Lesson 1: Setting Up

- Recommended Materials

- Arrange Your Palette

- Painting Terms

- Importance of Values

 

Lesson 2: Brushwork and Water-to-Paint Ratio

- The Right Way to Use Your Brush

- Too Much or Too Little Water

- Correcting without Messing Up

 

Lesson 3: Using Local Color

- Identify Local Color Values

- Light and Shade vs. Pure Color

- Prevent that Faded Look

 

Lesson 4: Mixing Colors & Tying In Cast Shadows

- Mix Great Colors

- Know How Colors Dry

- Create Natural Shadows

 

Lesson 5: Mixing Greens

- So much better when you mix them yourself

- Graded Washes

 

Lesson 6: Contour Drawing & Green Still Life

- Very Different from Sketching

- Learn with a Restricted Palette

- Use Your Mixed Greens

 

Lesson 7: Edges & Emphasis

- Where Do You Start

- Create Interest & Contrast

- Hards & Lost Edges

 

Lesson 8: Composition & Contour Drawing

- Arrange Subject Matter

- Compositional Silhouette

- Establish Proportions

 

Lesson 9: Large Floral Still Life

Watch the magic unfold as a Masterwork is created, step-by-step with the artist, from start to finish.

 

Lesson 10: Mixing Triads & Review of Large Still Life

- Blue Values

- Center of Interest

- Complements

- Symmetry