"The Joy of Painting" Final Reflections

1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:03,370 Hello, glad to see you again. 2 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:05,372 This being the last show of the series, we've 3 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:07,774 decided to devote it to a question and answer period. 4 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:11,678 We've had so many cards and letters from everyone who's watching us, and 5 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:16,416 today we're going to try to answer some of those questions right here on TV. 6 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,552 Also today, it's a great 7 00:00:18,652 --> 00:00:22,823 great privilege to me to be able to introduce the pride and joy in my life. 8 00:00:22,923 --> 00:00:25,626 This is my son Steve, and I've asked Steve to come 9 00:00:25,726 --> 00:00:28,729 give me a hand today, and he'll read questions for us. 10 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:30,230 Steve, glad to have you with us. 11 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:32,633 Good to see you today. 12 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:36,637 Okay, I think everybody has probably asked just about the same basic questions, and 13 00:00:36,737 --> 00:00:40,741 we've picked a few letters here today that will answer most of the basic questions. 14 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:46,980 If we don't answer your specific question, we will be dropping you 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,350 a line personally if it's something that only a few people ask. 16 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:52,920 So Steve, why don't you give us the first question? 17 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:55,889 Okay, the first question is, what is Magic White? 18 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:57,491 What is Magic White? 19 00:00:57,591 --> 00:01:02,396 Magic White is a very thin, white, oil-based paint. 20 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:05,132 And it's very important to know that it's an oil-based paint. 21 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:07,834 Please do not get it confused with gesso. 22 00:01:07,935 --> 00:01:09,536 Gesso is a water-based paint. 23 00:01:09,636 --> 00:01:11,004 It will not work. 24 00:01:11,104 --> 00:01:15,375 Magic White is designed to stay wet on the canvas for extended periods of time. 25 00:01:15,475 --> 00:01:20,714 And maybe we'll just demonstrate here a little bit how thin it really is. 26 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:24,518 And let's see, if I can take just a little bit here 27 00:01:24,618 --> 00:01:28,255 and we'll just put it right up here on the canvas. 28 00:01:28,355 --> 00:01:29,756 And it's very, very thin. 29 00:01:29,856 --> 00:01:32,526 It's almost like water. 30 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:34,294 Like so. 31 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:37,197 And I hope that does give you an idea of what magic white is. 32 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:40,133 The big thing is, do not confuse it with gesso. 33 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:43,103 There is a terrific difference between the two. 34 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:46,273 What's our next one, Steve? 35 00:01:46,373 --> 00:01:49,876 How do I tell if I have too much magic white on my canvas? 36 00:01:49,977 --> 00:01:52,145 It's a common mistake, mate. 37 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:55,382 It's very, very easy to put too much magic white. 38 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:58,418 And probably, well, let's just do it. 39 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:00,821 Let me get an almighty brush here. 40 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:05,425 And let's put some magic white on the canvas and we'll just sort of demonstrate. 41 00:02:05,525 --> 00:02:11,698 And you'll put the magic white on and really work it back and forth. 42 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:14,501 It takes a very thin coat of magic white. 43 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:20,907 Just enough to get the canvas wet. 44 00:02:21,008 --> 00:02:21,008 Okay. 45 00:02:21,108 --> 00:02:23,143 Just like so. 46 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:27,180 If there's any doubt in your mind and you think you may have too much magic white, I suggest you clean your 47 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,218 brush, dry it very well, go back over the canvas and remove any excess magic white that's on your canvas. 48 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:40,127 Okay, so you just rub this in very, very good here. 49 00:02:40,227 --> 00:02:44,097 And work it back and forth. 50 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:45,565 There we go. 51 00:02:47,968 --> 00:02:51,605 Nice even distribution of paint. 52 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:56,510 Once again, if there's any doubt in your mind, clean your brush and go back over it. 53 00:02:56,610 --> 00:02:59,446 It will pick up the excess. 54 00:02:59,546 --> 00:03:02,015 Okay, what do we have next? 55 00:03:02,115 --> 00:03:05,285 Can I use any kind of oil paint for this method? 56 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:10,123 The biggest thing that we're looking for is a paint that is very, very firm. 57 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:12,993 It has to be as thick as you can possibly get it. 58 00:03:13,093 --> 00:03:17,798 What we suggest is you go down, open the tube of paint, squeeze it. 59 00:03:17,898 --> 00:03:20,634 It should stand approximately three quarters 60 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:23,003 of an inch above the tube by itself. 61 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:25,906 When you open it and squeeze it, if the paint's sort 62 00:03:26,006 --> 00:03:28,875 of oily, if it runs out the sides, it will not work. 63 00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:30,510 We suggest that you really try this. 64 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:32,546 It has to be firm. 65 00:03:32,646 --> 00:03:33,680 Okay? 66 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:36,983 What's the next one? 67 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:40,654 The brushes I purchased not seem to work. 68 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:42,622 What do you suggest? 