Jerry Yarnell - Jerry Yarnells Landscape Painting Secrets

Autumn Wonders

12" 16" (30cm 41 cm)

JERRY YARNELLS
Landscape
Painting
Secrets

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JERRY YARNELLS LANDSCAPE PAINTING SECRETS. Copyright 2008 by Jerry Yarnell. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F+W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Yarnell, Jerry.

Jerry Yarnells landscape painting secrets. -- 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-1-58180-951-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60061-637-2 (EPUB)

1. Landscape painting--Technique. I. Title. II. Title: Landscape painting secrets.

ND1342.Y36 2008
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About the Author

Jerry Yarnell was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1953. A recipient of two scholarships from the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Jerry has always had a great passion for nature and has made it a major thematic focus in his paintings. He has been rewarded for his dedication with numerous awards, art shows and gallery exhibits across the country. His awards include the prestigious Easel Award from the Governors Classic Western Art Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico, acceptance in the top one hundred artists represented in the national Art for the Parks competition, an exhibition of work in the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Birds in Art show and participation in a premier showing of work by Oil Painters of America at the Prince Gallery in Chicago, Illinois.

Jerry has another unique talent that makes him stand out from the ordinary: He has an intense desire to share his painting ability with others. For years he has held successful painting workshops and seminars for hundreds of people. Jerrys love for teaching also keeps him very busy holding workshops and giving private lessons in his new Yarnell Studio and School of Fine Art. Jerry is the author of nine books on painting instruction, and his unique style can be viewed on his popular PBS television series, Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art, airing worldwide.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Yarnell Studio & School of Fine Art, LLC
PO Box 1120, Skiatook, OK 74070
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Metric Conversion Chart

Peaceful Waters

12" 16" (30cm 41cm)

Dedication

It was not difficult to know to whom to dedicate this book. I give God all the praise and glory for my success. He blessed me with the gift of painting and the ability to share this gift with people around the world. He has blessed me with a new life after a very close brush with death. I am here today and able to share all of this with each of you because we have a kind, loving and gracious God. Thank you, God, for all you have done.

Also to my wonderful wife, Joan, who has now gone on to be with the Lord. I know she must have loved me or she would not have endured the hardships of an artist life and stuck with me all those years.

Lastly, to my two sons, Justin and Joshua: You both are a true joy in my life.

Acknowledgments

So many people deserve recognition. First, I want to thank the thousands of students and viewers of my television show for their faithful support over the years. Their numerous requests for instructional materials are really what initiated the process of producing these books. I want to acknowledge my wonderful staff, Diane, Scott and my mother and father for their hard work and dedication. In addition, I want to recognize the North Light Books staff for their belief in my abilities.

Table of Contents

End of the Rainbow

24" 30" (61cm 72cm)

Peace Be Still

12" 16" (30cm 41cm)

Introduction

Hopefully by now you have had a chance to become familiar with the basic techniques of landscape painting through my previous books. Until now, we have only scratched the surface. Keep in mind that painting requires a lifetime of learning, practice, patience and experimenting. In this book of my landscape painting secrets, we will explore the many different areas of landscape painting that often create problems for most beginning and intermediate artists.

Over the years I have realizedfor myself and my studentsthat sometimes the best way to learn new techniques, subjects and styles is to do a series of what we call thumbnail sketches or paintings. Thumbnail paintings are small practice segments of a painting you may be struggling with; thumbnails are done on scrap canvases. Maybe youre painting a landscape with a beautiful sunset, or a snowcapped mountain, or a waterfall with large boulders, and youre really struggling with the rocks in the waterfall or the water running over the rocks. Or maybe you just cant quite get the snow-capped mountain right. Well, Ive discovered that by setting your painting aside, getting a scrap of canvas and working out your problems on that scrap instead of on the original canvas, you will have a tendency to learn faster. You will be less concerned about messing up on the thumbnail-study painting than you would working on the original. Artists generally are more relaxed and not as afraid to experiment with different techniques, color schemes and applications when theyre working with smaller segments on a canvas board. Once you work out everything on the thumbnail, youll have much more confidence to try the techniques on the original without as much fear of messing up your beautiful painting.