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  • wow! its just that easy!

  • @FrannumanTM

    Yes, it is!

  • thank you for your lessons!! my grandpa who's an artist from japan highly recommended this video to help me with landscape textures. and now I'm HOOKED on your videos. Japan(or at least my grandpa and his friends(and me)) loves your art!! please don't stop your video lessons.

  • Good job, nothing complicated about that lesson, appreciate your time and effort.

  • i think that you are a great artist and you have shown me things that it has taken my art teacher to tell me over 5 years at school thanks and your a amazing artist!!!!!!! :)

  • Really helpful, thanks. I've wasted so much time in the past painting birch trees without a fan brush. Question: how important do you find the fat over thin rule? For example, you were painting the branches over your base layer with a very thin, solvent medium rather than an oil medium. I often do that too when I need to paint smooth, fluid, but opaque details, and I've started to worry that after a few years it will crack (to the annoyance of anyone who has bought it).

  • BF, Your skill & art are truly Beautiful & Fantastic. I wish you all the best always.

  • I already have such a lesson posted ( for Jerry's Artarama ) "Search" my name on YT to bring up ALL of my videos.

  • Great lesson! Hope you upload a lesson for a birch tree up close!

  • Hi,really glad I found you on You tube you have helped me out a lot on different things was having trouble with, but really having trouble with my rose and its leaves but going to check out your website thanks so much.I'm more of a wildlife oil painter and trying to make one rose painting wish me luck hahaha

  • great respect from russia, wilson!

  • great video....really easy way to paint birches.

    thank you for sharing your knowledge

  • You're awesome!!! I love the way you smile just at the end of each video! :D Great stuff can't wait to get painting! :)

  • @pyka10 Yeah, I'm "all business" during the actual lesson. I just don't want to leave out something important. LOL Then, I can smile when it's all over. LOL Glad you're enjoying the lessons. Give 'em a whirl!

  • I did once work 8 hours on a painting and did background when dry.It doesn,t fit.So I think to do all of it as wet at once is best for me.But I must practice.Thank you.Oh I like how you teach a drop on a peddle.Nice there.

  • We orderd a paint set art.So I can paint again oils.I don,t do backgrounds well cause I want to do all of it same time wet.I also near sighted see it differnt then far sighted so back grounds hard for me.

  • We orderd a paint set art.So I can paint again oils.I don,t do backgrounds well cause I want to do all of it same time wet.

  • @7466309change Most of the time, I put my backgrounds all in while it's "wet". That gives me the softness that I'm generally looking for in the background. Sometimes, it's best to let the background dry before you move on to the foreground and closer subjects.

  • i love your works really , am from kuwait , Hi :D

  • @Gadwary Thank you for watching my lessons!

  • @wilsonbickford Im friends with you on facebook!!! I love the new waterfall, its breathtaking. :D

  • cant wait to buy the books! all your vids and work is........ just amazing! many thanks.

  • you're absolutely amazing.

  • @AbigailLynn14 Thank you for your kind words and for watching my channel.

  • Fantastic artist.

  • can u stell doit with out a palet knife

  • @crisoccer18 Yes, but the knife just gives it a little more texture.

  • Hi Wilson i´m Nuno from Portugal,painting is my newest part-time,i sarted because of you and your lessons are very good,i´m 37 years old,and you expleined the thecniques so simply that all i want is to say thank you very much for your time in explain to us all of this.

  • @nunoferreira6969

    Thanks for the kind words, Nuno. Keep watch, as I'll be posting more lessons soon.

  • Hi Wilson, I´m Rose-Mari from Sweden. you are very good teachers. I have your lessons at home with me every time when I want to paint. I have learned a lot from your technique and wonderful lessons. I want to thank you and waiting for more lessons. Thanks to everyone who helps you to fix them.

    with best regards

  • @VivilanLA That's great, Vivian. I feel that painting is something that EVERYONE can do, it just takes knowing some techniques and practice. I'm glad that you're getting back to it after so many years. Best wishes!

    Wilson

  • HI Wilson, I'm Vivian from Argentina and I started to watch all your videos and I made a painting with your techniques(trees, waterfall, sky) . I love the way you explain it's very clear and simple. I took painting classes when I was 10 years old, because my mom took me there, and I never like it until now that somebody gave my a complete set of painting and I noticed that still I remember some of the thinks I had learned when girl. I'm 28 years old now and this videos inspired me to paint

  • just like that. love it

  • Hi! My name is Primavera and I am 12 years old. You have inspired me to start painting. Your paintings look so realistic, it gets me even more excited to start!

