Instructional Video 8843 Geese on Lake
Jerry Yarnell – Inspiration of Painting PBS Television Series
Acrylic Painting Tutorial – 54 Minutes | 18x24 Canvas | Beginner Level

In this peaceful beginner acrylic painting lesson from the Jerry Yarnell Inspiration of Painting PBS television series, you’ll learn how to paint a serene lakeside wildlife scene featuring geese flying across a reflective marsh at sunset. This atmospheric landscape captures the quiet beauty of still water, soft evening light, and the graceful motion of birds gliding over the lake.

Jerry demonstrates how to build a glowing sunset sky and create natural reflections across calm water using simple acrylic painting techniques. You’ll learn how to establish depth with distant tree silhouettes, paint marsh grasses and shoreline textures, and compose the scene so the wildlife subject becomes the natural focal point.

This landscape and wildlife painting also introduces techniques for painting flying geese with convincing shape and motion while keeping distant elements soft to enhance atmospheric perspective. Jerry explains how to balance warm sky colors with cool water reflections and how to use contrast and value to guide the viewer’s eye through the painting.

Perfect for beginning artists interested in wildlife landscapes, lake reflections, or learning how to paint birds in flight, this 54-minute instructional video strengthens foundational skills in composition, color harmony, atmospheric depth, and brush control while creating a beautiful natural wetland scene.