Painting a Southwest Sunset with Acrylics Indirect painting techniques

[@JV-pj7dz]

Hi David! The Perinone Orange drew me to this stunning sunset painting. I love, love, love it!. Thank you for teaching us all about GLAZING -- which opens up a whole new world of possibilities! You are a Master Teacher! JV

[@vabneak3113]

Thank you my great teacher,real great artist.

[@JansenArtEducation]

You are very welcome, thanks so much!

[@juancarloslimachicruz7380]

So beautiful painting lesson..Congratulations David Jansen

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you Juan Carlos

[@rhondaadams4013]

Oh my gosh! THAT is so pretty!!! So beautiful!! My eyes are so happy looking at it. Wow! I love this rich warm painting. Absolutely gorgeous!

[@junkettarp8942]

This guys the best painter on line.

[@maried7776]

TY for the tip about glazing~beautiful changes you made off camera

[@JansenArtEducation]

Glad it was helpful!

[@riasnyman7859]

Ai'm so impressed you'r realy a proffesionel I learn so much I love your humor congrats

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@lanorefulgham6469]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing! Beautiful!!!

[@JansenArtEducation]

You are so welcome!

[@denisegruteke7582]

Thank you for this tutorial. I've been painting this sunset tonight, its almost finished but it has to dry now. It's looking lovely. Thank you again.

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure. Thanks!

[@sharonc7031]

So lovely. I enjoy your landscape work as opposed to florals. Thanks for asking us.

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure 😊

[@vincentterracciano8214]

Thanks for showing us the difference between wet on wet and indirect. This a very valuable lesson and a beautiful rendition of a sunset.

[@JansenArtEducation]

Glad it was helpful Vincent! Thank you!

[@TisDana]

Thank you so much for this video! I’m watching a year later, but this was so timely for me. You’ve addressed some of the issues I’ve been having, namely protecting the layers of colors and not muddying up my colors. I can’t thank you enough. 🙏🏻

[@gemmatait4157]

Bellissimo tramonto !!!

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you!!!

[@Swat-ed5bt]

Georgous painting 🎨 love from the UK 🇬🇧❤️

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thanks so much for watching!!!

[@annmarielopiccolo-carlsen7263]

Love the idea of this technique of glazing and layering, using either varnish or the glazing medium……something new to learn and practice. Thanks for another great, informative demonstration! Looking forward to the new, expansive teaching line-up!

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thanks so much Ann Marie😊

[@Gailesch]

When I set my studio up, that was one of the first things I did! I love my 42" monitor/tv. I have thought very seriously about using a 65" but it might be a bit overkill. I love this painting! Just beautifully done, as only you can do!

[@vickihobson1883]

So interesting and beautiful !! Watching for the second time today . Love the way you explain everything so clearly . It would be fantastic to see how you make your frames etc.. Thankyou David 🌷

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you so much! I am adding a framing video to the membership page this week. More coming.

[@bevotto8279]

Thank you so much for instructions on how to do lots of different layers and strokes

[@bevotto8279]

especially for someone who is learning.

[@JansenArtEducation]

That is our goal. Thank you!

[@debbiesheridan3334]

Thank you so much. Brilliant tuition❤

[@tinamuller3189]

Lovely!

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thanks Tina.

[@deenaamin]

I love your paintings. You are great realy

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you Dina, I appreciate it 😀

[@magdaibethmartinezpupo9867]

Thank you very much ,,, 😊 happy to learn from you ,,, greetings from Cuba ..

[@JansenArtEducation]

You are welcome Magda. Thanks for joining us from Cuba!

[@barbejohnson4491]

David, Just had to let you know how much I have learned from your videos. I appreciate your enthusiasm and love of acrylic painting. Than you for sharing your knowledge with us! God Bless you!

[@JansenArtEducation]

You are very welcome Barbe. Thanks so much!

[@sadiahamidi]

This is so real. Very nice work.

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you so much 😀

[@annsmith4739]

Thank you another amazing painting Ann uk 🇬🇧

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure Ann, this is a fun technique😊

[@Iamnosey]

Beautiful ❤

[@wendywilliams4934]

What a stunning painting. I can't wait to try the glazing technique. Thanks for another inspiring lesson.

