Yarnell Studio & School of Fine Art. LLC 4YbSA West Diamond Oak Drive (Physical) PO Box 1120 (Mail) Skiatook: OK 75070 B77-bB1-YARTC 4278)—Stay Inspired! Keep Painting in 2015— If you can, plan to meet us this year. We would love to meet you! Be sure to visit us at our studio in the beautiful Osage Hills near Skiatook, OK (4658 W. Diamond Oak Drive). At our studio, we offer “open classes” which are designed for more customized focus and individual attention on projects throughout the year. Or you may be interested in our “national classes.” On July 6 & 7, our subject is “African Catnap.” On July 8 & 9 our subject is “The Roost.” We are also hosting workshops around the nation. We have a few seats left at the Dumas, Texas workshop scheduled for August 5 & 6 and 7 & 8. We have selected “Foggy Departure” and “First Love” as our subject painting. Be sure to look for us in: * Dumas, TX (August 5 & 6 and 7 & 8) * Frisco, TX (Sept 10 & 11) * Tallahassee, Fl (September 16 & 17; Rich Fisher) * Mesa, AZ (October 8 & 9; Rich Fisher) * Elizabethtown, KY (Oct 20-24; waitlist only) ee Check our website to get more specific information about all of our workshops and let’s have fun painting! YarnellSchool.com “Airican Catnap” p Finding Inspiration in Our Great Not The Arts’s Palette. New Watercolor S The Arts’s Toolbox. Experiment with Re Painting of the Season. Happening New at the Yarnell School of Art What's in a Name?. i Frequently Asked Questions.My Inspiration Donna and | welcome you to the new, revised Yarnell School of Fine Art, LLC Magazine! In this edition, we will take you on a journey to and through the wonderful world of painting. | get my inspiration everyday from my God, my wife and my students! For those of you who know me and to those of you new to the painting experience with us, our goal is to help all of our students become the best artists they can be. Our entire team works tirelessly to provide each student with the most up-to-date instructional materials available along with state-ofthe art technical support. Whether you are an acrylic, oil, or water color artist — we now have a vast array of instructional materials in the form of DVDs, books, an on-line school, workshops, private lessons and our very popular “Paint This With Jerry Yarnell®” TV show. We have left no stone unturned. We have something for everyone. One of the deep inside your spirit. No matter what greatest stress relievers is the ability to your goal is as an artist, just have fun, create — let us help you release all of stay inspired and keep painting. those creative juices. And maybe, God Bless all of you, surprise yourself with what is hidden Jerry and Donna Ye I Certified™ Artist Program (YCAP) We are thrilled to honor our YCAP graduates! Each has earned the prestigious certification through his/her own creative fortitude, heart, and soul. YCAP will be featured in our next issue but you can meet our graduates NOW at YarnellCertified.com. Meet Rich Fischer, Yarnell Certified™ Instructor. A native of Arizona, Rich and his lovely wife Cheryl reside in Phoenix. Through the Yarnell Certified™ Artist/Instructor Programs and his hands-on experience, Rich is armed with both pes and skill and is anxious to meet you, speak at your art association or hold a workshop in your area. Reach Rich at YarnellCertified.com. Yarnell Magazine * July 2015 Page 2—Finding Inspiration in Our Great Nation— MH) As Donna and | travel throughout our awesome country, | always find great || inspiration and beautiful subjects from every State. During one of our adventures to Portland, Oregon, we found Multnomah Falls — a waterfall as magnificent and memorable as any we have seen in the country. In April, we featured a complete study painting of “Multnomah the Magnificent” on Yarnell School Online (YarnellSchool.com). This is an 18x24 vertical acrylic painting on a medium duct stretched canvas. This is an || intermediate painting full of ‘wonderful, exciting fine art techniques that wil truly || challenge all of your art || senses. Don’t be afraid to give || it a try — | promise you will not be disappointed. Join Yarnell School Online (YSO) and get 24/7 access of step by step instructions for this painting and many others. on Mine mnie ce ee a waterfall as magnificent and memorable 7 as any in the country. Visiting Multnomah “Reet ANCE Te) eer ao Aco Ro Ca Uo} Oa Tete c ter cee y) TR ORS CLIN oe Coen Ree tol RCTS OR Rau kd eee eee) Yarnell Magazine * July 2015Have you ever wondered why my palette is arranged the way it is? The answer may surprise you. I like this layout for no particular reason other than that's the way I like it and it feels comfortable! The truth is there are no technical reasons why a palette is laid out a certain way. However, most artists like to keep their lighter colors together and darker colors together, and sometimes, similar hues together. It really depends on your style, subject color | scheme, and personality. My recommendation is to set up your palette to make you feel comfortable. My staff and students have a great