Essentials of Painting Guided Track 

Welcome to the course! Here’s what to expect.

Whether you are new to painting or advanced, its important to understand where you are to know the proper exercises to supplement your improvement!

In this video, I will be going over all the tools and essentials you need to know in Photoshop in order to be successful in this course. Please note that if you are new to Photoshop, I have an even more extensive FREE course on my youtube!

See photoshop basic course here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV7uN0oLJuWqX0fGczdEbMcbvJOg03pEw&si=yoAhV_gshrb_NyTc

This video will give you an overview of how value, line, shapes, edges, color and texture all exist in an artistic ecosystem to help you share your visual narrative.

In this lesson, you will learn about how you can use lines, shapes, masses, value, color, texture and edges to create paintings- the visual tools in your arsenal!

In this lesson, you will learn about the importance of an intentional composed image and how to use grids to design your paintings better!

Get confident at designing and problem solving by doing 2 value studies!

In this demo, I’ll show you how I tackle a notan study from an Edgar Payne Painting.

Do analog matrix studies on paper with a black marker!

Cue in light and shadow! In this lesson, we will learn about the elements that make up light and shadow and how we can simplify the values we see.

Learn about different value structures you can key your paintings to- high, mid and low- and how playing around with different value relationships is directly tied to mood.

I’ll show you how I tackle a 5 value study of a mid key painting!

In this video, I will show you how I use burnt sienna and water and a flat brush to block in a quick value study.

Learn how to do value studies with copic markers sticking to 3-5 values!

How do you know when to use softer or harder edges along with texture? The secret is within value contrast and grouping!

In this demo, I show you how I take my previous value study, and start playing with hard, firm and soft edges! The key to this exercise to get a feel of how edges can help you combine shapes and add to the readability of your painting.

Learn all about the anatomy of color so you can create glowing color relationships for confidently.

In this demo, I will show you how to create a color study with 2 brushes and the U tool.

Learn how to use the undertone of the a gouache value study to block in colors with the primary palette!

Grays are underrated, and you’re going to learn how to unleash their superpowers.

Learn how to mix grays from complementary colors and how simultaneous contrast works from a traditional standpoint. This will help you how to understand how to pick colors faster digitally.

Learn how to choose colors in the hue cube, HSB/HSV sliders and color wheel.

In this demo, I’ll show you how I go from matrix study to final painting and use grids to create a landscape painting inspired by artist Clyde Aspevig! I will take his same color palette to show you how I choose colors and think about lighting.

In this video, I’ll show you how I create a beach scape using the primary colors of white, lemon yellow, alizarin crimson, ultramarine+ a couple greens for extra vibrancy! This is great practice for understanding how to mix your grays and saturation.

Learn how to efficiently render light and shadow through plane changes.

The temperature of light changes throughout the day in direct and diffuse light, and understanding how that affects the colors we see is important!

In this demo, I recreate a landscape with ultramarine, yellow ochre, and white!

In this lesson, we will go over the key differences between direct lighting from the sun and diffuse (indirect) lighting on an overcast day and how to choose colors and design light and shadow in both these situations.

In this demo, I show you how I paint two 2”x2” paintings in gouache of a direct lighting sunset scene of the Grand Canyon and a overcast snowy scene.

Greens can be one of the hardest things to capture in a landscape and the secret is in shifting temperature within similar hues!

In this demo, I’ll show you how I interpret a lighting scenario that is a mix of direct and overcast and also how to refine this study on Photoshop using adjustment layers.

See how I tackle a 20 min plein air painting in ambient light on Heavy Paint!

There are simple techniques to create depth in your painting tied to value and color temperature!

In this lesson, we will recap the most important points in painting light and shadow and well as personal tips that help me push a painting further!

Plein air painting is not easy but is SUCH an important skill to become a better artist. Knowing the right questions to ask and things to observe in your subject matter can make a big difference!

In this demo, I show you how I push subtle temperature shifts and saturation in the shadow and light in this painting featuring the rocks at Alabama Hills.

In this demo, I’ll show you how I handle a warmer afternoon lighting situation inspired by Kyoto city shapes on Photoshop.