Your Brush With Nature Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• At the Beach

  Colorful toys, towels and sails depict a fun day at the beach.

• Autumn Woods

  Long shadows falling across a wooded landscape.

• Chicken Coop

  Proper drawing, perspective and highlights; using shadows as design elements.

• Day Lily Still Life

  Painting a still life of a day lily in a vase; detailing techniques for an up-close flower subject.

• Double Fall Oak

  A painting lesson on fall colors includes a scene with two red-leafed oak trees standing along a lake's shoreline.

• Evening Light

  Prepatory work for sunset painting and why time constraints are an important factor.

• Fall Meadow

  A colorful fall scene depicts horses in a meadow.

• Fall River

  A painting of a river bend in Michigan highlights fall colors and water features.

• Fall Still Life
• Fence Line

  An old rustic fence in fall colors.

• Fox

  A fox sits amid a simple, snowy background; painting fur.

• Garden Day Lilies 1

  A large day lily garden with foot paths and a garden shed; perspective, color and detail.

• Garden Day Lilies 2

  A garden with day lilies, footpaths and a fountain; color, detail and perspective.

• Glorious Gazebo

  A gazebo anchors a spring palette of colors.

• Horse Barn

  Balancing fine details and quick references while painting outdoors.

• Kelsey

  Painting a child model sitting next to a backyard pond and waterfall.

• Kiawah Island

  Wetlands, grasses, river and lowlands stretch from the Carolinas to Florida.

• Lakeside

  Creating distance and depth with staggered elements like bushes and trees; the lake's edge draws one's attention to the painting.

• Marina

  A maritime scene of a marina on the Detroit River includes boats, water features and wildlife.

• Market Street

  The historic Market Street buildings in downtown Charleston, S.C.

• The Mooring

  A peaceful summer scene features little boats.

• Mountain Stream

  A mountain stream in the Great Smoky Mountain National Forest with emerald green rocks and lush vegetation.

• Mountain Vista

  Subtle values create depth in a painting.

• Old Cemetery

  Historic old cemetery; lighting on subjects and proper perspective.

• Pioneer Mill

  A little mill lies next to a river in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

• Pumpkin Patch

  Thousands of bright orange pumpkins against a fall-color background.

• Pumpkin Still Life

  A small still life of pumpkins and grasses.

• Sand Hill Crane

  Painting sandhill cranes.

• Snow Covered Path

  Natural elements, like muddy puddles, lead the eye into the painting; flat light on a cloud-covered winter day keeps colors muted.

• Spring at the Farm

  Staggered forsythia bushes under a blue sky on a sunny day.

• Summertime

  A summer sky with cloud formations over the lake.

• Swans

  Using pure white on a mother swan with her brood.

• Winter Bridge

  A painting of a covered bridge in a winter setting exemplifies perspective and winter features.

• Winter Path

  Going into the snowy woods to paint a winter path.

• Winter River

  A scene along a river in winter highlights water features and snow.

• Winter Shoreline

  A river shoreline on a cold winter day; finding colors in winter scenes, water and snow features.

• Winter Vignette

  A scene depicts two aspen trees and a snow-covered fence.

• Winter Wagon

  Plein-air painting uses a limited but unified palette with cool and warm tones.

• Winter Willow

  A weeping willow tree on an island; adding color to a winter scene; painting water features.