69 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:44,057 We run into this quite frequently. 70 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:47,627 People will watch what we're doing here on TV and they go down to the 71 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:51,398 local hardware store and they purchase the cheapest brush they can find. 72 00:03:51,498 --> 00:03:54,868 Most of the time you'll end up with a nylon brush. 73 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:58,472 The brushes that we use, let me just pick one up here. 74 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:01,007 The brushes that we use are natural bristle. 75 00:04:01,108 --> 00:04:03,744 These are split bore bristle brushes. 76 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:06,246 So when you purchase a brush, 77 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:08,815 Get one that is natural bristle. 78 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:10,817 Do not let them sell you a nylon brush. 79 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:11,752 It will not work. 80 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:14,287 It cuts paint. 81 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:18,592 Okay, what's our next question? 82 00:04:18,692 --> 00:04:21,928 Can I clean my brushes in turpentine? 83 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:23,130 Turpentine. 84 00:04:23,230 --> 00:04:24,331 Several things are wrong. 85 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:28,368 Number one, it has a terrible odor that will drive you out of the house. 86 00:04:28,468 --> 00:04:30,937 You'll be painting all by yourself very soon. 87 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:32,873 Probably the biggest thing that happens with 88 00:04:32,973 --> 00:04:35,041 turpentine, it leaves a residue in your brushes. 89 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:38,011 That can only be cleaned out with soap and water. 90 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:41,081 And if you use soap and water on natural bristle brushes, you're 91 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:44,050 gonna find they get very fuzzy and begin to lose their shape. 92 00:04:44,151 --> 00:04:48,054 We suggest that you clean only with odorless paint thinner. 93 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:50,957 And do not use turpentine. 94 00:04:51,057 --> 00:04:54,127 Okay, what do we have next? 95 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:58,632 Is it alright to use canvas boards to paint on? 96 00:04:58,732 --> 00:05:02,269 This is a question that's asked over and over because canvas 97 00:05:02,369 --> 00:05:05,939 boards are much more reasonably priced than stretch canvas. 98 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:09,176 The big problem with using canvas boards is that 99 00:05:09,276 --> 00:05:12,813 inside the canvas board is a thin layer of cardboard. 100 00:05:12,913 --> 00:05:16,183 The cardboard has a tendency to absorb your magic white and 101 00:05:16,283 --> 00:05:19,619 your canvas will become dry before the picture is finished. 102 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:22,622 We really recommend that you use a canvas that's covered 103 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:25,792 with an acrylic primer, double-primed. 104 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:27,928 Two coats of acrylic. 105 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:32,999 And we find that the stretch canvas is much, much better than the canvas board. 106 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:37,170 Also, the knife has a slight curve in the long edge. 107 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:38,538 It is not straight. 108 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:44,511 The curve is designed in there so when you push the canvas, it forms to the knife. 109 00:05:44,611 --> 00:05:47,214 So we really recommend that you use stretch canvas. 110 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:49,649 What do we have next? 111 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:52,152 The snow on the mountains is so beautiful, but 112 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:54,721 I'm having a hard time making the paint break. 113 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:56,790 Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? 114 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:59,492 Well, maybe we'll just demonstrate. 115 00:05:59,593 --> 00:06:01,561 And I think I can probably answer most of 116 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:03,797 the problems you're having just by doing it. 117 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:09,870 So let's just mix up a little blue-brown and a little touch of alizarin and white. 118 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:15,242 And let's just build an almighty mountain. 119 00:06:15,342 --> 00:06:18,545 I think first of all, so we have a little back 120 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:21,114 ground here to play with, let's just put in 121 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:23,817 a very quick little simple sky and some blue. 122 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:27,888 Just so we have something for the mountain to set 123 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:31,725 here against, rather than just a white canvas. 124 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:36,396 We'll just throw in a little blue paint. 125 00:06:38,798 --> 00:06:40,700 Okay. 126 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:46,072 Just enough to give us a nice little sky here. 127 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:53,179 Several things are probably happening. 128 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:56,049 And we'll try to cover each one individually here. 129 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:59,219 So let's make a basic mountain shape. 130 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,789 And let's just say this is our mountain here. 131 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,225 Probably the first thing that's happening is 132 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:07,994 that you're leaving too much paint on the canvas. 