Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Using soft-vine charcoal to sketch in elements; blocking in sky and where the waterfall will be; creating various values to make the area look rocky; the depth of the painting begins to appear.

Underpainting the rocks of the waterfall; adding the first layer of water; adding greenery; highlighting rock formations; adding shadows.

Creating mist and haze at the base of the waterfall; sketching in tree trunks; adding intermediate highlights; adding another layer of white on the water

Using a toothbrush to add water action and a fine-mist to various areas; sketching in arches and railing details of the bridge; blocking in limbs and tree trunks; using a thick amount of paint to create the brighter, center part of the falling water.

Adding the final highlights, rock formations and details; adding warmer highlights to some of the waterfall rocks; creating pockets of texture with color; adding a rolling mist at the bottom of the painting.

A painting depicts a little country church in South Dakota.

Sketching where the church will go; blocking in the church structure; adding intermediate-sized trees; adding drifting snow.

Working on the church sides, roof and steeple; creating shadow to show melting effect along the road; adding light to make the building appear old and washed-out.

Painting in the stained glass windows; adding cedar and pine trees, large dead trees, weeds and limbs; final highlights on snow; making the road look like muddy ruts.

Using a portrait smooth canvas to make blending colors easier; mottling colors together, then spraying the canvas to make it creamy for blending; sketching in the composition.

Lightening the soft grey undertones; adding shapes of the light formations; adding brighter colors by gradually layering them; underpainting the mountain range.

Dry-brush blending; adding the foreground; forming the trees and mountains.

The final details include highlighting the mountains, snow, and adding the final brighter colors of the sky; painting in the trees, silhouetted against the sky.