  • @MrPoncho410 That's great, Primavera! I wish I had started at your age. I didn't get serious about painting until I was 30. The sooner you start, the better.

    Best wishes with your artistic endeavors!

  • i love your paints write to meeee!!! <3

  • hi! did u use any meddium in your birch tree?

    hope u could answer me i will really appreciate it thanks..

    by the way nice painting i will try that..

  • @bussiesakura Glad you liked it. No, I used no medium.

  • @wilsonbickford ok thank u..i have another question what meddium should i use to make my oil paint smooth i mean not thick?thanks..

  • @bussiesakura There are several on the market, but I prefeer LIQUIN, which is made by Winsor/Newton. It's a very common product, so you'll have no trouble finding it.

  • @wilsonbickford ok thank u very much for the help..^_^

  • thanks very cool!

  • coooool i just gave it a world and came out with coool looking tree thanks it helped me alot

  • @guitar446  That's great! Glad to hear it!

  • Can i i mix the magic white with linseed oil and apply it on the canvas

  • @sashok111 Yes, but M. White is already thin enough to spread onto the canvas, so you shouldn't need linseed. If you're making your own "recipe" with white oil paint from a tube, yes you can thin it down with linseed and thinner ( such as mineral spirits- a k a - "paint thinner" )

  • Thanks for posting this. I recently painted a stand of birch in a night scene with a black background, it turned out pretty good and has a lot of drama. You mentioned using strain odorless mineral spirits, is that what works best? I've tried the turpenoid and some thinner based on orange extract, but I'm not sure its the same?

  • @owings64

    I use odorless mineral spirits, both for thinning my paint and for cleaning my brushes, knives, palette, etc. I'm not 100% sure regarding the products you mentioned, but I do know that some of those "alternative" solvents are meant ONLY for cleaning and not for painting with. You'd have to read the specs on the labels as to their applications.

  • GREAT, ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING VIDEOS! defenitley buying a dvd! Great to add to my own style! so helpful.

  • great vid! Hope they will look good on my living room wall, I'm on it!! :)

  • @wrenkler

    I've actually heard from a few viewers who painted the birches on their wall as a mural! Here's wishing you good luck with your project!

  • @wilsonbickford

    The clouds are now done :), it's my first time painting with oil.

  • @wrenkler

    Cool!

  • amazying!

  • Awesome!!!!! Thank you :)))

  • awesoooommmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeee­e!!!!!!...

  • What size fan brush did you use? Mine did look like that? Thanks

  • @nanatjc

    I usually use a size 3 or 4. Stiff boar ( hog ) bristle.

  • I am absolutely hooked on your lessons. They are so helpful. Thanks so much for posting these.....

  • @nanatjc

    I'm glad you find them helpful! Have fun with it!

  • thankyou so much, i hav an art project tomorrow and i wanna do birch trees so this rlly helped

  • Is your book compatible with Oil Paints too Wilson ?

    Thanks.

    Chris.

  • @chrisbass48

    Thanks for your interest. Yes, it can be adapted for Oils. The main difference is to use a white Oil based medium in place of the Acryilic White Gesso. The other thing is to let the background dry completely before rendering the animal subject. That's it!

  • @wilsonbickford

    Thanks, this is a *must* purchase then.

    Wassail !

  • @chrisbass48

    Well, thank you! I think you'll enjoy it!

  • very nice i loved it ansereed some of my questions thnaks judy

  • Could you please teach me how to paint Bushes and grass?

  • @akoshy81

    I'll keep those topics in mind for a future lesson. Thanks for watching!

  • How do you like that easel? I just bought the same one at Aaron Brothers and that upper and bottom lip is drivin me nuts. How do you work with it? I just got it yesterday. Thinking about taking it back. You happy with yours?

  • @SBPStudio

    This doesn't seem to be a bad easel, but I only use it for filming my YouTube clips and Dvd's. Mainly, because it's easy to set up and collapse for storage, and it gives me the standing heighth I want. In my studio, I use the SHANNON EASEL made by Winsor/Newton. Much nicer, in my opinion. ( currently $102 at Dick Bilck )

  • @wilsonbickford Thanks Wilson. I just like the Metal easels better for some reason!