[@JansenArtEducation]

You are so welcome Wendy! You will love this technique!

[@jimyohe1158]

Going to buy glazing medium. More so West jim parump nv

[@elizabethreems187]

When I lived in Wyoming we would drive through the snake river canyon everyday to jackson hole to work and would see animals. One day 3 moose stopped in front of our car, another day a bald eagle dove into the river and came out with a big trout, another day a mountain goat was laying on a flat rock watching traffic, another day on the way to work we saw a cougar run down a hill into a covered haystack. He was being chased by three or four coyotes. To bad I didn't have a camara. I can never get enough of nature and wildlife. Wyoming takes great care of their wildlife. I am new at painting as of 2019. My daughter gave me bob ross videos and supplies for my birthday in november and said I have faith in you mom. I cried, but can't seem to stop learning how to draw and paint. Maybe someday I will get good at it. My most recent painting was a red tailed hawk like yours.

[@JansenArtEducation]

I love the Jackson area of Wyoming. Benn there many times. We live about 6 hours from there, close to Cheyenne.

[@elizabethreems187]

@@JansenArtEducation my retirement fantasy is to live in Jackson Wyoming. I can't retire for ten years. I will be 71. I haven't worked for to long due to helping raise grandkids. Guess I need to to win the lottery so I can get there sooner. I live in Owensboro Kentucky and can" stand the bugs, lol !

[@JansenArtEducation]

Jackson is a beautiful place. That whole area of Wyoming is just beautiful!

[@lucasmyint8140]

Thanks a lot for sharing tips and ways. I watch from beginning to end. You are very generous in giving all your life-long earned knowledges. Your painting is a master piece and your heart is so kind.

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure Lucas!

[@Hero0fTimeSS]

It's spectacular! Love it. Thank you from India

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure 😊 Thanks for watching. It is a FUN technique!

[@Hero0fTimeSS]

I'm totally loving it :)) Your explanations are fantastic. I'm learning art through your tutorials. Thank you again.

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Brilliant lesson for a beginner 🎉tks

[@IsabellaM._]

I learned a lot. Thank you. Yes,I'm interested in painting wildlife. That would be so cool.

[@JansenArtEducation]

I did post a couple earlier on the channel. I really need to do some more wildlife!

[@IsabellaM._]

@@JansenArtEducation ,That would be terrific. I recently took some pictures of mountain goats in the Rockies, ( Canada). I would love to know how to paint them too. Thank you.

[@josewilsondemacedo6176]

Thank Jansen, excelente paint!!!!!

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you very much!

[@crystalsomekat7172]

I have a western themed landscape painting started in 2017 that I never finished because I just don't have the skill. My mountains looked like they were on fire 😂, and my foreground was way too bright after seeing this. Your techniques are super helpful! I hope I can finish my painting some day soon. This was really fun to watch you work, thank you for sharing, very lovely painting!

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure Crystal. Glad it gave you some ideas!

[@matthewbunker1007]

Absolutely amazing David!!! I am really looking forward to this lesson!! Tonight I’ll be prepping a panel or maybe even a canvas this time? Thank you for your consistently awesome teaching!!!

[@JansenArtEducation]

It is a great technique Matthew. You can combine this with some of the other techniques, like alla prima and so some final glazing once the painting is dry. Lots of possibilities.

[@renatekunert5164]

I'm so happy to find this projekt so soon here to follow your teaching these other techniques you earlier promised to do. And I love especially landscapes as mysterious as this one! Thank you so very much giving us this new chance.

[@JansenArtEducation]

My pleasure Renate. This is a great technique that we can use on some of our other lessons as well. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@matthewbunker1007]

@@JansenArtEducation got home from work and had a package at the door. The acrylic thickener and open medium I ordered! I am through the roof excited! I plan to experiment with the thickener a bit and use it on this lesson for the foreground!! Oh p.s., my wife says this is her favorite lesson of yours because it reminds her of when she lived in Yucca Valley and 29 Palms😎

[@JansenArtEducation]

That is awesome Matthew. Just remember it is very very little of the thickener. Need hardly any to thicken the paint. Also tell your wife I know that area well. I went to high school and college in So. Cal. Lived in Redlands for 13 years.

