John MacDonald: Mastering ValuesJohn MacDonald, a landscape painter for over 40 years, will lead you on an expedition to see, understand, and use values to create superior paintings. This course is a deep dive into how understanding and using values will fundamentally shift your approach to every painting you do. Heres just a glimpse of whats in store for you in Mastering Values: A new way to see values in the landscape (youll see differently!) How to use values to structure your

Why hair is like river currents

Just TWO brushstrokes to create a distant mountain (Shuang shows you how

Discover when you shouldn’t follow the photo reference

He credits the many hours he spent studying and copying masterworks by Nicolai Fechin with loosening up his brushwork and approach to edges

Develop your skills when painting wet into wet

Bob continues to provide his wisdom:

Anatomy of the Muscles of Facial Expression

Chapter 7: Spring Snow & Crababble Blossoms

and you also want to develop and showcase your own personal style

perfectionist in his paintings

Kathy prefers to keep her eyes “closer to the ground

In the first demonstration