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Welcome back. I'm glad
to see you today.

And today, I thought we'd do a
fantastic canvas here, and

I've already covered this canvas
with a flat black acrylic

and allowed it to dry, and then on
top of that, I went back and

I've added Thalo Blue and Sap
Green and sort of just mixed it on

the brush and just put it all over
the canvas and blended it together.

So, before get started, I'll have
them graphically run all the

colours you need across the screen
and they'll come across in the

same order that I have them on the
palette, starting with the

white and going around, and while
they're doing that, let's do it.

We'll start with the old fan
brush today, a little bit of

Titanium White and just work a
little into the bristles,

just back and forth like so.

OK, let's go up to the canvas and
maybe we'll have some huge

trees here and some light shining
through, so we need to have some...

We need some light and just have
fun, just let this brush play

and jiggle and wiggle and...

Wherever.

See, it's picking up the Thalo
Blue and the Sap Green that's

underneath and all these
things happen.

At this point, we're really not...

We're not too worried about what
it is or where it is.

We're just... Just throwing some
colour here and there.

This is where you take out all
your hostilities and your

frustrations, just have fun.

Just throw some colour in
there, here and there.

Just let it go, let it play.

Really not looking for any
definite shapes or...

Really not looking for anything at
this point, just some colour.

Just some colour here and there.

There.

OK, now...

After you've put a few little light
spots here and there,

let's take our 2.5-inch brush
and very lightly, I'm just

going to brush it up and down.

It makes all kinds of beautiful
little things happen.

There we go.

And when this painting's all done,
that'll look like light

shining through the trees
and be very, very pretty.

Let's clean our brush.

And we clean it with
odourless paint thinner.

Scrub out the paint.

And just beat the bristles dry.

Now I'm going to take and mix up a
black colour and I'm going to

use Thalo Green and Alizarin
Crimson in about equal parts.

And this will make a beautiful,
beautiful black, a very, very

transparent black.

And lift your paint all the way off
the palette and turn it over

when you're mixing colour like this.
I want this to be very well mixed.

OK.

That'll give us some nice
black colour.

Now, then... Now, then...

Let's get us a fan brush and go
right into this dark colour

and begin laying in some basic
little tree trunk shapes and

all I'm doing is just touching
the canvas and just working down.

Just come on down.

And just drop 'em
wherever you want 'em.

This is your forest, so you
decide where the trees live.

And we're still not looking for
definite shapes yet, or anything.

Just having fun.

Maybe... Maybe...

Just sort of look at what you have
and make some almighty decisions.

Have to make decisions.

There we go.

Now, here I've taken most of the
paint out of the brush, so I

have very little left, and I want to
make some that are far away.

So I don't want as much
paint. Just a little paint.

There we go.

OK, let's go... Maybe, maybe,
maybe... There it is.

A nice tree lives right there.

Wherever you want a tree to live,

that's where it is.

That's where it's at.

OK. Good.

Tell you what... Tell you what,

I'll have one there.

And this is what's so much fun, we
don't use any patterns or anything

here, we just sort of look at it and
make a decision, drop it in.

And some trees are fatter than
others, some are skinny.

Some tall, some short, just like
people. Just like people.

Maybe there's a few in here.

Not as much paint here, I want
these to be further away.

Just barely, barely touching.

There we go. I see one
right in here, too.

See?

Already, it should be giving you an
indication of trees way back...

Way back in the forest and
lights coming through.

I like these kind of paintings.
And I love these black canvases.

These black canvases will do
fantastic things.

And sometimes, we do canvases
where we use Magic Black.

And you can do just about the same
thing with the Magic Black

that we do with the white canvas.

You don't have to paint
your canvas black.

Just put the Magic Black on and go.

OK, that ought to give us enough
trees to play with.

Now then, on some of these trees...

Some of these trees, far, far back
in the distance, there are a

few little leaves and here I'm just
using a fan brush and I just

want to put some indications far
back in the background.

Don't want a lot of
detail yet, just like so.

These are... These are the distant
trees, the ones that are far away.

Far, far away.

A few little leaves here and there.

And I'm just taking the fan
brush and just touching.

Just touching.

There. Right here, right
here. There's one.

OK, now, that's the same colour,
it's the same black colour.

Now, as these trees get closer to
us, you're going to begin

seeing a little more detail on them.

