Lesson Description

In this video, Roger takes you through his process of painting a rural barn and structure and unifying it into the surrounding landscape. It includes, instruction on how to build a painting from the foundation to the finale. He will help you with understanding shapes and angles and how to simplify the structure and landscape, to coexist together in a unified manner. Roger explains and shows you how to create a composed painting of a structure in the landscape by using edge, texture and value properly.

  • Complete Materials List
  • How to simplify what you see in the photo
  • Color mixing
  • How to create harmony in your paintings
  • How to paint sunlight
  • How to create mood in your paintings and more!
  • Running time 3:23 Filmed in 1080P
  • Interview with Roger where he discusses life of an artist, having a connection to what you paint and gives advice to beginner painters.

Roger’s Materials List

Paint:

  • Cadmium Red Light
  • Quinacridone Rose or Alizarin Crimson
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium
  • Cadmium Lemon
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Cobalt
  • Cerulean Blue Hue
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Raw Umber Ivory Black
  • Transparent Red Oxide
  • Transparent Earth Yellow
  • Titanium White

Brushes:

  • Bristle Filberts #10, 8, 6, 4…..Rosemary or Trekell brushes.
  • Bristle egbert #8, 6…..Rosemary or Trekell Bristle flat #12, 8… Soft hair synthetic filbert.
  • Rosemary Master Series 278 #10, 8, 4
  • Fan brush Trekell Synthetic bright “6, 4, 2
  • Rosemary Ivory Synthetic long filbert #2, 1
  • Rosemary eclipse
  • I have also been using mop brushes. you can get one from Rosemary (Mundy mops) or Trekell or Maxines mops are good, too 1 – 2” chip brush from Home Depot or Lowes 2 inch softening brush, Rosemary Large,Medium and small size trowel shape palette knife q-tips old plastic hotel room keys
Solvents and Mediums
  • Gamsol and Neo Megilp from Gamblin

Want to see more of Roger’s work?  Click here to visit his website

Images are copyrighted by Roger Dale Brown. As of member of STREAM Inspired to Paint, you are allowed to paint from these images for personal use only. You are not allowed to paint from these images and then put a painting in a show or a gallery for sale. If you paint from the image and post to social media, we ask that you credit Roger and STREAM Inspired to Paint with the original painting.

Original Painting by Roger Dale Brown

Reference Image

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Roger Dale Brown grew up in Tennessee, exploring the woods, creeks and fields around his Nashville home, a passionate observer of every aspect of nature since early childhood. He has made it his life’s work to connect deeply to places around the world, incorporating knowledge of their nature, history, architecture and culture in his creative process, and reflecting that knowledge in his painting and writing.

Not having the advantage of a formal art education, Roger educated himself. He spent countless hours studying historical artists such as John Carlson, Arthur Streeton, Isaac Levitan and John Singer Sargent and concentrated his study with master teachers over the years. Roger has developed his own style, which draws deeply from the Impressionist view that painting from life is essential.

Roger has a deep commitment to passing on his knowledge of the artistic process to his students. His self-directed education has given Roger a unique ability to recognize a student’s struggles and an ability to guide the learning process in clear and understandable ways. A celebrated teacher, he has led close to 100 workshops from Maine to Montana in the United States, and abroad in Ecuador, Italy and Scotland. His teaching includes live demonstrations as well as on-location, figurative, studio and still-life classes.

Roger has been honored to serve as juror for art and plein air competitions for Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society and others across the country. When not traveling to paint or teach, he lives with his artist wife and two dogs in Franklin, Tennessee, and teaches in his home studio.

“To capture the essence of a scene and make viewers feel they can step

into a different day and understand its mood and beauty is my goal.”