time making fun of my dirty palette! | often get asked the question “Why a dirty palette?” My answer (sometimes) "Why a white palette?” An Artist’s Palette ay : tee cr AraC Raa ied Plaster [easiegtoymixzand| patie oe ae ee Voumierieth Rear ne—— Learning with the Right Tools Paint This with Jerry Yarnell® Paint This with Jerry Yarnell? Complete Kits were personally assembled by Jerry for you! These Complete Acrylic and Water Miscible Oil Kits will get you started with the right foundation, art supplies and teaching materials. Complete Acrylic “Beginner Signature Set’/ Kit For a complete materials list, selection of brushes, brush sets, paint sets, palette layouts and all : paint supplies, visit ‘Jerry's Shopping Complete Water Miscible Cart’ at YarnellSchool.com. Oil Painting Kit For the ‘little’ painters in your family, be sure to investigate the Paint This with Jerry Yarnell® Fine Art Painting and Drawing Kit for Kids. Perfect family fun for ages 9 and older. It is also good for younger painters with adult supervision. Paint This with Jerry Yarnell? Fine Art Painting & Drawing Kit for Kids Age 9 (younger with adult supervision) Yarnell Magazine * July 2015 Page 5We welcome you to the wonderful world of watercolor painting! Watercolor is an exciting medium that is very versatile, fun, and easy to work with — plus of course non-toxic so no obnoxious odors! Since the inception of Yarnell School Online (YSO), you have asked for materials in oil and in watercolor — and we have now answered both of those calls! Enjoy the unveiling of Watercolors 101 | @ Srathmone Water Paint This with Jerry Yarnell® ALL NEW Watercolor Kit Reminder: All of Jerry’s instructional materials can be created using acrylic, oil, or watercolor mediums! Watercolor Alert 014 Jerry Yarnell. All images are Pe cae aan eon which includes a complete overview of getting started with the right materials and correct techniques. Watercolors 101 also includes two (2) watercolor paintings: a ic landscape and another watercolor painting of a Mallard duck. The materials in this kit are very high quality products that will help you become acquainted with the basic watercolor procedures. View the Kit now in our Online Store at YarnellSchool.com, and order yours today!New Watercolor Series Watch and learn at YarnellSchool.com/YSO now Well, it’s finally here! After many years of requests, we have finally created the first ever, complete Watercolor Kit suited for beginners to intermediate students. Watercolor has long been known as the un-forgiving medium. But at the same time one of the most exciting and rewarding mediums you will ever work with. So for those of you who have always aspired to try watercolor but were afraid ‘FEAR NO MORE’. I have just completed an entire 13 week series of watercolor shows for P.B.S. called “Paint This with Jerry Yarnell? in Watercolor”. Join me as | take you through the process; step-by-step making the learning process easy to understand and exciting. So pick up your brushes and give it a try! Check your local P.B.S. listing for dates and times of our show. Instructional DVDs are also available. Page 7New Watercolor Series Paint This with Jerry Yarnell® ALL NEW Watercolor Instructional DVD includes “Silverton’s Proud” and a small beautiful “Note Card” “Silverton's Proud” A small beautiful painting of an old mining building in Silverton, Colorado Got 30 minutes? Create a beautiful, small “Note Card” painting on 90-lb watercolor paper with monotone colors.—How does an artist research for a painting? Researching for your painting can be one of the most rewarding experiences of being an artist. As for me, as much as I love the actual painting process, researching is as much or some times more fun than painting itself! Most of us, whether we know it or not, are in a constant state of research. For example, have you ever been on a road trip? As you are driving along you spot an old fence post with a piece of rusty barbed wire wrapped around it. So you do the most logical thing, you pull off the road to take a picture. Of course, your passenger thinks you are crazy. Well, | guess only an artist can get excited about a piece of rusty barbed wire. I know some of you like to keep your —A TIP— 1, Always keep a camera with yousend clck away! eep 4 sketch pad handy and jot down notes or make small thumbnail sketches Collect magazines of all kinds and as a rainy day project cut out hotos of subjects you like Use cardstock BY 11 and tape or glue the photos in order of subject Purchase 2ing binders and labels; number them to match your reference material. 