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Watch nationally renowned western, wildlife and historical Native American artist Jason Tako paint a mountain pine in overcast light, explain why you should paint your foreground first, why you don’t need a lot of colors on your palette, and much more!
00:00 Beginning
03:58 Why you should paint your foregrounds first.
09:00 Colors on my palette.
13:08 How to arrange a plein air painting palette.
16:43 Why you don’t need a lot of colors in your palette.
24:46 More thoughts on how many colors you need on your palette.
29:00 Exaggerating aerial perspective to create more depth.
37:20 Painting blacks that are in the distance.
44:24 Applying thick oil paint
To see the materials Jason uses, visit the resource page on his blog: https://mysketchjournal.com/resources.'>https://mysketchjournal.com/resources.
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Jason Tako is considered to be one of the foremost western, wildlife and historical Native American Artists. His work has been featured in Plein Air Magazine and Western Art Collector Magazine. He has won numerous national awards for his work from many organizations including Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Easton, Western Art Collector, Plein Air Magazine, the Society of Animal Artists. His work is included in prestigious collections all across the United States. He is also the Featured Artist for the 2020 Southeastern Wildlife Expo. His work can be seen at https://www.JasonTako.com and he writes for his drawing blog https://mysketchjournal.com