Jeffrey R. Watts: Gesture PortraitsThis program explores the painter's natural inclinations as an artist to break out of their comfort zone and efficiently lay down 9 beautiful gesture portraits in less time than it typically takes to grind out one single painting. As in his previous videos, Watts remains concentrated on sharing fundamentals that establish a detail oriented work approach that provides the artist with all the information they need to push themselves and their skill

Addresses the common concerns of aspiring artists such as how to achieve color harmony or an old master quality of brush strokes

Learn the Modified Verdaccio

It is truly amazing to see how Watts can create paintings that appear to have hundreds of colors in them

of all things

But in urban scenes

now you can learn in a few short hours what you need to know to start making your own paintings … and you can have FUN doing it

How to make your subject more personal and relatable for the viewer

Chapter 9 Acrylic Collage

and you only have a few precious minutes to get it down on canvas

Opaque Overpainting

but even if they break

The art of using VALUE and the most effective techniques for portraying distance and form in your compositions