Your Brush With Nature

Painting fall colors without over stating the bright warm colors is the lesson here.

Reflections on the river are the reverse of what’s above, but in slightly different tones.

The lesson is structure and architecture and trying to reflect the winter mood. This will serve as a sketch as a studio painting.

Watch as Heiner captures the unique architecture of Charleston, South Carolina.

Heiner demonstrates that the color of snow is not always white, but can have beautiful colors in shadows and highlights. The little birch trunk adds the needed focal point.

Heiner would like you come painting with him at "Kiawah Island" in South Carolina. Full Access Explorers will enjoy this classic episode where Heiner teaches how to plein air paint, even when it's raining. He also shows us how to find shapes in the rivers and grasses of the lower country, which can be a challenge when you are new to painting Northern America landscapes.

Heiner Hertling takes custom box of tricks outdoors in the middle of winter to paint a shoreline. He’s not the only one outdoors as kayakers, snowmobile enthusiasts and native wildlife species surround him in front of this unfrozen flowing stream. In the episode his custom box helps hold his painting supplies, adjust the angle to minimize the falling snow on his painting, hold the canvas securely.

Don’t make this mistake or you may end up with a whole car filled with spiders. In Charleston, South Carolina, Heiner Hertling tells us about a mistake he made resulting in just that as he pays his respect in an “Old Cemetery”. During this episode, Heiner focuses on architecture, still life and plein air painting techniques used to help remember the day.

In the fall the trees are turning bright beautiful colors all over America. However the autumn season isn’t the only time of year to find colorful landscapes outdoors. During a warm summer day in Milford, Heiner takes us to a day lilies garden to go plein air painting. Along for the adventure are several of his plein air painting group buddies.

In the Your Brush with Nature episode titled “Kelsey” Heiner Hertling demonstrates a plein air painting of ten year old Kelsey in front of a garden pond. When you’re outdoors painting, time is always limited. Heiner gives us some important tips and shows up how to capture this unique subject matter, in a way that both beginners and veteran painters can appreciate.

Often there are so many beautiful vistas outdoors that trying to paint a whole landscape scene can be too daunting. It can be much easier to concentrate on a smaller aspect. On a warm summer day that’s exactly what Heiner did in episode 111 Day Lily Still Life on Your Brush with Nature. When painting a close up of a subject such as a few flowers, it’s best to make your background less detailed.

Join Heiner Hertling in episode 112 as he paints at a “Marina”. This was the first time Heiner painted boats and a harbor scene on Your Brush with Nature. He demonstrates how to easily paint a cove effect to create a three dimensional appearance of your painting. He also demonstrates how to capture the docks and boats.

It’s another hot summer day, but Heiner and his buddies are outdoors creating some plein air paintings on Your Brush with Nature. In episode 113 “Garden Day Lilies 2” he paints a colorful garden of flowers. The busy scene can be overwhelming. Through his example, Heiner teaches us about image composition, where to add the most contrast of your values, and color theory.