Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art acrylic, watercolor, and oil painting lessons

Master artist and teacher Jerry Yarnell, along with Yarnell Art, created an extensive collection of acrylic, oil, and watercolor painting tutorial videos through the popular PBS television series Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art. Learn step-by-step how to paint landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, Western scenes, impressionistic paintings, cityscapes, portraits, and more, along with dedicated oil painting and watercolor lessons, using Jerry Yarnell's clear, easy-to-follow painting techniques and instruction. Use the menu at the top of the page to easily browse Jerry Yarnell's instructional videos by category. These classic Jerry Yarnell painting tutorials and instructional videos are available from Yarnell Art on DVD or as convenient Digital Video Downloads, with painting lessons for everyone from beginners to seasoned artists.

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Explore our collection of 168 Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art instructional videos and 181 Inspiration of Painting instructional videos. Across these lessons, Jerry teaches essential fine art techniques including color mixing, composition, values, brushwork, perspective, and creating depth. Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced artist, Jerry's clear, step-by-step instruction makes it easy to learn new techniques and build your painting skills.

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3337 Forest Pathway (Oil) - From the Jerry Yarnell Inspiration of Painting PBS television series, Jerry guides beginning artists through a beautiful water-mixable oil painting lesson featuring a winding woodland pathway surrounded by colorful autumn trees and softly misty forest scenery. This beginner-level lesson is approximately 98 minutes and is painted on an 18 x 24 canvas. The finished painting features a peaceful dirt pathway curving between sunlit grassy hillsides, reddish-orange fall trees, slender bare branches, and soft blue-gray woodland trees fading into the misty distance. Warm golden grasses and long shadows across the pathway create a beautiful contrast with the cool, hazy forest background, giving the painting a wonderful sense of depth, sunlight, and autumn atmosphere.

Today's Frequently Asked Question:

Question: What are Complements of a Color?

Answer: Complements of colors are colors that you use to create good color balance in a painting. They are always opposite each other on the color wheel. It takes practice to understand the use of complements, but a good rule of thumb is to remember that whatever predominant color you have in your painting use its complement or a form of its complement to highlight, accent or gray that color. For example, if your painting has a lot of green in it, the complement of green is red or a form of red like orange, red orange, yellow orange, etc. If you have a lot of blue in your painting, the complement to blue is orange or a form of orange, such as, yellow orange, red orange, etc. The complement to yellow is purple or a form of purple. Each complement varies depending on which colors you use. It would be a good idea for you to pick up a simple color wheel at your local art store and familiarize yourself with all the different complements.