Recent Art by Exceptional Artists

I have limited posting time this morning so I thought I would hook you up with this painting demonstration by Scott Burdick. Scott is one of the nations top painters and he has also been very generous with his knowledge by taking the time to teach other artists. His website has a vast amount of information on painting, a full archive of his work as well as the work of Susan Lyon and some very interesting journals from their painting trips around the world. Take an afternoon and check out their site! By the way, I believe this painting is of the daughter of the artist Morgan Wiestling.

Look and Enjoy!

• Painting Demonstration
• Website

“Cortez Reflection” 10″ x 12″

I love to do oil paintings on location directly from life.  The problem is that it is extremly difficult and out of all the paitnings I’ve done outdoors there are only a handful that I think are presentalble.  Scott Burdick is one of those guys who seems to get it right every time. On top of that he is a really nice guy and a fantastic teacher.  You can purchase several different videos of Scott demonstrating how to paint, draw and photograph your paintings. I have a video of Scott’s that I reference on a regular basis that has proven very helpful in developing my abilities.

Here is what I like about the oil painting “Cortez Reflections”.

• #1. The THICK paint! His paintings are not always this thick but I love it when they are.
• #2. The reserving of values. I did a painting at Sokol Park last week where I made the values of the tree trunks so dark that the rest of the painting fell to pieces. In this painting none of the values are close to black and look how beautiful the color turns out as a result.

Look and Enjoy!

• This painting can be purchased at the M Gallery of Fine Art
• Scott’s Website
• Scott’s Videos