133 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:12,032 We want to remove all the excess paint that we possibly can. 134 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:14,734 And we're pushing very, very hard. 135 00:07:14,834 --> 00:07:19,706 It's a matter of pushing the paint right into the fabric. 136 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:22,208 So when you're doing this, get tough with it, get strong. 137 00:07:22,309 --> 00:07:25,211 This is the time to take out all your frustrations. 138 00:07:25,312 --> 00:07:27,580 It's much better than kicking the dog around 139 00:07:27,681 --> 00:07:29,849 the house or taking it out on your spouse. 140 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:33,253 This is the way you take out your frustrations. 141 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:35,322 Now I've scraped all the paint off here that I can get. 142 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:40,060 Now I'm gonna take the big brush and pull this down. 143 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,731 This will take even more paint off and thin what's here. 144 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:48,468 So there's virtually nothing left on the canvas except 145 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:54,808 just the color that's pushed into the material. 146 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:57,344 So here we have a basic mountain shape. 147 00:07:57,444 --> 00:08:01,381 If you're having problems with the snow breaking, the 148 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:06,286 most common problem is that you're pushing too hard. 149 00:08:06,386 --> 00:08:11,191 This is absolutely the most delicate touch imaginable. 150 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:13,860 I remember when I was teaching Steve to paint, I used to tell 151 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,496 him to pretend he was a whisper floating across a mountain. 152 00:08:16,596 --> 00:08:18,498 It's that light of a touch. 153 00:08:18,598 --> 00:08:24,838 So, you touch it, just let it grab, and just the weight of the knife. 154 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:29,009 And you can make this snow just break and flow right down the mountain. 155 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:31,945 But you need to do this with, oh, pretend your hand, 156 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:34,748 if you're not careful, is gonna float right away. 157 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,384 It's that light of a touch. 158 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:43,423 And then you can add oil, the snow that you want on here. 159 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:45,525 And think about where light's gonna strike. 160 00:08:45,625 --> 00:08:48,428 This is another problem that we run into. 161 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:52,465 Think about your light, if it's coming from here, where it's gonna 162 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:56,536 strike all the little protrusions that come up from the mountain. 163 00:08:58,338 --> 00:08:59,839 Just like so. 164 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:10,250 The shadows are just like the highlights, only we're going in the opposite direction. 165 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:14,220 And I think you've heard me say over and over in this 166 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,992 show, each highlight must have his own private shadow. 167 00:09:19,092 --> 00:09:20,126 Each one. 168 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:25,765 So if you wanna make a peak stand out, give him his 169 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:30,503 own private little highlight, or a shadow, I'm sorry. 170 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:32,672 Okay, there we go. 171 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:41,881 But probably the biggest problem, once again, is too much pressure. 172 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:46,086 Use a very, very delicate touch. 173 00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:49,756 And the diffusing is another area we run into a lot of problems. 174 00:09:49,856 --> 00:09:55,128 And here, it's a light touch, a very, very light touch. 175 00:09:55,228 --> 00:09:58,998 It's so easy to destroy this, and especially if you're using a paint 176 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:03,236 that's not super, super strong, firm, you're gonna destroy all your work. 177 00:10:04,871 --> 00:10:09,676 So use a firm paint, barely touch the canvas. 178 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:12,979 Just enough to diffuse this. 179 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:20,653 And then we lift in the direction and the angle that the mountain is flowing. 180 00:10:20,753 --> 00:10:27,694 We lift it upward just to take out the little tap marks. 181 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:32,565 And just let it blend right into nothing. 182 00:10:32,665 --> 00:10:37,036 And you can just make that big old mountain lay right around there in the mist. 183 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:39,472 Okay, Steve, what's our next question? 184 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:42,475 Would you show us up close how to make the trees and bushes? 185 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:46,446 I'm also having trouble making the highlights stick to the canvas. 186 00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:48,948 Another very common problem. 187 00:10:49,048 --> 00:10:51,451 Okay, let's make some, I'll show you several 188 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:53,753 different ways here to make some trees. 189 00:10:53,853 --> 00:10:58,224 And maybe we can get the camera to come in real close. 190 00:10:58,324 --> 00:11:01,928 When we start this and you can actually see how the brush is bending. 191 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:04,664 I'm gonna take a little blue and brown, little 192 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:07,133 touch of alizarin here, little sap green. 193 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:09,235 We'll just mix all these together. 194 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:12,438 Now, if we can bring the camera in very close, 195 00:11:12,539 --> 00:11:15,842 you can see how full of paint the brush is here. 196 00:11:15,942 --> 00:11:18,444 Has a lot of paint in there. 