Lessons Archive

Now that I have the painting covered and have started the opaque passages, join me as I bring it up to a finish.

I will show you how to lay-in a beautiful High Sierra lake.

Now we will revisit clouds. I will show you how fun it can be to explore a clouds design and not get to literal.

The emphasis of this lesson is how to layer up possibly one of the most challenging landscape motifs', the Seascape. Sit back and enjoy.

Now that we have the pick and shovel work out of the way, watch as I work this painting up to a finish.

I will show you in this video tutorial how to stain in and start working up a snowscape scenario.

I will show you in this continuation video how to build off of your initial stains as we work up this s-curve composition to a finish.

Now that we have dissected the key areas of landscape, join me as we approach layering up an actual scene using these elements.

I will attempt to show you how to indicate interesting and believable rock shapes through indication rather than copying.

I will show you many interesting tips and tricks on how to paint fresh looking, nicely designed cloud shapes in this lesson.

I will show you in this lesson how to layer up a eucalyptus tree. I will also touch on key layering techniques that could be used in any number of other trees.

Join me in this video lesson as I show you how to lay-in a large High Sierra Pine.

Join me in this lesson for another look at painting rocks as small abstract patterns. I will show you how to view this dilemma as a simple layering process. Enjoy.

This second example gives you another look at painting a breaking wave and foam patterns. Sit back and enjoy.

In this video I demonstrate how to handle the forms of a breaking wave, possible one of the most difficult things to handle in landscape.

In this video I work up a cloud arrangement showing you how to properly move the shapes around.

This lesson shows the painting being brought to full coverage and value range.

As Jeff moves his way up the value chain, to progressively lighter values, watch his color choices. Jeff will work to turn form with shape, value, and temperature.