2 = 2 Page 9 The Artist’s Tool Box reference material on your computer. For me, | prefer to place them in binders so | can take them out and mark on them, or clip them to my easel for easy study as | am painting. Then I can re-file them when | am done. This is a photo of part of my reference library. Most of you will not have a library this extensive, but you can certainly have one ona smaller scale to meet your needs. Each binder is labeled by subject and numbered — as is each reference sheet numbered to match that particular book for easy re-iling. This is how | do it, but you have to do what works best for you. Just have fun and always be on the look out for interesting subjects to add to your files. This is nothing more than God telling us to be constantly aware of his presence in our lives; fo always be on the look out for ways that we can improve our own lives and how we can help others. In other words, we are constanily researching ways to better our selves until we become a complete work of art. Yarnell Magazine * July 2015I's all lam often asked the question “Why do you use Cadmium Red Light on your palette, instead of a much brighter more true red?” The answer is really simple. Most of the paintings that | have done over the years have been landscape and related landscape subjects. Most landscape artists prefer to use a softer, warmer more earthy red. Cadmium Red Light fits that description perfectly. Over all Cad. Red Light is perfectly suited for most landscape paintings. However, on occasion a much truer, crisper red is needed for a special subject; such as a red apple, red feathers on a bird, or maybe a red dress, shirt, or other piece of material or other brighter red object. Keep in mind that Cad. Red Light is on the orange side of red which makes it easier to mix with other earth tones like Hookers Green; its compliment to create a rich warm green. It's great for sunsets, flowers, and a great additive to Purple to create great under painting tones for birds and animals. Any time you paint a red object, it is important to under paint the object in the proper tones. For example, the male cardinal you see here is under painted with a darker value of Cad. Red Light and about 1/4 Dioxazine Purple. This will give you a very rich burgundy color. Then you can begin applying the different shades of reds or other colors in | | successive layers until you achieve the desired brightness. This process is the same for all red objects. The only difference is that the underpainting tone will vary from object to object. You may use Blue, Purple, Hookers Green, or even BT Umber tothe Red to create the deep under painting tone. Then again, apply successive lighter layers of Red until you are satisfied. So what red would be good for these objects? This is my recommendation for a more true, rich Red. | am giving you several choices so you can experiment. | keep all of these handy in case | need them. Experiment and have fun with * Cad. Red Medium * Cad. Deep Hue * Naphthol Crimson (my favorite) * Deep Magenta Art work reflected here is from Jerry’s Fine Yarnell Magazine ¢ July 2015‘Oklahoma Fury” Location: A lonely stretch of highway on the east side of Woodward, Oklahoma; near the Oklahoma Panhandle Spring time in Oklahoma is an artist's paradise. That is if you like thunderstorms. | have always been fascinated with thunderstorms. The drama, light, colors, and values are a true inspiration. This painting was done on an odd size portrait smooth canvas (411 x 20). The reason I chose a portrait smooth canvas is ATS The best way to prepare for multiple valved transitions of color in @’cloud painting, such as this one, is'to Greate a base/Gray ofUltaBlve, Bt. Siena and White. Adjust the eolorjand value until im Dark Chareoal Gray. Then ixtures of progressively lighter valUes’by addingymore White. Now ayou Begin blending the clouds, start adding te propriate premixed Gray value ‘and other hues like Pinks, Reds,, Blues, efc; of course you may fied to add more of less White to create even more varieties of valuesaThis, technique is called Gradation Blending. So give it « trYSthis is\a great technique. Page 11 multiple layers of blended cloud formations. It is just much easier to create soft blends and transition values with a smoother toothed canvas; specifically with acrylic. All of the clouds were blended with the 4, 6, or 10 Bristle Brush. There are about 7-10 successive layers of Glazes to create the soft rich tones. Inspirational Quote~ “When the storms of life come your way and surround you with darkness and fear, just keep looking up and soon you will see—Happening New at the Yarnell School of Art— Hot off the press! The western novelist Charley Green's new book, “The Reluctant Warrior” is now available. Charley asked that I create a painting for the cover design of the book. After a few months of research, and minor design changes, the painting was reerrecaegt approved! | created w— this painting using Acrylic on a portrait smooth, stretched canvas. The final product is an 18x24 vertical format painting, jections” If you would like to become one of Jerry’s | collectors, please contact his studio at ‘ny time you need to achieve more 4 877-681-4278 for more information. poe! (umes chat is y | Art work reflected here is from Jerry's Fine eal eas Art and Commissioned Art Gallery. uch,YarnellSchool.com Well, it is time to have a discussion about a question we receive on a daily basis here at the studio! And that is: “Who is Joseph Yarnell?” Jerry's official, legal