[@matthewbunker1007]

@@JansenArtEducation I tested with some paint just before dinner. I watched one of your videos on it so I was kinda familiar. I literally only used a toothpick tip worth which thickened a quarter teaspoon of paint to peanut butter thickness! I can tell this is going to be a fun product!! And the wife says she figured you’d know exactly where she meant 😊

[@JansenArtEducation]

Doesn't take much!!! This is a real game changer for acrylic artists!

[@elisabetewagner2873]

Wow! Very nice, tks

[@NancyRKay]

Always a masterpiece in really love this technique

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you Nancy!

[@lesleyfox6934]

Wow what a beautiful sunrise, thanks David for showing the techniques to achieve this. I haven’t got the glaze and to get it in Australia will take so long. I will order it and some new paints in the future. I am still a beginner and have a lot more to learn. Love your work it’s amazing.

[@JansenArtEducation]

You are very welcome Lesley. Thanks so much.

[@lesliethomas614]

This painting is beautiful. I love seeing new videos and learning techniques, it's like Chirstmas! One question, if you add glazing medium and decide to wipe off the paint, do you finish the painting with varnish on top of the glazing medium?

[@JansenArtEducation]

Great question Leslie. You can always finish a painting with varnish. This applies to Heritage mediums and paints. All are compatible and you can layer any way you want. The varnish is polyurethane which is more durable. I always finish with varnish. Protects the best. Thanks!

[@godsimage1]

My next project!

[@JansenArtEducation]

Awesome. It is a fun technique with the glazing medium. Very fun!!

[@terif3754]

Beautiful painting. Thanks so much. What kind of boards do you use, please?

[@JansenArtEducation]

MDF or Hardboard are my favorites. I use 7 layer oak ply for larger paintings.

[@terif3754]

@@JansenArtEducation thank you

[@loreleibell6287]

Just loved this [yeah, there should be a "LOVE" button ❤❤❤]! I had to watch this in two evenings, as I ran out of time. Anyway, this was quite a coincidence as I was painting a pumpkin and used a yellow wash for the pumpkin and did a purple to blue background (I've put smoke around the pumpkin). I don't know if you'd do a pumpkin, which would be a still life, but just a suggestion. Whatever you do, keep it coming!!! ❤❤❤

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thanks Lorelei! I haven't done pumpkins since my decorative painting days. Maybe time to do one alla prima.

[@loreleibell6287]

@@JansenArtEducation That would be so cool... and maybe a little spooky! LOL

[@sharonstratis2846]

Thanks so much for showing another southwestern painting. Great tip about putting a clear glaze in-between your base color and subsequent layers to help lift and hold color layers. I bought myself a putty knife/scraper last week--love it. So if I want the focus of the painting to be the sky (love the luminous periwinkle color you made just to the right of the big cactus), I'd keep the foreground and the bushes more abstract/less defined, or even with less of a value contrast yes?

[@JansenArtEducation]

Hi Sharon yes, That is how I would do it. Good luck!

[@chautran_tv3799]

Hello David, the color of the painting is really beautiful ! May I ask ?What's the transparent material in the cup at the top left ? is it water ? Thank you so much.

[@JansenArtEducation]

Hi, the cup at the top of my palette is the Heritage Extender Medium. It is a thinner medium that slows down the drying time of the paint.

[@chautran_tv3799]

@@JansenArtEducation Thank you so much

[@johnscketch]

What a nice masterpiece I hope that I can be like you in my near future I have KZbin channel also. Thankyou for inspiring artworks

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you so much 😀

[@johnscketch]

Your always welcome

[@mariafitzgerald2895]

Great painting David but my Heritage paint is arriving this morning and I didn't order any glazing medium !! Can It be done without? Big question , if not I will attempt it next time but regards your courses I think that as a beginner we want to learn how to progress step by step as we tend to go backwards and forwards trying to catch up and then lose confidence because we're trying to go too fast ! I for one still struggle with colours, I also think that an ongoing monthly subscription is a good idea I don't know if you have thought about this just an idea, one continuous class? Also, wildlife (deer or hare ) would be fantastic you paint great deer Dave 🦌 lol I'm turning off now 😄 Thanks for everything !