  • Another really helpful video. Thankyou so much.

  • i do have another question......i have oil paintings and pastels that i that i am considering putting in an art gallery....how do i copyright or protect the safety of my painting..i heard that i could just write it on the back of my paintings which is still considered a legal coryright and i also heard that i have to take it to the copyrights buliding? What should i dooo

  • @annie11233 I'm not 100% certain on this issue. I've heard that if your work is signed and dated, it is "legal" as far as any "rights" are concerned. But, if I were you, I'd check with someone at the copryrights office.

  • Is this a tutorial or a plug fir your book?

  • @weerpool14

    Both! What's wrong with that?

  • ITs soo beautifull im gonna put this tree in my recent painting :) thanks alot!!

  • @nuvaira009

    That's great! I'm glad my lesson was useful to you!

  • really good i am an artist that has stopped my passion so thanks for helping me get back my skills

  • @annie11233

    Don't give up. Live it, breathe it and ENJOY it!

  • @annie11233

    Don't give up. Live it, breathe it and ENJOY it!

  • I paint in oil as a hobby using palette knife, never tried a brush..my problem is painting a tree, your video is useful to me.Thanks a lot...more power to you!

  • Absolutly amazing, I already paint but I'm not a professional, I'm a curious only of oil paint, congratulations... ( I'm from Portugal...)

  • @parbd7

    Thanks for watching!

  • Such a wonderful video - and a great help! Thanks so much for being so generous with your awesome gift, to humble beginners like myself! It's inspiring and I look forward to seeing more!

    :)

  • @archer8852

    Thanks for watching. Please check out my website and blog!

  • you r the best thank you so much ,,,

  • @koonikama

    Thanks for watching. Check me out on Facebook, too!

  • Do you recommend any type of paper that I can practice on before moving on to a canvas

  • Most art supply stores carry "canvas paper", a heavyweight paper which has the "tooth" ( or texture ) of canvas. It's an inexpensive alternative for practice and will give you the feel of working on canvas.

  • cardboard is a good practice canvas

  • You make it look so easy very good job thanks for sharing!!

  • You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Making it look easy just comes from doing it for 20+ years. I probably started around the time you were born! lol

  • Many thanks! You're brilliant!

  • Thank you for shareing your skills with us, it's a joy to watch and gives one confidence to try!

  • Yes, give it a shot!! It's all about the practice! YOU can do it, too!

  • Excellent demo. I like the way some of the limbs come from half way across the near side of the trunk, it really adds to the perspective. Thank you.

  • That has to do with "overlapping" and "foreshortening", which are two VERY important aspects most amateurs overlook. However, it adds a tremendous degree of depth and "naturalness" to your work.

    Thanks for watching!

  • Wow you`re the best

  • Thank you SO MUCH for explaining so well! I love the trees, and hope to try them with acrylic paints!

  • I like ur attitud!

  • Well, thank you!

  • bob ross copy

  • awesome help to save us, amateures a lot of time. More please :))

  • awesome advice on the tree.

  • Thanks! Please be sure to check out my website.

  • that doesnt look like oil paint colours usually its very dry isnt it ...

  • Oil paints can thick and pasty or very thin and fluid. Their consistency depends on what you wish to do with them. They can be thinned with a medium or paint thinner to the thickness/thinness you're looking for.

  • Hey again Wilson,

    Is paint thinner the same thing as "solvent," because that is what my art teacher calls something that I clean my brushes in and use to thin down paint.

  • Yes.

  • I just loved watching you paint the birch trees very inspiring and will certainly have a go. Thank you

  • I am a beginner at painting. I found your teachings very inspiring and just stress relieving.

    Can you show how to add humans (from a distance) to the lanscape?

    Thank You.

    Lal (Trinidad & Tobago)

  • Possibly in a future post.

  • thanks for making these video's! hope you make moree, your amazing!

  • Thanks for watching!

  • mind blowing.....

  • Thank You Mr. Bickford for the time you spend posting these ever so helpful videos. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.

  • You're welcome, welcome, welcome! Thanks for watching and please don't forget to visit my website.

    wilsonbickford d o t c o m

  • Wish i had a teacher like you!! You're Amazing and inspirational! Your videos are very helpful, they motivate me to continue painting! THANKS A BUNCH.

