Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Practice Reel Assignment - Apply Value Hierarchy
Put your value hierarchy skills to the test with this practice reel assignment. Draw 5 landscapes in 4 minutes each using only 7 values and starting with extremes.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Put your value hierarchy skills to the test with this practice reel assignment. Draw 5 landscapes in 4 minutes each using only 7 values and starting with extremes.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Learn high-key value painting from Monet's landscapes. Discover how to compress values into lighter ranges for bright, airy atmosphere in your landscape paintings.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Learn low-key value painting from Monet's landscapes. Discover how to compress value ranges into darker tones for dramatic, moody atmosphere in your landscape paintings.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Avoid the most common value mistake: cramming your entire value range into small areas. Learn to simplify sky values and organize your landscape for clear, readable paintings.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
See value hierarchy in action with a complete landscape demonstration. Learn the 7-value plan for organizing sky, hills, trees, and foreground for maximum depth.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Master value hierarchy specifically for landscape painting. Learn how to organize sky, distance, middle ground, and foreground values to create convincing atmospheric depth.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Watch Robert add light and shadow to the practice reel drawings using tracing paper. Learn how to make creative decisions about shadows that enhance your landscape designs.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Watch Robert demonstrate the same 5-image practice reel. Learn how he simplifies each landscape into masses, makes shape decisions, and combines elements for stronger compositions.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Put your mass simplification skills to the test with this practice reel assignment. Draw 5 landscapes in 4 minutes each, focusing on big shapes and eliminating details.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Take your Levitan grayscale study to the next level by adding simplified color. Learn how to apply color to masses without breaking up your structure - essential skill for landscape painting.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Study Isaac Levitan's landscape paintings to learn how masters simplified complex scenes into clear, readable masses. This analysis reveals the techniques behind dramatic, atmospheric landscapes.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Avoid the most common landscape painting mistake: breaking up your simplified masses with too many details. Learn how to add variation while maintaining unity in your compositions.