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you Maria. We are thinking about all kinds of perks for the memberships.

[@necatisevinc9060]

beatıfull GOD BLESS YOU MR DAVİD..:

[@JansenArtEducation]

Thank you so very much!

[@maried7776]

Is the primer necessary or will a coat of gray paint work as well? TY

[@JansenArtEducation]

A painting is only as good as it's basecoat. If the basecoat fails, everything on top does as well. This is why the masters concentrate so hard on the "ground" or basecoat for the painting. If you use a cheaper paint, it will fail in time and your painting will crack or peel. I use the best products I can find to give the longevity to the painting.

[@maried7776]

@@JansenArtEducation Thank you David~Great advise

[@maried7776]

Oh 1 more thing. On 1 of your videos you used the heritage sealer. Does it matter sealer vs Primer/ & do you use primer on every painting? Your 30 day Roses videos is what I am starting with. I noticed you painted some boards with a base coat of paint. I need clarity before I start to make sure I have all my supplies to protect the board. TY so much~

[@JansenArtEducation]

Sealer makes the basecoat harder. The paint you use on top will slide more on the surface and also retain water. When I paint roses, I like the basecoat matte and softer so I don't add any sealer. Matte surfaces "grab" the paint which helps with more casual strokes. I add or not depending on the techniques I want to use.

[@maried7776]

@@JansenArtEducation TY for the helpful info!

[@terif3754]

Hi, David, I would like to just do the top darker blues first and then dry. To begin, you applied over the whole board medium and extender. I understand what you explained about slippery and sticky. (1) if I want to dry a lot more often and apply a lot more layers rather than work so much at once, would I re-apply the medium and extender after each drying? (I'm someone who might take months to complete this painting and there might be a week or two between my steps). (2). When I tried to use a paper towel, no matter how lightly, it seemed to take the blue/violet sky completely off down to bright orange or make hard-edged marks. Any suggestions? Was the paper towel extra soft? Was it dry? later: (Frustration - I've wiped it totally back to orange 4 times now.)

[@JansenArtEducation]

You can take breaks. When you come back just add more colors. You can also dry. If the paper towel is removing too much, it sounds like your paint is too thin. Reduce the extender medium. It only takes a little in the paint.

[@terif3754]

Thank you

[@jimyohe1158]

Yes i paint tio sell also. Tourists from Europe buy smaller ones and desert,usa animal, bird s atractions cowboy paintings Westerns paintings . 10 paintings so far so your teaching is great!!😅 Dry here by death valley extenders a must!!!!!!! 😅 Jim

[@donnalazar3061]

Is the monitor you are speaking about a computer screen?

[@JansenArtEducation]

No it is a 42 inch 4k tv. Could be used as a monitor though.

[@chrissyc4502]

When using the wet medium and you want to dry it and use the medium again will it pull the dry paint up?... I'm not sure how long it takes to dry.. And if I use a blow dryer would I need cool heat when using the medium??

[@JansenArtEducation]

Hi Christine. With Heritage Acrylics it will not. Other acrylics may be different. Once the paint is dry extender will not pick it up. Again for Heritage only, you can use the hair dryer on hot. That helps set the paint faster. Let the board or canvas cool down before applying the next layer.

[@chrissyc4502]

@@JansenArtEducation Thank you 😊

[@chrissyc4502]

Thanks David I love the way you teach and that you show the color mix ❤

[@jimyohe1158]

Do you have a glazing med for sale.jim pahrump nv

[@jimyohe1158]

I have most of your extenders

[@jimyohe1158]

Yes I bought it. Thanks dsve jr 😅 jim parump

[@azdbuk]

Nebraska?

[@JansenArtEducation]

The saguaro catcus is found in Arizona. Just a short drive for us. We took many trips over the years, with lots of photos. Inspiration is all around us! Glad you are painting with us! 😊