  • You're welcome, glad to be of help!

  • I really love your videos, I've watched a couple of them and I've already learned a lot!! Thank you

  • You're welcome. Have fun with it!

  • GOOOD

  • thank you so much! :)

  • You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

  • Could you do a field of flowers without alot of detail, almost just enough to tell they are flowers?

  • I can tell you that a good way to suggest that is to paint in your field, then "spatter" the flower colors on top of it with a Fan ( or other stiff bristle ) Brush. Experiment on your palette or scrap paper first, as the consistency of the paint is crucial. Thin it down with a little paint thinner. ( I use Mineral Spirits ) Too thick and it won't release from the brush, but too thin will make a total mess. It's the same technique used in my waterfall lesson. Refer to that at around 6:44.

  • thx alot for the lesson . we need more lessons ;)

  • Thanks for watching! I have many more art lessons on YouTube, some of which are posted by art materials companies.

    "Search" my name to bring them all up.

  • I find that the B.R. brushes and tools work well, but his brand of paints, mediums and basecoats are dreadful. If you're looking for a fairly-priced, decent brand of paint to start out with, I recommend WINTON ( made by Winsor/Newton ) or GEORGIAN ( made by Daler-Rowney ).

    Another one to look into is SOHO OILS, available at J e r r y ' s A r t a r a m a .

  • You make it seem so easy! I see you have a Bob Ross knife. What do you think of Bob Ross brushes? Can you recommend a brand? I don't paint as of yet, but I do want to try!

  • I love your tutorials! So clear and easy! Thank you so much!

  • Thanks! I've been teaching art for 20+ years now, so I've gotten better at breaking things down for my students. Simpler, step-by-step approaches seem to work best, by far.

  • Yeh, I watched quite a few guys now with certain techniques and yours are by far the best on here! May I ask where you're from?

  • Northern NY State, 30 miles from the Canadian border. ( near the Ogdensburg/Prescott Int'l. Bridge )

  • Oh yes, right on. I used to drive truck long haul through there. I'm from Nova Scotia, and ya know your accent reminded me of parts of here. NY State is beautiful!

  • your works are amazing... you make it seem like it's a piece of cake... I've justed started oil painting (or at least.. trying) and I'm sure this would be of great help.. Thank you so much! Greetings from Bulgaria!

  • You're welcome. All of these techniques are quite simple once you try them out and practice them a little. Good luck with it!!

  • you make it look to easy thanks for the tips they helped

  • Glad to be of assistance.

  • Hello Mr Wilson, thank you so much for posting your videos . After watching your video on clouds i decided to paint on canvas . its my first time with both canvas and landscape.just yesterday i was having trouble with trees and leaves but this video is of great help .Keep up the good work.

    Thanks again.

    Aisha

  • I'm glad I was able to make things a little easier for you.

  • hi wilson, just saw your video on birch trees. always had trouble painting these!! After your video it now makes sense!!!!

  • Glad to be of assistance!

  • hi wilson, I just watched your video on painting birch trees. I wish I had watched this a lot sooner!!  I have been painting for a long time and always mess up birch trees! Now it make sense!

    Thanks

  • Hi Wilson!

    Thank you for your videos!

    I would like to know how much the DVD costs, please!

    Thank you.

  • To order my Dvd's through my website, they are $20 each, plus $2.00 shipping.

  • Thanks again for these brilliant videos, they have helped me VERY much. Once I began watching your videos, I am more encouraged to paint, because most of the time I am rather afraid in a helpless way.

  • Don't let a little intimidation stand between you and your self-expression. Painting takes practice, so just start out by having fun with it and don't get discouraged. You'll learn and improve as you go.

  • Hi Wilson, Thank you for all your support, your videos are truly helpful. I just wanted to ask, I know it's rather a dumb question. My canvas style usually ends up with a kind of white or black outlining around the edges, and I see most of your paintings are that way. Maybe you'll understand. However, I don't exactly know how to make them that way.

    Thanks again, Hanan

  • Hi,

    I like the look of a "border" around the edge of my canvas which really makes the painting jump out of the frame. I use masking tape ( 3/4" or 1" ) to achieve that.