197 00:11:18,545 --> 00:11:21,548 Okay, let's make a nice big leafy tree. 198 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:24,617 We go into the canvas and we just bend the bristles. 199 00:11:24,717 --> 00:11:27,453 And you see what's happening. 200 00:11:27,554 --> 00:11:33,593 Thousands and thousands of little leaves just happen. 201 00:11:37,564 --> 00:11:40,366 And we can make this tree any size we want it. 202 00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:47,807 We just keep working and playing on it here and it just grows right off your brush. 203 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:50,710 Okay, we'll put another little one right here while we got paint on the brush. 204 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:55,615 Now, this is the way we make a leafy tree. 205 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:59,352 And one of the ways to make bushes, for example, is to use 206 00:11:59,452 --> 00:12:03,156 a big brush, go straight into the canvas, and bend upward. 207 00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:04,857 Just push upward. 208 00:12:04,958 --> 00:12:06,693 That's all there is to it. 209 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:09,062 All we're doing is just bending the bristles. 210 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:11,531 Make the bristles work for you. 211 00:12:11,631 --> 00:12:13,700 You're the master. 212 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:16,769 Okay, let's look at there. 213 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:19,739 Already we have a tree, mountains, nice little bushes. 214 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:21,341 Son of a gun. 215 00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:24,377 Okay, how to make 216 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:25,678 an evergreen tree. 217 00:12:25,778 --> 00:12:29,515 We'll mix up some dark paint here, and we'll just use the 218 00:12:29,616 --> 00:12:33,786 same colors, blue-brown, a little touch of alizarin sap green. 219 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:37,757 Very, very dark. 220 00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:43,196 And we'll take and fill a brush full of paint. 221 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:49,068 Probably the biggest single problem we have is not putting enough paint into the brush. 222 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:53,072 It takes a lot of paint to stick these bristles together. 223 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:59,345 Okay, let's just go right up here on the canvas and let's make an evergreen tree. 224 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:00,046 Let's just touch. 225 00:13:00,146 --> 00:13:02,715 All we're doing at first is just touching the 226 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:05,318 canvas just to sort of give us a guideline. 227 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:10,490 Then we take the corner of the brush and we start working from the center out. 228 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:13,493 The center of the tree is normally always the thickest 229 00:13:13,593 --> 00:13:16,095 because you have limbs on the back of the tree 230 00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:19,999 You have the trunk in the center and the limbs on the front, all of 231 00:13:20,099 --> 00:13:24,904 which stop light and make the center of the tree look very, very thick. 232 00:13:25,004 --> 00:13:28,374 Okay, let me just finish this little tree up here. 233 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:32,412 Another thing we work very hard to accomplish in doing this, 234 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:36,816 as tree limbs get older, they have a tendency to hang more. 235 00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:42,021 And underneath, the little needles and stuff begin, oh, they get tired. 236 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:43,790 Some of them begin dying. 237 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:46,926 And you always have these little things underneath. 238 00:13:47,026 --> 00:13:50,830 For lack of a better word, I call them hangy-downs. 239 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:55,301 There may be a proper name for them, but we just call them hangy-downs. 240 00:13:55,401 --> 00:14:00,740 Okay, let's do that, let's do that again, just so you can see one more time. 241 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:06,145 And if we can get the camera in here real close, let's do one right about here. 242 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:11,117 We touch, get us a little guideline, then we start right with the corner. 243 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:14,020 So the first time it's just a little touch. 244 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,289 Next time, a little bigger. 245 00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:18,925 And we're just working outward. 246 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:22,128 Always from the center out. 247 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:27,767 And nothing wrong with reloading your brush several times through there. 248 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,869 So you have a lot of paint. 249 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:36,943 And we're not drawing with a brush, we're just touching it and letting it come off. 250 00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:44,016 Okay, so that's, I'll put some more little bushes right here. 251 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:49,389 We also can use this one inch brush to make all mighty trees. 252 00:14:49,489 --> 00:14:57,630 And all you're doing is the same thing we did with the big one, we just push. 253 00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:59,665 Push, push, push. 254 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:05,037 And you can use them sideways just like you did the big brush to 255 00:15:05,138 --> 00:15:09,108 make all these nice little grassy areas come down through here. 256 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:12,779 There we go. 257 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:19,185 And let's go back to the big brush and just fill this up. 258 00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:21,788 Give you an idea here. 259 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:30,329 Okay. 260 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:33,933 The big brush covers a lot of space in a very short time. 261 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:36,903 Use it to your advantage. 