Lessons Archive

Join Meadow as she brings her color study to a finish, honing in on the subtle temperature and value relationships between the objects in the still life. 

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Join Meadow as she finishes her Zorn palette portrait, and applies temperature-specific highlights.

Follow along as meadow finesses her edge work, increasing her saturation in key areas and dialing in her rendering on the focal points.

Watch as Meadow continues progress on her Zorn palette painting, moving beyond the initial lay-in and delving into color mixing.

Join Meadow as she teaches the relatively of color by using the limited "Zorn Palette" to achieve the illusion of a full-color image.  

Now that you've followed along with a warm light setup and a cool light setup, work on training your eye to understand the differences by comparing the images and analyzing them, side by side.

Learn to understanding how the temperature of your lighting affects the color of your object and the temperature of your shadows in this insightful lesson. As a bonus, discover the benefits of conducting color studies with a palette knife.

Join Meadow as she delves into the intricacies of working with the vibrant saturation of yellows, and learn how to manipulate this finicky color to integrate it with your background elements. 

Learn how drapery and background elements can influence a painting's subject as you follow along with Meadow in this "Holiday Theme" color scheme.

In this lesson, Meadow will cover the favorite complimentary color relationship of many artists; Blue and Orange.  Learn the importance of the color wheel, and how to train your eye to watch for color notes in your reference.

Join Lucas as he puts the finishing touches on his piece, completing his illustration.

As Jeff demonstrates the finishing strokes on this last lesson, work to follow along and execute your own economical brushwork and selective decision making skills.

Join Jeff, as he paints from one of his favorite models and emphasizes the importance of working efficiently, from stains to opaque passages.

Jeff will show you how to work broadly as you bring your piece to a finish, utilizing large brushstrokes and thinking of the reference as a "posterized" imagine as you put your marks to canvas.

This pose will demonstrate how to approach a more muscular, built form, using minimal brushstrokes to describe the accentuated musculature

With this piece, Jeff will demonstrate how to treat your painting as if it were a chess game; prioritizing your moves, taking in the information, and working efficiently with each current brushstroke, to set yourself up for the next following brushstroke.

Watch as Jeff completes his male profile painting, carving with the paint to find the form.

This lesson will approach the male form in profile, with an elegant distribution of weight and active/inactive sides.

Join Jeff as he finishes the pose he started in the previous video, using minimal brushwork to indicate key features.