Composition – Eye Movement and setting up a still life for painting -Alla Prima -Stefan Baumann

This video is about how to create Composition Eye Movement and setting up a still life painting along with landscape oil painting and How to Create good composition using the elements light and shadow. How to use the effects of light, How to Apply the Golden Mean. How to oil paint and how to make a masterpiece using En Plein Air or Alla Prima. Plein air and alla prima artist Stefan Baumann, host of the PBS painting series “The Grand View, America’s National Park through the eyes of an artist” and author of “Observations Of Art and Nature,” travels in his vintage travel trailer painting America’s western landscape. Baumann paints outdoors with oils and canvas capturing stunning vistas, wildlife, western landscapes, National Parks and still life, thrilling art collectors throughout the world. He has many international collectors acquiring his paintings as investments. His painting style is called Romantic Realism with Luminism, and the extraordinary way he captures the effect of light is a truly American style used to paint the Western landscape. He can be seen plein air painting in Yellowstone, Yosemite and in the Grand Canyon. Baumann’s “how to paint” DVDs filmed on location in the National Parks are the very best on the market.