Online Painting Lessons
Private Tutorial Video – $75.
Now you can have constructive feedback at your fingertips. Get the support you need from the comfort of your home.
What to Expect – You will get a constructive step by step video of ways to improve your painting. By using Adobe Photoshop I can show you how to ‘paint’ your next steps. You’ll also get relevant historical reference for the painting that you’re working on.
You will upload an image of your painting and your reference photo. We will be using Google Folders and I can walk you through the process if need be. You will have access at anytime to your personal lesson video once you have downloaded it from the folder.
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Below are all FREE PAINTING LESSONS on YouTube – keep up to date by subscribing to my channel.
Studio Landscape: Painting the Italian countryside from plein air studies and photo reference. colors, value, composition, and capturing light with hands-on demonstration.
Studio Still Life: This video is Part One of Two. In part one we learn how to start a painting. Color and form, capturing light, value are just a few of the things that Jill touches upon.
Plein air (outdoor): Monet’s Water Lilies in Connecticut with a surprise visit from a snapping turtle.
Jump Start Primer: Creating a palette of colors for the Beginner or those in need of a refresher. Intro to basic colors and color mixing.
Jump Start Primer: Create a beautiful palette through color mixing from found objects in Nature. Paint along STEP-BY-STEP.
“Jill is a terrific teacher as well as a wonderful artist.
Helen M
She does not try to find fault with a student’s work.
Rather, she studies it, evaluates it and gives
exactly the right suggestions
as to what is needed to bring that work to full potential.”
Here’s what you will need:
Jill has developed affordable lists of painting materials for you, including a list of paints and a variety of brushes.
Blick Art Supplies: Shop online from the links below:
Oil Paint: Blick Art Supply Oil List
Acrylic Paint: Blick Art Supply Acrylic List
Watercolor:/Gouache Blick Art Supply Watercolor List
Casein Paints: Blick Art Supply List Casein Paints
Plein Air List: Blick Art Supply Plein Air List
Enhanced Palette: Blick Art Supply Enhanced Oil Palette List
Paints:
Blues: Ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, (or cobalt blue, pthalo)
Yellows: Cadmium yellow pale, cadmium yellow deep, (or cadmium yellow medium, hansa yellows)
Reds: Alizarin crimson, Cadmium red light, (or cadmium red)
Earth Tones: Yellow Ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber and Sap green
Large White: Titanium or mixing white
Recommended Paint Brands:
Budget: Daler-Rowney Georgian
Good Quality: Gamblin, Utrecht, Grumbacher
Best Quality with intense pigments: Old Holland, Williamsburg
Brushes:
Think of your brushes as an investment. The best brushes are natural bristles because they will hold up better and are the easiest to clean. I have created a list of budget brushes for those that just want to try painting out. I strongly encourage the buy the better brushes for better results with less frustration.
Palette:
Disposable palette- good for students just starting out, easy cleanup, portable
Wood – sturdy, portable, easy to scrape, easiest for plein air
Glass – best for those with a permanent studio space, good for seeing colors, easy to scrape
Solvent & Oils
Mineral spirits: Prefer Gamsol because it is the least toxic
Lavender Oil- Chelsea Classical Studio offers a wonderful alternative using natural ingredients that work for a solvent and brush cleaner
Gamsol vegetable solvent- gel in tube, non-toxic, shinny finish, adds a little body, portable, great for plein air
Linseed Oil- tried and true
Walnut Oil – leaves a shinny finish
Stand Oil – Thick and viscous
Clove Oil – Apply over paints on palette to retard drying
Easel:
An easel will be important for the ease of your painting. If you are planning on painting en plein air (outdoors) then you will want to get a portable easel. I find that the Julian Half box easel works very well. This can also double as a studio easel, its easy to set up and stow away. There are also table top easels if you prefer to sit at a table. You will find other options as well under the plein air list above. .
Other Necessities:
Palette knife (2), rags/paper towels, garbage bag for used towels, canvas or gessoed board, primed paper, clean jars for solvent
Need a little more direction without obligation? Easy step by step painting kits that Jill developed. Choose between her Lighthouse or Poppy painting. Click here to order one of Jill’s Learn how to Paint Kits.