262 00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:42,275 Okay, I think the other part of the question was 263 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:45,878 They were having trouble making their highlights stick on the trees. 264 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:49,549 So, let's put some highlights on these trees. 265 00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:55,388 First of all, I'm gonna take a little brown and white here and make some trunks. 266 00:15:55,488 --> 00:15:57,156 Might as well show the trunks too. 267 00:15:57,256 --> 00:16:03,429 All we're doing here is touching and pulling sort of to the left. 268 00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:09,068 And you can put as many of these little trunks in as you want. 269 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:14,740 Over here, just like so, and then just ever so often. 270 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:18,978 And we can put little trunks growing everywhere. 271 00:16:19,078 --> 00:16:20,680 There they go. 272 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:25,485 And over here we'll do the same thing. 273 00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:29,789 Just touch, indications, you don't see the whole trunk. 274 00:16:29,889 --> 00:16:35,027 Because we're gonna have leaves in the front. 275 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:37,830 Okay. 276 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:41,834 Now, to put these highlights on, we're gonna take and dip the 277 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:45,905 brush into some magic white, and then pull it through color. 278 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,577 And maybe we'll make some nice green highlights. 279 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:55,815 I'll put a little touch of phthalo green in here. 280 00:16:55,915 --> 00:17:03,022 And all you do is just push, just enough to bend the bristles. 281 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:07,560 And just lay all those beautiful little leaves on there. 282 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:10,129 Thousands and thousands of them. 283 00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:15,034 I used to spend weeks with my one-haired brush trying to do this. 284 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:18,938 It almost made me angry the first time I saw Alexander on TV, 285 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:23,109 that he could do in a matter of minutes what took me days to do. 286 00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:28,447 Okay. 287 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:31,551 Now, there's nothing wrong with going back 288 00:17:31,651 --> 00:17:35,087 into your Magic White and adding a little more. 289 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:38,925 So maybe we'll just put some highlights on here 290 00:17:39,025 --> 00:17:43,162 and let you really see how the highlights are made. 291 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:49,769 And if you want to put some little smaller bushes down here, 292 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:53,873 you're still using the same technique, pushing with a brush. 293 00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:59,378 Just wherever you want them. 294 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:02,715 You can also use this brush 295 00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:08,087 sideways and make beautiful little highlights. 296 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:11,691 Just let them sort of wander around wherever they want to go. 297 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:16,028 You can spend a tremendous amount of time worrying about where things should be. 298 00:18:16,128 --> 00:18:18,764 In the period of time that you spend worrying about 299 00:18:18,864 --> 00:18:21,467 it, you could have completed an almighty painting. 300 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:25,171 For the evergreen trees, I bring the brush back to a 301 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:28,908 nice sharp point, just like I did to make the trees. 302 00:18:29,008 --> 00:18:32,478 And I start right up here at the top, 303 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:33,679 and just begin touching. 304 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:37,083 Evergreen trees are normally darker than other trees anyway, so you 305 00:18:37,183 --> 00:18:40,820 don't want to kill all this beautiful dark color that you've got in here. 306 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,124 You start at the top on any kind of tree and work down. 307 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,693 By working down, your brush is automatically 308 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,996 picking up the color that's underneath. 309 00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:53,032 Automatically gets darker as it goes down. 310 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:56,636 Because in nature, the light would come through here, 311 00:18:56,736 --> 00:19:00,172 it would strike the top of the tree normally first. 312 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:02,341 That would be the brightest area. 313 00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:06,145 Also, as limbs get older, they lose a lot of their chlorophyll. 314 00:19:06,245 --> 00:19:10,049 They begin losing a lot of their beautiful green color. 315 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:12,985 So automatically this happens, you don't have to work at it. 316 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:15,988 Let the brush work, let the paint work. 317 00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:19,925 We'll highlight this other little evergreen over here. 318 00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:25,398 Right here, okay, we just take and just touch. 