Paint This with Jerry Yarnell

Painting chickens in a barnyard and a rooster; adding strokes for straw.

Barnyard straw; rooster; creating a sandy dirt look, highlights and texture; the wood ladder in the door area of the chicken coop.

Using a naphthol crimson glaze on the building; beginning the highlights and accents on the straw and hay; blocking in a hen; creating the illusion of feathers.

Adding highlights to the rooster's feathers; using cast shadow on the rooster's back; creating the illusion of sunlight.

Scrubbing method creates a motted background for a picture featuring an Appaloosa; underpainting the horse.

The gallery wrap; sketching in the horse while leaving in proper negative space; dry-brushing in grass.

Back side of the horse; using a deep shadow color to insert cast shadows underneath the horse; creating the horse's muscle and hair.

Using a rolling method to achieve a soft shadow on the horse; adding spots to the horse's body; adding weeds, sunrays and seed pods.

A painting composed on camera pays tribute to Arizona; placing lines that suggest the layers of mountains, cacti, rock formations and flowers; adding the sky, clouds and distant mountains.

Highlighting rocks and creating rock formations; adding various colors to the rocks and creating the look of cracks and crevices; adding grass and vegetation to the rocky areas.

Adding warmth to the eroded washed area; adding irregular structures and light to the desert; using warmer tones in the background to indicate stronger sunlight.

Adding small bushes and foliage to create a springtime look; shaping the cactus; adding a variety of flowers.

Highlighting the cactus; adding red blooms to the ocotillo plant; adding highlights to the yellow bush; using a toothbrush to get a rock and pebble effect.