MattMillerTag Archives - Epiphany Fine Art

Matt Miller-A La Carte Short Zorn Palette Demo

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In this video I discuss how to make colorful, visually balanced paintings with a limited palette. I discuss color mixes, visual surround, value, layout, and much more. This is the edited version of a three hour Zorn Palette video I made that was ...

MM-Concept To Composition

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In this video I delve into the concept behind the painting. The concept is what drives the painting from start to finish. It directs the choices in the layout of the composition, the control of light, shadow, value, color, edge, focus, and paint ...

MM-Deconstructing The Reference

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In this video I discuss and demonstrate what it means to "deconstruct the reference". Deconstructing the reference is an easy concept to intellectualize, yet often very difficult to master. In this video I give three short demonstrations and a bonus ...

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Corner Light Demo

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In this video we will demonstrate one of the most important lessons on how to make a flat object three dimensional.

Light and Lighting the Still life

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Here we discuss the type of light, how you position it, and the affect the direction light comes from has on your painting.

How to paint a white rose

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In this video I finish an already started painting of pink and white roses in a vase and demonstrate painting white roses.

Painting Pears (pt1)

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In this lesson I go over laying out and blocking in a simple still life, laying out flow through the painting, developing form with simple shapes, paint density, color, and edges. You can use this exercise to paint along at your own pace. Part 1

Painting Pears (pt2)

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In this lesson I go over laying out and blocking in a simple still life, laying out flow through the painting, developing form with simple shapes, paint density, color, and edges. You can use this exercise to paint along at your own pace. Part 2

Painting Grapes

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Here is a little demo to show how to paint grapes as a mass without "drawing" each grape. This is part of a continuing lesson on how to approach painting "complex" things.

Matt Miller Speed of Light painting demo

Speed of Light (Part 1)

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In this three part video I demonstrate how to describe the texture of the material you are painting by controlling the speed of the viewer's eye as it flows across the painted subject. In this demonstration I paint four different textured hard ...

Speed of Light (Part 2)

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In this three part video I demonstrate how to describe the texture of the material you are painting by controlling the speed of the viewer's eye as it flows across the painted subject. In a later video I will do four different textures of cloth. This ...

Speed of Light (Part 3)

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In this three part video I demonstrate how to describe the texture of the material you are painting by controlling the speed of the viewer's eye as it flows across the painted subject. In this demonstration I paint four different textured hard ...

Sinking in

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In this video we discuss the problems of "sinking in", when previously richly painted passages dry to a dull matte appearance, how to prevent sinking in, and how to mitigate it when it happens.

Matt’s Standard Palette

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In this brief video I go over my standard painting palette, the colors I use, and their placement on the palette. Paints should always be placed in the same location on your palette. Their location becomes a muscle memory so you don't have to think ...

Mediums

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In this short video I discuss the various types of oil painting mediums, what to avoid, what I use, and how to use the medium.

How to Move Your Hand

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In this basics video I demonstrate the proper way to hold and manipulate a brush

How to apply paint

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In this short follow up to our how to hold the brush video we again cover the basics, how to hold and move your hand to apply paint to the canvas.

How to hold the brush and tone a board

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In this short basics video we cover how to tone a board, how to hold the brush, and how to use it to properly apply paint.

Step back to paint

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In this brief basics video we cover the proper way to view your painting as you paint.

Properly set up and face your easel

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In this short basics video we cover the proper way to set up your easel (something commonly done wrong by beginning artists) and how to then face and use the easel to apply paint.