So I'm going to take some white,
Titanium White, and we'll use

a little Permanent Red, and I'm
going to add a small amount

of Alizarin Crimson to that.

Permanent Red, Alizarin
Crimson, Titanium White.

OK. There.

Now, small, small roll of paint
right on the edge of the

knife, just like so.
OK, let's go up here.

Now, you have to make your
decisions.

Your light coming from the
right or the left?

And since I'm right-handed, it's
usually easier to have it

coming from the right, so just
going to start touching here.

Small, small roll of point.

And just begin touching. Let the
canvas take what it wants.

You don't have to make
any decisions.

The canvas will pull off what it
wants, give you back what's left.

There. Just like Uncle Sam at the
end of each year, eh?

Take what they want and you
end up with what's left!

Which isn't much.

OK. There.

Decide which of these trees
the light's striking.

You do have to make decisions.

There we go.

And decide where the light's
hitting. Maybe...

Maybe in your mind, the light's
getting blocked in places,

so let that happen.

Let it happen.

There.

Maybe... Maybe a little light's
striking this tree. Whatever.

Now, you understand why we put the
leaves back here, so we can go right

over the top of it and it'll bring
these trees into the foreground.

Maybe right here.

Get a little more of the colour.

And drop a little bit right in here.

This is just sort of a pinkish
colour. It's very pretty.

There we go.

OK, now, we need a shadow side on
that tree, so I'll take some

white and some Thalo Blue and I'll
make a very dark blue colour here.

Just white and blue,

like so.

All right. That's what
I'm looking for.

Cut across it and get that small
roll of paint right out on

the knife. OK. Now, on the other
side, we need a shadow.

So we'll just very quickly...

Just here and there, drop in a
little shadow indication.

There we are.

Just let it drop off your knife.

Once again, all you're doing is
just touching the canvas.

You don't have to make any
decisions.

And I try to design these paintings
so they're very simple and

they work for you.

And yet, very, very effective.

Because very quickly, if you watch
our shows, you learn how to

paint and that's no
longer the problem.

The problem is what to paint.

That very rapidly becomes a bigger
problem than how to paint.

So we try to give you numerous,
numerous ideas and if there's things

that we're not painting that you
would like to see, drop me a line.

Drop me a line.

And I certainly read all the letters
and a lot of the paintings

that we do on these shows
come from your letters.

There. Now, just to put a
little sparkle on there,

I'm going to take a little bit
of straight white.

And just barely touch.

Just to add a little sparkle.

Just here and there, not too much.

Not too much.

Very easy. Just where you
think light would hit.

Just a little. Don't want much.

And that simple.

Make some beautiful,
beautiful tree trunks.

Just a little of this
very light colour.

Not too much.

Not too much.

Now then, I'm going to use my liner
brush, this is a number two script

liner, and I'll put a little paint
thinner on it and go right

into some of this black colour,
turn that brush, bring it to a

nice, sharp point.

And then we can put some limbs on
some of these trees, and just

here and there, and I like to turn
the brush as I'm pulling it.

Just turn it. All these things
happen, you don't have to plan 'em.

Just let them happen.

You want these limbs to be bigger up
here when they're closer to

the trunk. I know that sounds silly.

Sometimes we make little mistakes
and we let them get bigger

out towards the end.
We want them big and strong

where they go into the trunk.

There.

Just some indications.

Maybe there's one that's broke
off that lives there.

Wherever you want them.
Just... Just drop them in.

It's your tree, so you have to
make these decisions.

There's some... Come right
over the top of these.

That'll help push everything back.

We want those to be far,
far away. Far away.

Far away.

There.

There we go.

Wherever. And if your paint...

If your paint doesn't want to
stick, add a little more of the

paint thinner, or you
can use a thin oil.

Either one. Either one will
work quite well.

All right. Now, then...

Now, then, we go back and I'll add
a little more of the black on

this fan brush and let's drop in
some little leaf indications

here on some of these.

Just touch the canvas.

Just touch it.

It's a super easy way to make some
very effective little...

Little evergreen-type
leaves. Very effective.

You let the fan brush work.

These are quite dark. And we'll even
add some highlight onto these.

Looks like you're deep in the woods.
Hope you brought your compass!

You may get lost.

Need your old compass to
find your way out.

OK.

Now, take another fan brush and
I'll put some Cadmium Yellow and

Sap Green on it.

