Painting a Beach Scene by Jon Houglum Video #1
Channel: Jon Houglum
Date: 2014-03-26

This is a small segment of a Set of 2 DVDs or a USB Flash Drive of 159 minutes of files converted to 2 mp4 files.  Available on website www.houglumfineart.com. The USB Flash drive is perfect for artists who don’t have access to a DVD drive or a DVD player.  Day one I demonstrate how to draw the beach scene, how to paint sky strata’s, how to blend edges, how to paint foliage, how to paint palm trees, how to paint water, how to paint sand, how to paint grass, and how to paint people on the beach. I demonstrate my magic stroke when adding the grass; the easiest way I know to paint grass.  Day two I revisit the painting to make the darks darker and the lights lighter to show visual contrast to bring the painting to completion by the end of the day. I lecture and demonstrate in solid painting techniques and problem-solving techniques in the oil paint medium with reliance on the fundamentals and discoveries of the old masters. I help students visualize the pictorial potentials of their painting to produce a painting with vitality in design, value, and color.