319 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:29,035 And according to which side your light's coming from, you want that 320 00:19:29,135 --> 00:19:32,872 side of the tree to be just a little bit brighter than the other one. 321 00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:35,741 Okay, while I'm over here, I think I'll put some highlights 322 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:38,177 on this other tree, give you one more to look at. 323 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:46,352 Okay, but back to the basic problem. 324 00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:48,821 If it doesn't stick, 325 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:52,958 Majority of times, your problem is your paint is too thick. 326 00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:56,896 So add a little more Magic White with it. 327 00:19:56,996 --> 00:20:03,135 And we'll throw some little highlights on this one. 328 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:06,906 Okay, let me wash out the brush. 329 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:14,513 And we'll put just a couple more little highlights in here. 330 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:17,950 We'll see what our next question is. 331 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,118 There we go. 332 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:22,321 Just let them fall in here. 333 00:20:24,023 --> 00:20:26,358 Wherever you want them. 334 00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:30,563 And another thing we do is mix the color on the brush. 335 00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:34,533 You've probably heard me say that throughout this series several times, but it's 336 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:38,671 very important because that way you get a variety of color all on the same brush. 337 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:44,910 Okay, I think that's enough playin'. 338 00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:47,747 Steve, what's our next question? 339 00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:49,482 I love the reflections you do. 340 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:52,351 Would you go over the process you use to make them? 341 00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:54,820 Hmm, that's one I shoulda had to ask a little 342 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,456 earlier, but I don't think that's any problem. 343 00:20:57,556 --> 00:21:00,459 Let me clean out my big brush here. 344 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:04,463 And we'll just see what we can do. 345 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:09,135 This is also a good example of how you can change 346 00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:11,937 a picture right in the middle of the picture. 347 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:15,207 So, Steve wants some reflections, so let's give him reflections. 348 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:23,349 We'll just start right along in here and start pulling this downward. 349 00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:26,085 Just maybe like so. 350 00:21:26,185 --> 00:21:30,956 All we're doing is pulling the paint down. 351 00:21:34,493 --> 00:21:42,501 Okay, now, gently go across it, just enough to give it a watery effect, don't destroy. 352 00:21:46,739 --> 00:21:53,245 Now maybe you wanna make a little more distinct reflection. 353 00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:57,416 So, let's put a nice little bright yellow bush right here. 354 00:21:57,516 --> 00:22:02,021 And let's reflect that bush right into the water. 355 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:03,656 And we can just reflect a lot of things. 356 00:22:03,756 --> 00:22:07,660 Well, we got it on the brush here. 357 00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:10,396 Okay. 358 00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:13,599 Maybe we'll put a nice little bush out here that we can reflect. 359 00:22:13,699 --> 00:22:17,469 All I've done is turn the brush over, and 360 00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:21,707 I'm putting the bushes right into the water. 361 00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:25,544 Okay, now maybe we can get a close-up shot 362 00:22:25,644 --> 00:22:28,581 right in here, and let's see what we can do. 363 00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:32,651 We have the paint laid on the canvas, so now we're gonna take and very lightly, you 364 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:36,689 almost let a hair touch, it's that light of a touch, gonna gently pull that down. 365 00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:43,596 You don't wanna destroy, you just wanna diffuse it. 366 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:47,499 Now we're gonna slight, with a light, light touch, 367 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,237 just come across it to give it a watery effect. 368 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:56,475 Okay, now we can do the same thing over here. 369 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,713 Just like so. 370 00:23:00,813 --> 00:23:03,115 And you see what it looks like at this point. 371 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,684 Don't worry about making it perfect with the first stroke. 372 00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:09,922 You have to pull down, and then very gently, 373 00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:13,893 come across, and it's very easy to destroy this. 374 00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:17,963 So all you wanna do is just barely touch the canvas. 375 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:21,333 Let a hair almost touch the canvas. 376 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:23,969 Another thing that we get a lot of questions 377 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:26,138 about is putting the water lines in. 378 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,307 So we might as well put some in. 379 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:33,045 Here I'm gonna use just straight Magic White. 380 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,847 Put a little bit on the knife. 381 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:38,150 And the one thing to remember here, if you're 382 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:41,954 making still water, it's always flat, always level. 