    Make sure to press it down firmly so you'll get no "bleed" underneath. Then just carefully remove it when your painting is finished.

  • Hello Wilson,Am wound if you have ever did a paint of a beach scene at night time and the painting is acrylic painting in 16 by 20?

  • Most of the Night-time beach scenes I've done in the past have been in Oils. I do work rather often with Acrylics too, though.

    And yes, I've done some on 16" x 20" size canvas.

  • Hi thank for all the advice ,your lessons are so great.i'm from Romania and i admire your lessons I admire your work . bye and thanks

  • You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

  • Hi Wilson,

    I have watched the other video you suggested on close up of birch trees. I will definitely be trying it. And thank you for the other art site for lessons they are fantastic and have a lot of variety of different artists styles.

    Thank you for all the advice you have given and I am sure I will have plenty more for you in future.

  • Mr. Bickford,

    I am planning on painting a weeping willow for my fiancee as it is here favorite tree. Any suggestions? Thank you for your lessons, they are great.

  • Thanks for watching. For weeping willows, I think you'd find success using a Fan brush and a short ,downward dabbing/dragging motion to suggest the drooping direction of the branches. Use the brush in more of a vertical fashion, not the wide width to portray the long, narrow branches. I have used this approach before and it works well.

  • This is such a great and descriptive video! Thank you so much, you're great at teaching. Can you please post a tutorial of the close up, I have been wanting to paint a close up of a birch tree for months. Please help! Your lessons are so great!

  • Thanks for the compliment and for watching. I'll keep that idea in mind for a possible future post.

  • Hi thank you so much for this it has been great. I am a beginner in terms of painting trees. I tried this first time and it turned out amazing! so simple yet so effective. I use it all the time now and have had successes every time. I would love you to post on on birch trees close up.

  • Thanks. I'll keep that in mind for a possible post in the future. Don't forget to visit my website.

  • Hey, I had forgotten that I DO have a video clip featuring "close-up" birch trees. Go to jerrysartarama d o t com and click on the Free Art Lessons heading. Then for the Category, click ARTISTS and for the Sub-Category, scroll down to WILSON BICKFORD. My 17 Free Lessons will pop up, including the birch bark clip. Let me know what you think!

  • you are so great.. thank you..

  • Thanks for such a compliment!

  • enjoying your web lessons, u r a good/great teacher. want to know more about your DVD.

  • My Dvd's are available on my website, wilsonbickford d o t com

    The sunset lesson is a typical wet-on-wet approach, but a good study in rendering skies. The barn lesson is a little more advanced and utilizes a "grisaille" underpainting to nail all the details in the barn, after which oils glazes are added.

    I have 4 new Dvd's coming out any time now, which will be available at jerrysartarama d o t com They were supposed to be released last week, but are running a bit behind schedule.

  • sorry to bother you again Mr. Bickford but i too am a beginner at professional painting and i just wonder besides the flats, rounds and fan brush do you think i might need anything else for blending and such?

    -Rose

  • I find that I can pretty much do anything I need to with Flats, Rounds and Fans. Also, a long-haired Scrit Liner is very helpful for grasses, tree limbs, etc. Get a couple sizes of each brush. A smaller and a larger size.

  • This is awesome!!! Thanks!! I'm going to try it right now :)

  • Give it a try. You CAN do it!

  • awsome and great techniq, I am going to buy my supplies and get startes. can u tell as a beginner what supplies I need.

  • Start with the Primary colors ( red, yellow and blue ) and a few assorted brushes. Flats, rounds and a medium sized ( # 2 or # 4) Fan Brush.

  • very simple...and very helpful! Thanks!

  • thank you very much :)

  • Thank YOU for watching!

  • Thank you sooooo much

  • Can u do people or certain body parts?because I want to try praying hands.also what is the upkeep required for oil paint I'm use to watercolor so I'm clueless and does oil always have to be on canvas?

  • No, oil paint can be used on other surfaces, such as metal or wood, too. I'm not sure what you mean by "upkeep" of oils, but once dry they are very durable. Your paint will stay "good" indefinitely if you keep the tubes capped up tight. As for your "hands painting", start with a good drawing and paint them using a medium flesh tone. Add darker values for the shading and lighter flesh tints for the highlights. For flesh, mix a little brown, little yellow and a touch of red into a lot of white.