Cad Yellow and Sap Green.

And let's go right up here
and just...

Just here and there, drop us in
some nice little indications.

Some highlights on there, just
brighten that up a little.

Make it very pretty.

There.

Don't put too much of this.

You can very quickly kill all
your dark and your painting will

become very flat.

And we don't want flat paintings.

We want paintings that
stand up and sparkle.

There.

Isn't that a super nice little way
to make some very effective

little leaves on your trees?

Let's go back to the
other side over here.

Drop in a few little
indications right here.

Just wherever... Wherever.

Once again, if it doesn't want to
stick, add a little paint

thinner and it'll stick right on it,
thin paint will stick to a

thick paint, and the first layer of
paint we put up here is very thick.

Very firm.

OK. Now, we can come down here
and really start playing.

Maybe there's some little bushes
and stuff that live in here and

we'll just throw some of this dark
colour, still the black.

Just throw it in.

We're still not looking
for distinct shapes.

That'll just take off some of that
loose excess paint and we're

in business.

Now, then, I'm going to use...
We'll just use the same old brush.

Put a small amount of paint thinner
on it and I'll go right into

a little bit of this green,
Sap Green, a little Cad Yellow.

There we go. OK, let's go up here.

And let's just put some little
indications of some highlights on

some of these little bushes that are
living right down here, right

on the foots of these big trees.

Just little indications and all
I'm doing here is just touching.

Just touching. Tapping.

It's very simple.

There. Just drop those in.

And that sort of helps push your
trees back. Now, we can...

We can move things on this canvas.
We can push trees back.

We can bring them forward.

When it's your world,
you can do anything.

OK. There.

Now, while I got this old brush
running here, let's just take it...

And maybe there's some soft little
grassy areas back in here.

And I'm just using the same colours.

Sap Green, Cad Yellow, Yellow Ochre,

a little Indian Yellow, just mix
these on the brush.

And begin working on the
lay of the land.

There we go.

As I say, I am just crazy about
these black canvases

and paintings like this.

I think they are fantastic.

Now, you can keep tapping this and
it gets very, very soft and

if you have one that's too bright
because there's colour underneath,

all you have to do is just tap on it
and it'll pick up that colour

that's underneath and get
darker, darker, darker.

Maybe...

Maybe last night, it rained a little
bit in the woods and there's some...

Maybe there's some little puddles.
Some little pools of water.

I'm going right into some
Titanium White and this is some of

that blue we had left.

So we have a little Thalo Blue
and Titanium White.

You have to make a decision. There's
a puddle that lives right there.

See? Just pull it down.

Wherever you want a
little puddle to be,

just pull it down.

Or if you keep going, you can
make a lake out of it.

And if you really get carried away,
you can make an ocean out of it.

Just pull straight down.

Like so.

And very lightly...
Very lightly, go across.

Let's take our knife and we'll use
some Van Dyke Brown and a

little Burnt Umber and let's just
very quickly drop in some little...

Some little indications of some dirt
and I'm really not looking

for specific shapes yet,
just laying in some colour.

Just sort of let it happen.

We're not really planning
things at this point.

We just want some little
puddles, so whatever you...

Whatever you want, you just leave
here and cover up whatever

you don't want.

It's that easy.

You have unlimited power
on this canvas.

And you can do anything... Anything.

Now, let's take some brown, a little
brown on white, a touch of blue.

There we go.

Makes a nice grey colour, with
sort of a blueish tint to it.

And I'm just barely going to
touch. Just barely touch.

Just caress the canvas.

Just caress the canvas.

You need... You need to be in
love with the canvas.

There. See? Just barely,
barely touching.

And by not overmixing these colours,
all kinds of things happen

automatically.
You don't have to worry about 'em.

OK.

And now, right underneath here,
just a little of the

Thalo Blue and white on my knife.

And all I'm doing is just
touching the canvas.

Put some little...

Put some little water lines here
and there, just like so.

And now we can take...

This is just our grass colour again
and we can sort of bring all

this together.

And that easy... That easy,
you've got a happy little puddle.

Happy little puddle.

Let it happen.

OK, maybe it comes right
down... Right down.

Right on across there.

And you can just put as many
puddles as you want, you can have

them wherever you want them.

That's what sort of makes
it so fantastic.