name is Joseph Jerome Yarnell, Jr. — but everyone calls him Jerry. The History: His father is also named Joseph Jerome Yarnell — so to tell them apart, his parents began calling him Jerry; it has stuck as the name everyone knows him by and it has served him well in his professional career as an artist. Jerry actually has two careers. Most of you know him as a teacher. * Jerry The Artist you see on his very popular P.B.S. TV show, “Paint This With Jerry Yarnell” * Jerry at his successful private art school, “The Yarnell School of Fine Art”, in Skiatook, Oklahoma. View Jerry's Fine Art at JosephYarnell.com. Contact the Yarnell School and Studio of Fine Art, LLC at 1-877-681-4278 for more information on ordering Collector Paintings. What’s in a name? OSS ETE What some people don’t realize is that Jerry is a Commission Artist of museum quality fine art for collectors. For this part of his career, he goes by his legal name, Joseph Yarnell, to separate the two careers. The Yarnell Commissioned Paintings Program provides collectors an opportunity to own an original custom work of art to fit their special needs. If you want to get to know Jerry as an award winning collectible fine artist, he is known as Joseph. His beautiful Fine Art collections can be viewed on his website, JosephYarnell.com. Joseph Yarnell Fine Art We invite you to visit Jerry's Fine Art (non-TV) gallery on his website (JosephYarnell.com) and browse the vast array of his museum quality paintings. You will be surprised and amazed at what you will find! At Joseph Yarnell.com you will find a Portfolio of Works which include: * Miniatures * Seascapes + Landscapes —* Portraits and Figures * Western Art * Cityscapes * Wildlife * Still Life Look for Jerry’s newest Collector Paintings featured in this Magazine; “Oklahoma Fury” in Landscapes and “Reluctant Warrior” in Western— Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) — We receive many questions by phone, email or via our website. While in the past we have tried to respond personally to every question we receive, the wonderful, vast growth of our student following and sheer volume of email questions now precludes us from personally responding. So, we decided to compile all of your great questions in one place. From the YarnellSchool.com, click on the FAQs tab on the left. Once on the FAQ page, you will find answers organized by various categories. You can also use the search option to find what you're looking for, i.e., type “art supplies” into the search box to find a copy of Jerry’s supply list / palettes. The FAQs are answers to questions that Jerry has answered over 35+ years, plus they are a FREE GREAT resource for Jerry’s students. Enjoy! oT ‘An example of an FAQ we get is: “When is it OKAY to copy Jerry's Work? When is it NOT OKAY? Recently a young artist posted a photo on social media of a painting that he had copied from Jerry's recent fine art piece called “Oklahoma Fury”, which you can view in this publication. The artist responded quite angrily when we quickly informed him of the inappropriateness of copying any of Jerry’s personal fine art paintings as we strictly do not allow this. Since we regularly receive inquiries relating to selling student versions of Jerry's in-structional work, we felt it timely that we once again provide Jerry's policy. Can sign my name to a painting although | painted it from an art book, video, or photo-graph of one of Jerry's paintings? Yes. As long as it is one of his instructional materials and NOT one of his personal fine art Gallery paintings. While Jerry is pretty liberal in allowing students to copy his instructional paintings, he is not flexible in allowing anyone to copy his personal Gallery pieces. Jerry requests that you please: Sign your name to your art work and not Jerry’s name (yes, sadly this has happened). Give him credit on the back of your painting, i.e., “this paintings was completed under the instruction of ‘ey Yarnell of the Yarnell School of fine Art, LLC.” —Change the ‘name’ of the painting from the title that Jerry has used when ek entering your art into a competition, show, or gallery. Gan | copyright “my” version of these paintings? We don’t mind if you copyright your own pieces as long as it does not look so similar to Jerry’s that everyone can recognize it was taken from one of his instructional materials. Just like with 7 music — change it up enough so that it’s clear that the work e+, is yours. Then sell the heck out of i! @2@@OO LZ Py Yarnell Magazine * July 2015The WOW Moments We love to bem from our artists! Recently we received some great WOWSs. So with permission from these artists, we are sharing their WOW Moments with you. Enjoy reading — as we sure did! Signed: Linda, A very appreciative student | purchased Jerry's signature hake brush and script liner brush. | have learned to like the script liner but have had lots of difficulties with the hake brush. Well, | went to his website and went to the school and saw a preview of Jerry explaining in detail about the brushes. When he demonstrated the hake