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Getting Started
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Welcome to OilPaintingLessons.com and our community of artists. I really hope you are enjoying the lessons and that they enrich your painting experience. Painting is a rich and fulfilling adventure! I invite you to join me in an exploration of painting, finding both opportunities and challenges along the way! Alice Neel said “The minute I […]
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Painting Dramatic Mountains
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Paint a mountain scene using strong shapes and value differences. We’ll study a bit of aerial perspective to help us determine the correct value relationships in this mountain scene.
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Painting Water
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Capture the transparent beauty of water in a flowing river, painting the reflections of nearby trees and the rocks beneath the surface.
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Painting Trees
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You’ll learn how to capture the character of various kinds of trees in the landscape. We’ll deal with ‘green’ and consider direction of light and the volume of a cluster of trees.