by Francine Dufour-Jones | Mar 6, 2023
“Fall Foliage and Still Waters” A presentation at the 2020 AIAC Fall Conference By Francine Dufour Jones. In this presentation, we will focus on fabulous fall foliage and water reflections. This is a new version of a painting I did in oils. I wanted to see how to...
by Sheryl Williams | Feb 4, 2021
Perspective is a very important element to consider when you have multipe shapes in a painting. You need to know how to show how they relate to each other by size and position. In this video you will learn how to use the key elements of vanishing points and lines of...
by Sheryl Williams | Feb 4, 2021
There are several online tools that will help you work with your reference photos. A few of my favorites are Pixlr Editor and Swatches. With Pixlr Editor you can crop and resize your images as well as us it as a color picker. Swatches is an App that allows you to pick...
by Sheryl Williams | Feb 4, 2021
Discover the importance of your light source in depicting your scene and/or objects in your painting. Go through examples of different light sources on one subject to find what creates the most promising image to...
by Sheryl Williams | Feb 2, 2021
We all love color. In this lesson learn about the History of the Color Wheel, Color shift when paired colors, warm and cool colors, mixing inks and color schemes with...