Landscape Painting "Tips and Tricks" by Tim Gagnon - Painting Grass with a Fan Brush

This is the first "Tips and Tricks" video from GagnonStudio. The quality in this video isn't as high as I had hoped, because it was made rather quickly, but I will work on that for next Saturdays "Tips and Tricks" video. Please subscribe, or Tune in each Saturday.

This video explains how to paint grass with an old fan brush. You can use a new fan brush as well, but an old fan brush has a unique shape due to missing and broken bristles. The unique shape makes a nice pattern for blades of grass. Using a dabbing technique and leaving small areas where the dark underpainting can show through creates depth and texture to the painting. The painting was completed with acrylic paint on canvas. For more detailed lessons, please visit http://www.timgagnon.com

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[Thisisnotmyrealname8]

You should put Godzilla in the background.

[coockiesandshadow]

Hello Mr.Tim! I'm 14 years old and I love to paint, especially with acrylic paint. You're truly inspiring and I want to growp up to be as good as you!

I'll train and try to use as many tips as I can.

Thank you for the inspiration you brought to me.

[UllyUlly7]

your work is excellent. I know I can purchase on line painting lessons, however do you sell videos of your painting lessons. I would love to purchase & call them my own.

[kahlilartist]

i have a fan brush made of synthetic when it gets wet it loses its shape what will i do ?

[Xenoking101]

Do you have any tips to make a brush 'old' like your fanbrush? Kind of a silly question I know, but would you recommend just repeated use?

[sooperdoopershortpea]

This is amazing. I have a question, though. How do you get your painting to show so much depth? I tried painting a landscape using this as an example and it just looks... flat. Like in yours it looks like you're on a hill looking out over a whole expanse of hills. But mine just looks like you're on a flat surface looking up at the hills.

[starberriezz]

hi

[moonshinetears]

You are my favourite teeeaaacheeeeer!!

[plusplusplusplusp]

I must say (and this is my photography background talking) the composition of this painting is very good.

[admx94]

Could this be used to paint forest from a far distance? You see, I'm in the middle of a landscape painting that is viewed from the top of one mountain toward another. BUT, there is a LOT of greenery at the base of the other mountain. I would say that my style is more impressionistic... But I don't want a big green blob. :/

[MsDAVIDE83]

bravo! bravissimo!!

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