brush is when | had my "oh my goodness" moment! | saw all the wrong things | have been doing with this brush and | have now successfully utilized this brush and absolutely love it! | am able to get the same results that Jerry does and am absolutely amazed at the difference. | am so thankful that Jerry took the time to give students and visitors to his website the usage of his brushes for free, it really takes the frustration out of the game with them. | have also found that he is correct when it comes to using a better made brush over using a cheap brush. | have found this to be true. So | ordered two of his signature brushes today. Just wanted to share my feelings about this brush. Knowing HOW to USE it makes a huge difference in the result on the canvas and my sanity! Thanks again for your input and guidance.” Signed: Tony, Thanks again and take care “Sometime last fall | sent in an image of a painting | won a state award for of a Snowy Owl for the newsletter. | know you must get these emails all the time but | thought I'd go ahead and re-send it anyway. It won a first place in the ! Wisconsin Regional Artists Association (WRAA) competition in Janesville, Wisconsin in June 2014. It will now move on to the statewide competition in Madison this September. IF you have room to insert it into the newsletter, that'd be great. Jerry has helped re-kindle my painting career in so many ways. | get inspired just watching him paint.” Signet: Darry/, "Dear Jerry, thank you for the " Cityscape" ( skyline ) lesson. | had so much fun painting this, and had many compliments on this painting ! | am so thankful for this school. | have learned so much from you! Itis perfect for me as | am handicapped and unable hat a oe; to venture out.” Page 15 Yarnell Magazine * July 2015The WOW Moments We never get tired hearing from you. Drop us a note at jerry@yarnellschool.com. Tell us about your WOW Moments. Signet: Marcey, So thrilled “Dear Jerry, | am a relatively new student artist; | began taking lessons almost 2 years ago. | heard about you and your television program at my class and immediately started recording and watching. A few weeks ago I signed up for your Yarnell School Online and | cannot express how elated | am to have found you! | have learned so much already and | have set aside time each evening to watch at least one video. This has really interfered with my sleep because | have to pull myself away from watching]! : ) Your videos are so enlightening and helpful and | used some of your techniques in my class today (rocks for one) and my teacher was very impressed. So, thank you. You are providing a quality educational experience. Any chance you will teach palette knife techniques??? ” ‘Signed: Dan, Excited about level of quality “recently signed up for your on line school. This is without a doubt the best resource | have ever had access to for painting. In two weeks | improved my knowledge and skill level far beyond my expectations. Your snippets provides a level of clarity that really helps me improve. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. | look forward to one day attending your classes in person.” ‘Signed: So Proud “I sent an email earlier stating that | bought the kids art kits for my 2 granddaughters below. The first pic is Audrey. Both of her parents are graphic animators for a Studio in Oregon. Audrey is 6 years old. Kaylee is my other 6 year old granddaughter from Tennessee. Her mother is a professional graphic artist also. You asked if you could post on Facebook. Both parents stated that would be fine.” Yarnell Magazine * July 2015ry Yarnell® Watercolor Kit that $355, g you need from A-Z to get started! int This with Jerry "Signature Set” is e Ip you get started at and teaching — materials. Paint This with Jerry Yar & Drawing Kit for Kids ‘Ages 9 (younger with adult sup #2 Bristle Brush A part of Jerry's Signatu dry brush blending small ty fine distant highlights. #12 Sable Flat - flesh fones, pottery, or anything: ‘teal soft edge. Works ¥ Hiful soft, well-balanced bi Jerry’s signature brushes can only be purchased from an authorized sourc eC + The Online Store — YarnellSchool.com Sera eee Barc em ket eRe eeea en celNew Products es re cee Newest “Red” Paint Choices that can be found in the YarnellSchool.com Online Store Medium ACRYLIC liquitex Heavy Body Cadmium Red Medium $19.50, ; (2 oz.) ACRYLIC Liquitex Heavy Body Cadmium Red Deep Hue $11.50 | (2 oz) i Naphthol Grimson == ACRYLIC Liquitex Hoary Body Nephttiol Crimson {2 oz.) a Jerry's Favorite Deep Magenta ACRYLIC Liquitex Heavy Body Deep Magenta (2 oz.) Grumbacher Water-color Pai Z Which websiteis really Jerry eet: 's website? are on ne Home Page. We mention this becau many entities on the Internet promote Jerry — bi may not be authorized to do so, Ifyou can, take the time to wateh I ane iy i Sea eS ae ; Pena Cee bec retire wearer ee h Yarnell Magazine * July 2015sina ES Keep ye el @ Yarnell Studio & School of Fine Art, LLC @ 4b58 West Diamond Oak Drive (Physical) PO Box 1120 (Mail) Skiatook» OK 75070 ® 877-bBL-4ART C4278)