Virtual American West

Town, water, aspen, mountains, vista, gallery of projects. Use chapter bars to navigate. Narrated as to: interest, pitfalls, and solutions.

15min

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Use the video or still shots to make a painting. Design, compose or find the 'main idea' to clarify intent before painting.

I like video for reference for several reasons.

1) The less 'crispy' quality of video allows for better art groupings and detail simplification.

2) I can 'move' around an object to appreciate the 3-D quality and perhaps splice elements together that are not present in a still frame.

3) video shows motion - video 'feels' more realistic

Take a screenshot or pause the video where you like. I like to work from multiple references, so I've grouped the reference for skimming and jumping around. This is my favorite way to work and I use 20-30 photos and art/sketches to begin a painting. As the art progresses, I have 2-4 primary images, but I often 'shop' for additional photos as I go as well. This is my process, see what works for you!

I realized in creating this video that I've done a LOT of western scenes.... and I saw so many more I want to create. The west is so inspiring, have fun!

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Episodes

Welcome

1: Virtual West Orientation Zoom

2: Western Landscape - Reference

3: Summer Mountain - Oil Demo

4: Aspen Plein Air - Zoom Class

5: Mountains & Clouds - Oil Demo

6: Plein Air Telluride (Bonus)

7: Mountain Clouds - Zoom Class

8: Red Rock 1 - Oil Demo

9: Red Rock 2 - Oil Demo

10: Red Rock - Zoom Class

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