Add a little more of the
Yellow Ochre and sometimes, you can

add a small, small touch
of Permanent Red.

And it really helps.

OK. And maybe... Shoot!

That puddle was so much fun, let's
give him a friend right there.

Wherever you want a puddle.

You can put as many of these as
you want in your painting.

Let's take a little bit
of the brown here.

You can add some brown in here
and pull it down too.

And go across.
Now, if you wanted...

If you want a reflection that was
brighter, add a small amount

of white. I just want to show you
how to do that.

See? And pull down, and then go
across and don't kill all that.

It'll look like there's a little
light hitting right there.

Sneaky, huh?

OK, then we need some dirt around
that, so I'll use some more

of the brown.

We'll put some dirt right
around... Right around.

A little bit here.

Maybe... Maybe... Wherever you
want it, just let it happen.

And don't worry about
planning these things.

We don't make mistakes.

We don't make 'em. We have
happy accidents.

And these happy accidents create

some of the most beautiful
paintings.

There.
OK, and we can come back, drop

a little bit of the highlight
colour right on that.

Just like so. Just like so.

A touch of a little of the pink that
was laying on the palette,

left over from the trees. And it
makes it look nice and bright.

OK, tell you what, let's
have some fun here,

before we go down here.

Let's pull some of these
trees right towards us.

I'll go right into the dark
colour. This tree, this tree.

This tree. I'm going to pull
it right down here.

See, you can just take it and pull
it right over the top of that bush.

OK? And then we go back, I
need some highlight colour.

A little of the pink.

See there?

And just drop it off, a little bit
of the blue on the other side.

And that easy, you can pull that
rascal right out here.

OK, then we can take... Need a
little grass around his foots.

There we go.

Fantastic.

Now...

Put a few little grassy
areas right down here.

Come right around this
little puddle.

Just let them go.

Wherever.

Wherever.

Mm!

This is a painting that really,
really should make you happy.

OK.

Take a little of the blue and white
on the knife here,

put a few little...

Just a few little indications of
some water lines here and there.

It's a way of cleaning up the edges
and making it look a little nicer.

OK, there's a straight line right
there, so we'll put a little

grass down. Breaks that right up.

Now, maybe... Yep, you're
right. You're right.

There's some more water
that lives right here.

See? You can put all the puddles
in here that you want.

You make the decision, drop them in.

Come across.

Instant water.

There we go.

A little bit of grass coming
right down to the water.

OK.

And take a little bit of the brown,

we need some dirt here
round the edges.

Need some dirt.

There we go.

And that easy, we get a little dirt.

A little bit of highlight on that.
Ooh, there's a pretty colour!

Beautiful. Beautiful.
See? Just let these things happen.

Sometimes, they even surprise me.

I don't even know what's
going to happen here.

OK.

Now, we can bring all that together.

I tell you what, I think we've
got a little bit of time here.

Let's take... Go right into this
dark colour and let's have some fun.

Let's have some fun.

There is a big tree... A big tree. A
big tree, and he lives right there.

Right there. Almighty tree.

Huge... Huge, big, strong tree.

Strong tree.

Cos he's closer to you, so he looks
bigger and that helps push

everything back and make it look
farther away and maybe there's a...

He's got to have a big old
foot here to hold him up.

So we'll just give him
a big root there.

A little bit over here.

See? And that easy, you can
give him some big foots!

OK, and a little bit of paint
thinner on my brush, and

let's give him just a
little arm or two.

There's one.

Goes right off like that.

There it comes, there's one, there's
one. Wherever, wherever.

It's your tree, so however
many arms you want.

And let's reflect a little bit of
that right into the water here.

Now, we can take a little bit of the
highlight colour and we'll

drop some highlight on this one.

Just like so.

And just let it go right
on up the tree.

This highlight colour is a
little crimson, a little

Permanent Red, a little
white, just mixed together.

Let it come right on down.

Right on down, just like so. Put a
little bit in the reflection.

OK, a little...

And then we can drop a little bit
of shadow on here and I think

that will give you an idea and set
your imagination a-fire.

It's unbelievable what you
can do with this.

So, try it out, have some fun.

See what you can come up with.

Now, very lightly, pull this down.
Pull it down and go across.

And I think with that, we'll call
this painting finished and I

hope you've enjoyed it.
It's one of my favourites.

Till next week, God bless,
and happy painting.