What this DVD will do for you: In an easily understood approach, you will learn to select only the essential elements within the landscape, without losing the mood or feeling of the subject. You will be able to capture a moment in time, using only oil on canvas and your unique vision, to draw collectors to your work.   How will everything change?  You will learn to create a strong design by simplifying the big masses.Within that design, you will paint with light, which will give solidity to your paintings.You will guide the viewer through the painting with the strength of your edges.  Your paintings will have harmony with regard to color, which will give them class and believability. Because plein air painting is so immediate, you will pace yourself to capture the subject quickly, and know when to pause, step back, and evaluate your progress. I realized early in my plein air painting career that with all of the complexity of the scene and fighting the elements, I needed to simplify not only my paintings, but also the painting process.Ultimately, your willingness to develop the skill of plein air painter is connected with your own personal journey. Each painting will be a reminder of that feeling of being out in nature and will live as an image of how you, the artist, recorded that moment of time.  It is also important to remember the psychological aspects of creating art: Give yourself permission to fail -  honor the effort.Realize each painting is a learning experience.  Have goals and an artistic vision.