8986 River Bend (Acrylic, 105 minutes) This beautiful landscape lesson is from the Jerry Yarnell Inspiration of Painting PBS instructional video series. Learn how to paint a gentle river curving through lush countryside. Jerry explains water reflection, perspective flow, and color blending for calm movement. Done on an 18 x 24 inch canvas - beginner level.

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  In this acrylic painting instructional video, Jerry teaches you how to create a peaceful autumn river landscape filled with rich color, depth, and atmosphere. Riverbend features a gently curving river surrounded by brilliant fall foliage, glowing golden grasses, dramatic foreground tree branches, and soft water reflections that bring the entire scene to life.

Painted on an 18x24 canvas in acrylics, this lesson focuses on composition, layering, and creating strong foreground interest using overhanging tree limbs and natural framing techniques. You’ll learn how to blend warm autumn colors, build realistic river reflections, paint distant tree lines with atmospheric perspective, and create convincing water movement using light and shadow.

This step-by-step acrylic landscape painting tutorial is perfect for artists who want to improve their skills in painting fall scenery, rivers, trees, reflections, and depth in landscape art. Jerry demonstrates essential techniques for brush control, color mixing, soft blending, and creating contrast between foreground, middle ground, and background elements.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter, this autumn river scene will help you strengthen your understanding of composition, value control, and realistic nature painting.