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Pastel Painting Demo: How to Create Crashing Waves

Pastel Painting Demo: How to Create Crashing Waves

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Landscape painting tutorial - Richard McKinley, "Pacific Sentinels," 2019, pastel over watercolor, 15x 10 in., Collection the artist, Plein air

Tutorial: Don’t Underestimate the Underpainting

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Carla Bosch demonstrates how to use brush strokes, color choices, and shape placement to create perspective and depth in landscape paintings.

How to Create Perspective and Depth in a Landscape

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Landscape painting by Bill Davidson

Glow, Energy, Texture: How to Paint Landscapes Step by Step Demo

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Trey Finney, "Hillside Cache," 2018, oil, 24 x 24 in., Collection the artist, Studio

Landscape Painting Demo: Building and Taking Away

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It’s Official: Plein Air Live is Back!

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Painting composition lesson - This demo breaks down neatly into three masses, with the sky and snow forming two of them and the river and land elements combining into one abstract shape. One could think of the snow and sky as just one big mass with a dark overlay as well. (The final count is not as important as the act of seeing the shapes.)

Understanding Masses for a Strong Landscape Painting Composition

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Peggy Immel, "Spring Willows," 2019, oil, 9x 12 in., Collection the artist, Plein air

Landscape Painting Tutorial: Plotting Points of Interest

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Brian Blood, "Parallel Parking in Paris," oil, 12 x 16 in.

An Approach to Painting Landscapes, In Studio and Plein Air

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Acrylic color temperature demo

What Is Color Temperature?

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Painting atmosphere - Kathleen Hudson, "Rolling Surf," 2018, oil, 13 x 21 in., Collection the artist, Plein air

Creating Atmosphere: An 8-Step Landscape Painting Tutorial

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Creative Expression - Richard McKinley, "Tennessee Trees," 2015, pastel over watercolor, 12 x 9 in., private collection, plein air

7 Tips for Greater Creative Expression

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Scott Christensen, Gouache Study, 2020, gouache, 8 x 8 in., Private collection, Plein air and studio

Scott Christensen on Establishing Key

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Don Demers has a line he uses with his students: “Painting is not an art. It’s a craft.”

4 Ways Don Demers Approaches a Landscape

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Painting figures for beginners

6 Tips for Painting People in a Landscape

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"Mill Creek Glimmer" by Jill Stefani Wagner, pastel landscape painting demo

New Pastel Demo From Jill Stefani Wagner

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Christine Code, "River Hills," 2024, oil, 6 x 6 in., Available from Dervilia Art & Design, Plein air

How to Paint Clouds: My Approach and 3 Tips ☁️☁️☁️

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Deborah Tilby, “Prairie Snow,” oil on muslin covered panel, 24 x 24 in.

Creating the “Feeling” of Melting Snow

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landscape painting - Michael Chesley Johnson, "Early Spring Day," 2019, oil, 11 x 14 in., Studio, Collection of the artist.

Refining and Finishing a Landscape Painting

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Painting landscapes - acrylic painting

That Unknown, Undefined, Yet Beautiful Balance

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