Understanding Form—The power of value! We illustrate how design and form are created in value or black and white. Ray demonstrates light...

Ongoing Tools for Design Strategies—Keeping these approaches in mind is tricky. There are a couple of strategies to stay present ...

Join Ray for this sunrise painting where the fleeting light makes for fleeting colors. That warm light you see in the morning with the subtle ...

By adjusting your range of values and colors, the artist has an opportunity to create a charming effect of the ocean in the evening ...

Basic explanation of light falling on an object and its surroundings. Ray will walk us through an academic approach to analyzing and ...

Form applied to rocks. Also, applied to irregular shapes, situations, objects, and the overall influence of atmospheric perspective ...

Repetition is the answer and familiarity is the vehicle to learning about this complex subject ...

Visualizing your Painting—We will explore different ways to visualize, convert, and analyze scenes, photos, and paintings in black and white ...

Ray shows his approach to painting a crashing wave and rocks. Narrowing your focus on gray scales and color temperature is key to ...

It's all about light and shadow AND atmospheric perspective. Find your lightest brightest color and key the rest of the painting from there ...

The key to understanding how to paint a wave is understanding the surface and shape of waves in different stages. Waves reflect ...

Form as applied generally to the landscape; cliffs, hillsides, and clouds. Not all cliffs, hills, and clouds are created equal, but knowing...

Rolling hills and oak trees offer an excellent opportunity to see and develop patterns in a landscape painting.

Composition and design were the main topics discussed in this demo. Several compositional books were. recommended as reading ...

Exploring Design will be the focus of this class. Design tools such as 2/3,1/3, "little bit" will be cited as well as formal design concepts of ...

This demonstration will be focusing on organizing your light and dark shapes and finding a tension and balance within the shapes ...

We will explore the effects of spectral highlights reflecting the sun on water. "Water is like a rolling mirror”- Art Hughes. And with ...

We will explore different ways to objectively see our work and apply strategies for improving seascapes. Whether it’s values, color ...

Form applied to trees and bushes. Ray will explain and demonstrate form as it generally refers to trees and shrubs. Given the variations ...

Close to home in Angels Camp, CA, atmospheric perspective was the goal of Ray's second demonstration.