383 00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:45,991 So every little line that you put in it must be basically flat. 384 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:51,964 You can go anywhere you wanna go with it, but you have to keep them straight, okay? 385 00:23:52,064 --> 00:23:53,232 Good example here. 386 00:23:53,332 --> 00:23:58,604 Looks like this is traveling right on back. 387 00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:02,675 Okay, we'll put a little more magic white on our 388 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:07,146 knife, and we're just cutting into the canvas. 389 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:08,480 Look there. 390 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:13,686 And just let it go wherever you want it to go. 391 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:17,790 Okay, now maybe over here on this side, we'll take a little bit of Van Dyke brown, 392 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:21,794 and we'll just show how you can make it look like soil, dirt, rocks, whatever. 393 00:24:26,532 --> 00:24:29,535 And we're just laying a little color on here. 394 00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:32,838 Straight Van Dyke brown. 395 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:38,277 Okay, then we'll take a little blue, white, and brown, 396 00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:42,147 And just like we were making mountains again, let it break. 397 00:24:42,247 --> 00:24:45,784 Let it break, leave these open spots. 398 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:51,023 So it gives the appearance of dirt or stones. 399 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:56,628 Okay, now we can put a little water line underneath here with the magic wipe. 400 00:24:56,729 --> 00:25:03,469 You're still keeping these lines basically straight. 401 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:04,570 Okay. 402 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:12,074 403 00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:23,155 And we'll just add a few little sticks here and there. 404 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,559 Maybe you want to show a little something happening here. 405 00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:36,502 You can just pull that down a little so it's not just a straight line going across. 406 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:36,635 Okay. 407 00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:38,971 Just to break it up a little bit. 408 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:44,576 And we'll put some little sticks here and there. 409 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:50,516 And maybe we'll take just a touch more color and let it run 410 00:25:50,616 --> 00:25:54,119 down this dirt area here so it looks like it all comes together. 411 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:58,090 You don't wanna have a straight line right across there. 412 00:25:58,190 --> 00:26:01,693 So we'll just break it up here and there with some 413 00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:05,798 little grass that's growing down on the bank right here. 414 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,166 Okay. 415 00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:10,702 We could throw a few more little sticks here and there. 416 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,472 Sometimes you can scratch through the paint, let 417 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,508 the white show through and give yourself a very nice 418 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:20,712 effect of little sticks, little trunks happening here in the bushes. 419 00:26:20,813 --> 00:26:24,817 Or sometimes you might want to take a little bit of paint and lay in there. 420 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,385 Just like so. 421 00:26:30,823 --> 00:26:32,558 There we go. 422 00:26:32,658 --> 00:26:38,430 And let some of these sticks run down on the bank too, on the soil area. 423 00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:42,367 It's not unusual, very common in fact, to have a lot 424 00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:46,338 of little twigs and sticks growing around the water. 425 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:50,242 And just let these little things happen. 426 00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:56,548 It really produces a tremendous feeling of depth in a picture. 427 00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:59,718 Well, you know, we've sat here and answered questions, 428 00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:02,654 and son of a gun if we hadn't finished a picture. 429 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:07,693 And I think with that I'm gonna sort of bring this to a close. 430 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:12,531 I hope we've answered the majority of your questions that really bother you. 431 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:14,433 If you still have problems, 432 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,702 or if there's anything you'd like to know about this 433 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:18,871 method of painting, feel free to drop us a line. 434 00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:23,742 We'll be glad to answer any question that you have, as long as it's not too personal. 435 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:26,578 We'll just about answer anything. 436 00:27:26,678 --> 00:27:30,649 And on behalf of my son, Steve, the entire crew here, I would like to thank you very, very much for 437 00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:34,686 being with us through this 13-part series, and hopefully we'll see you again in the near future. 438 00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:45,697 And with that, I'm gonna sign this picture 439 00:27:45,797 --> 00:27:50,235 And tell each and every one of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. 440 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:53,839 We've enjoyed being with you. 441 00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:55,641 Happy painting. 442 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:24,903 You 442 00:28:25,305 --> 00:29:25,399 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm