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Concept to Canvas — 75 episodes

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Paint shapes and not things

2

Mixing Greens in the Mountains: Tips for Summer Landscapes

3

Size Versus Quality

4

Do not over explain

5

Alone Time for Artists

6

Are you a Slow or Fast Painter?

7

Work the Whole Painting

8

Does Brush Work Really Matter?

9

Are Distant Shadows Always Lighter?

10

How to Create the Illusion of light

11

Painting rocks underwater

12

Know Your Limitations

13

Best Cameras for Landscape Painters

14

What are you Celebrating?

15

Stop Painting Large

16

Art has no Middle or End

17

5 Topics Painters Struggle with

18

Do I Need to Know My Subject?

19

Same Subject, Different Teacher

20

Picking a Frame

21

Choosing the Right Rig for your Tripod

22

Can Too Much Information Hurt?

23

Fear as a Motivator

24

Identify Shapes

25

What is a Cool Red

26

Should I Move Elements Around - with Randy Sexton

27

Gettin The Character - with Andy Evansen

28

How to Paint Rocks Under Water

29

New Studio (where to paint)

30

Paper I Like To Use

31

Mixing Greens with - Matt Smith as special guest

32

Premix Colors (or NOT)

33

Why I Dont Use Raw Umber

34

Camera is Not Bad But...

35

Is Painting Same As Drawing?

36

Should I use texture with oils?

37

Is A Outdoor Painting Better?

38

Use Pastels Like Paint

39

H or B for Pencils

40

Natural or Synthetic Brushes

41

1/6th Of A Second or Two Hours to Study

42

Why You Should Clean Your Brush Often

43

Getting Criticized or Critiqued

44

Getting Motionally Attached To Your Painting

45

Should I Repeat The Same Painting?

46

How To Loosen Cap On Paint Tube

47

Why North Light Is Not Important

48

How to Mix Warm Greens

49

Painting From A Monitor

50

Why I Use the XLong Brush

51

Why I Use Flat Brushes

52

Inside or Outside to Paint

53

Using Vine Charcoal

54

Using Design Aides

55

Painting From Natural & Artificial Light

56

Which Yellow To Use

57

Confidence

58

Using Mirror in The Studio

59

Using Black or Not

60

How [failure] can be a good thing

61

Painting Fall Colors

62

The Beauty of gray’s

63

Line Direction

64

Glass Palette

65

Why You Need To Draw

66

2 Hours Paintings Outside

67

How Paint Better Values

68

Key Steps To Painting Reflected Light In Your Rocks

69

2 Key Things When Painting Water

70

3 Key Things To A Successful Painting

71

Why We Need To Design

72

How to paint edges on trees

73

Hard work does matter

74

Hard Work vs Talent

75

Consistency Matters