Oil Painting Lesson - Wilson Bickford - Waterfall

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

by far the most informative tutorial in
youtube on painting.....................
keep up the good work
i admire ur way of teaching:)

I'm glad you enjoyed the lessons. The Magic Clear medium is available through Alexander Art 1(800)896-4630. Another one to try would be Bob Ross Liquid Clear, although I don't like that brand and never use it, personally. It's too "sticky". Having said that, there are dozens of "clear" oil painting mediums on the market, right at your local art supply store.
"Liquin" is a great one. All that's needed is something to lightly lubricate the canvas to facilitate the application of the oil paints.

First off - I love your videos. And so far I've made all the mistakes that you said beginners often make :) I just started oil painting not too long ago and I've never heard of this magic clear medium. I'm thinking this waterfall technique won't work without it. Is there a substitute I can use?

No, I use "odorless mineral spirits". Turpentine is very noxious and I never use it.
Mineral spirits ( paint thinner ) make a great brush cleaning fluid, as well.
This thinning method works great for a Wet-on Wet technique, but if you are working in stages and coming back to work on a painting when it's dry, you should use a medium which contains some "oil" in it. Such as Linseed oil, or any of the commercial mediums. It make for better adhesion of the paint layers.

When you say "thinner", do you mean straight turpentine, or a linseed oil/thinner mix? thanks

Thank you for such a positive remark. I hope you find all of my lessons helpful. Painting is something EVERYONE should try because EVERYONE really can do it!

Probably one of the most informative lessons on youtube. keep up the good work!

Great thanks for the tips!

thank you for the lesson ... 5/5 stars :) , and i hope you viit my channel and my website . Bye bye

I'm glad you enjoyed the lessons. I do plan on adding more clips at some point in the future. Please check out my website.

Wilson Bickford

thank u for uploading ur videos i love it alot all 4 of them it can realy help me alot im a bigenner in art..thnx for showing the wrong way that we might do..its so amazing how u did the splash of the water falls..hope u can teach us more..thank you

Hi Beth,
You have no idea how many times scenes like this HAVE been class projects. lol
I've done a million of 'em. They're always popular subject matter though, and you can design them so many different ways, they never really become boring.
Wilson

Willie, great video. This pic would make a great class project. Beth Cody

I'm glad you found my clips to be helpful. I've been teaching for many years now, so I know what works for my students and what doesn't. I see pupils making the same types of errors, so I can cut to the chase and explain how to avoid those mistakes.
Please check out my DVD's and my website.
Thanks,
Wilson Bickford