Transcript and Key Insights I’m doing a cool scene today, so I’m starting with an underpainting color. Black on its own can feel a little ugly, so I’m mixing Prussian blu, which is quite transparent, with black to create a blue-black. Ivory black...
Transcript and Key Insights This painting started with an unconventional choice: a gray underpainting instead of the usual rich soil or reddish-brown we typically paint on. I used a tester pot from the paint store, inexpensive and effective. You can grab one yourself...
Transcript and Key Insights Creating successful paintings begins before the first brushstroke. Over my 15 years of nearly daily painting, I’ve developed a consistent approach that helps me get started effectively. The principles of making a good start remain consistent, regardless of the...
Transcript and Key Insights We’re still in 4×6 mode right now. I wouldn’t mind doing another 5 to 10 of these before moving on. When you get hooked into an idea, it can be very powerful, you can just let it carry you...
Transcript and Key Insights I painted this last week based on a photo I took back in 2012 during a trip to England. I’ve made several paintings from this reference over the years, all of them bigger than this one. Back then, I...
Transcript and Key Insights What I like to do with my painting is indicate the forms and features of the landscape that I might be painting. I work in a somewhat loose, fractured manner that is still highly indicative of the forms being...
Transcript and Key Insights I painted this a couple days ago, and I’m real happy with it. I want to tell you the whole story of this little painting. I had the basic reference image sitting around for months and months, and there...
Transcript and Key Insights Good morning. I’m doing a painting a day each four by six. I’m building up a good inventory of these little ones. This one’s quite interesting. The reference is beautiful. I’ve had it for ages. It was very low...
Transcript and Key Insights The difference between a painting that feels alive and one that feels flat often comes down to strategic color placement. You have your basic composition, your framework of the landscape, that’s absolutely critical. But you don’t need to constantly...
Transcript and Key Insights This is a riff on a painting by George Inness. I went through dozens and dozens of iterations of the reference to get here. I want to be able to give due to the inspiration for this image that...