadows on a wall pastel part one Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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.

Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel painting

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.

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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.

Pastel painting by Liz Haywood-Sullivan

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.

Liz Haywood Sullivan pastel painting reference

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.

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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

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 ...

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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).

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LHS-Introduction to Underpainting

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What is underpainting? How does it work?

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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

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

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

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

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.

Liz Haywood-Sullivan pastel underpainting demo

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

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

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

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

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.

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LHS-What are Pastels?

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A discussion of how pastels are made, and what makes their colors standout.

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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

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.