11th Annual MVIS National Juried Exhibition: August 2 - September 30, 2022

The Missouri Valley Impressionist Society's 11th Annual Juried Exhibition will be held August 2nd through September 30th at the Cathy Kline Fine Art Gallery in Parkville, Missouri.

And yours truly will have two paintings showing and available for purchase!  I was so happy that I finally joined the MVIS back in October 2021.  I was just in time with my new membership to enter the 10th Annual show, which took place at the beautiful Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri.  I am really excited for this next show to happen, and I hope you will check it out!

11th Annual MVIS Juried Exhibition

August 2nd - September 30th, 2022

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 6th, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Cathy Kline Fine Art Gallery

8701 NW River Park Dr.

Parkville, Missouri

Water And Spirit
oil on linen, 16x20"
Available at Cathy Kline Fine Art Gallery, August 2 - September 30, 2022

Arise, My Soul, Arise
oil on linen, 11x14"
Available at Cathy Kline Fine Art Gallery, August 2 - September 30, 2022

"Elements of Landscape Painting: Trees" Now Available on Gumroad

My latest instructional video Elements of Landscape Painting: Trees is now available for purchase and download from Gumroad!  Check out the preview below, and please visit my Gumroad link to get the full length video:  https://ryandelgado.gumroad.com/l/trees

Elements of Landscape Painting: Trees

Without question, one of the most common elements to a landscape painting is a tree. They're everywhere! Whether they are distant groups of trees or individual ones in the foreground of our composition, chances are if we're painting a landscape, there's going to be a tree somewhere.

In this video, artist Ryan Delgado demonstrates his approach to painting an individual tree in the foreground starting with the initial toning of the canvas, followed by the block-in stage, and the build up of alla prima applications of color. But he's not stopping there! In addition to the tree itself, Ryan addresses other surrounding elements of the landscape that give the tree context and allow for a more convincing representation of nature, including a second tree in the middle background, the distant trees in the far background, the sky peeking through the leaves and branches, and the lay of the land. Painting trees is all about identifying shapes and the skill of careful observation of color and value, and those are the two most valueable lessons of this demonstration.