The Secret to Oil Painting with Light & Color

Michael Chesley Johnson | Runtime (119 min)

Paint the illusion of light as you follow along with Michael Chesley Johnson. In this video, you’ll follow along to complete a landscape painting in oil from start to finish, picking up Michael’s secrets for capturing the color of sun and shadow along the way. Start out with exercises that teach you simple observational techniques—learn how the color of light and the color of shadow change with the time of day and the weather. Then learn how to see those details in your own subject, and practice color mixing your oil paints to match those changes. Michael’s painting techniques will give you the confidence to make your “best guess” at value, temperature, hue and intensity, and then adjust your color and shapes as you go, for successful paintings that evoke the beauty of the landscape.

This oil painting tutorial features:

• A complete a start-to-finish landscape painting demonstration in oils
• Explanation of color qualities for every painting medium: hue, value & intensity in the landscape
• Color mixing tips to achieve accurate color even when working from photos
• Lessons on shape & color for a strong composition
• How to paint water and reflections, paint rocks and grasses
• Oil techniques for underpainting, color mixing, correcting mistakes and more