Darrell Crow uses a nice wide variety of brushes and techniques to teach in his own unique way how you can paint a beautiful crashing wave within a seascape. He talks about reference lines and to some extent creating a box to draw the wave within. Easy to pick up step by step approach for the beginner right through to the more advanced artist. Grab your brushes and just have fun.
Wilson Bickford: Oils Lesson – Painting A Sunset Pt 2
This is the concluding part of the two part series of ‘painting a sunset’ by Wilson Bickford. In this short video tutorial Bickford finalises his painting by adding the reflections and navigates you through the other processes which will take you through to a finalised painting. He uses a two inch scenery brush to drag the land mass down the page to form his reflection. Each step is excellently narrated and easy to follow so grab your brush and canvas and become as good as Bickford in ten minutes.
Wilson Bickford: Oils Lesson – Ocean Wave
Artist Wilson Bickford kicks off this video lesson by explaining to you the anatomy of the wave. How it needs to be formed to create a natural organic shape within the painting. He guides you through a series of painting techniques such as highlighting, shaping, spattering and directional movement of the brush to create movement. A variety of brushes are used in this demonstration as well such as the round and flat tip brushes.
Bob Ross: Painting Ocean Waves (Pt 3/19 How To Paint Water Series)
Bob Ross uses the paint brush to put basic movement in his seascape. He paints a horizon line as well as a beach line and then simply makes a ‘z’ shape using the brush within the two likes to capture the desired amounts of movement from the waves. A frequently asked question over the years for Ross was ‘Why is my water so flat looking?’, so this episode offers a resolution for this question. See what you think.
Wilson Bickford: Oils Lesson – Painting A Sunset Pt 1
Artist Wilson Bickford starts this video with a breakdown of the colors he uses on his palette to take on a generic sunset. He discusses blending implications and the loading up of paint and expresses the importance of taking both these techniques to the canvas. He uses a selection of brushes including the the ‘fan brush’ to develop his clouds and horizon lines. It is a very easy to follow video with professional narrating. This is the first instalment of a two part mini series. Enjoy.
