I wonder if that batter can hit a 100-mile-per-hour fastball.

I wonder if I could throw one!

Maybe if I stood a little bit closer.

[piano plays in bright rhythm & tone] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I want to show you something.

This is a still life.

It's a copy of one of my paintings.

It's called "Hall of Fame."

It has a shirt, a cap, a baseball bat, glove and shoes.

I scored 100% on the quiz!

But anyway, a student sent it to me, and I don't look at it and say oh gosh, the bat's not going under the hat or this isn't quite as graceful.

You just say oh my goodness, thanks for the good work you did!

That's why I was so blessed to go to my teacher, Claude Buck.

He'd always look for the good in what I was doing.

By the way, the original of that was the first painting that I did in Claude's studio, I guess it was after 4 years, that he didn't touch!

He had a little high blood pressure so his wife said, you have to bring the paintings up to him to his easel to correct, and I thought well, I'll stay here and he can make comments, which he did.

But all his background of helping came forth at that time, and I kind of grew a little bit of wings, which was nice.

Now another baseball picture-- we have Goliath, and we're-- Goliath at bat.

Goliath, you're a big dude.

What I'm going to choose to do to start with is, I've already put walnut oil over this acrylic section or session so now today it's all oil paint, but I'm going to put on a little glaze here and there.

We're not calling this Saturday Night Bath, because we're not putting the same thing over everything.

I will start with Alizarin, and I have this bristle brush.

Oh, you're kind of a flimsy bristle brush, and I'll start up by the head, and I'll come right across the bat.

Come across his hat, and come down in front of him just a little bit.

A little bit behind and let's see, maybe down in here.

Then I'm going to take some Purple.

Where are you, Purple?

Are you over here?

You're over here!

You got on the wrong side of the bus.

We'll come up, and we'll put this in the top of the sky.

Top of the picture.

[soft scraping] Come down, and you know, there's no rules on this.

It can blend in a little bit with the Alizarin.

And then I'll come down lower.

No, I don't want to come lower there.

I'll jump across, come down here into the umpire and the catcher's area, and I'll come across there just a little bit too.

Oh, this is so much fun to work on!

The reason I enjoy it so much is, it's pretty much established what I want.

Now it's just here and there add a little enhancement, refine a little bit, and just see what the colors do with each other.

You know, I don't see this color in the original, but I like it so much so I'm going to leave it there for the moment.

What about anyplace else?

Let's come across into his uniform just a little bit and across the shoulders.

And then I see some dark right behind the head.

So more paint, I didn't get quite enough.

That's better, and then it puts him more into the picture rather than your eye going out to the left.

And I'll cut into that too.

Okay, I think that'll be enough with the glazing of those 2 colors, but let's also put a glaze down through the middle.

And my choice on that is what?

I don't know!

I will not use Alizarin, Orange may be a little bright, so let's try Cadmium Red Light.

So in each case now, I've used pure color.

I used Alizarin Crimson, I used the purple.

Now I'm using the Red Light, Cadmium Red Light.

[soft scraping] And after I do this, I'm aware that sometimes you can use a paper towel and wipe out a little bit, so it'll be lighter, but it will also be dry so when you put on the oil smash in there, it will be more pure, because it's not blending into any wet paint.

Okay I think that's enough-- what are you?

Are you there for good?

Temporarily.

Okay, so where do we start?

Let's start on Goliath, and I'll take my knife, but I'll also take a small flat brush.

I think the small flat brush will be the choice.

I have a little White, and I've mixed Cadmium Red Light on it.

I want to come up to the hat again.

See, we may have used red there before, but now after we've glazed it, then it has the chance to pop up a little brighter.

Now I'm going to put some, this is Rose.

That finished batting helmet, see, we call it a hat, but the finished batting helmet has the red on it, so I've just added some Quinacridone Rose to it, which gives us sort of a reflected light, and that's good.

Now we'll come with just a little light on the cheek.

This is Raw Sienna, and I'm going to use a little bit of the red and this will be just slightly on the cheek right there, and maybe just the smallest amount on the nose.

However, when we put the light next to the face, we'll kind of brush into it so we won't have quite the sharpness that we currently have.

All right, let's come down to the shirt.

The shirt, we'll have some-- what are you?

You're Turquoise Blue?

Oo, that's pretty.

Turquoise Blue and White, and this-- see it's just a little different than the acrylic color, so you get sort of 2 shades of blue, and I like this when you have colors and you have more than just a solid one color on it.

And the way I put that on, you can see it's kind of brush-stroked a little bit, and it lifts slightly, so you make use of the underneath coming through.

Now there's a shirt the sleeve.

What helps that is just the little indication of trim.

This is Quinacridone Rose as well.

So it's right in there like that.

Okay, on the sleeve, on the shirt, here's Cadmium Red Light.

I kind of feel it just needs to be a little lighter, so I'm adding a little White to it.

How about a little Yellow?

There, so that's about equal yellow, White and Red Light, and this will be just in the crease there and maybe on the edge of the glove, the batting gloves, which are matching.

Isn't it nice how they are red as well?

I'll go a little darker with purple just on this edge to kind of set this away from the body slightly.

I'm going to take this, get my values down there, my Turquoise Blue and White, but before I go down there, I want to come back up just a little bit right to here so we have a little more of a crook in the arm.

Okay, same thing, coming down.

And I'm doing this so it's going to be a little looser.

That's exactly what it is-- a little bit looser.

I'm going to use a little more of the pure color.

So this is some without White.

Oo, that's beautiful!

That's a brand-new uniform!

You take care of that, because you may have to wear it again tomorrow.

Now as I come lower, which I'm doing, I want to go quite dark so-- what are you?

Ultramarine Blue?

That's down there, and then you don't really see anything down below as far as socks or anything.

You have one top of the sock there.

I have a little, this is the Turquoise Blue and White again, just a little bit lower, and I'll just rub it slightly so it kind of fades down in, and then a little red, this is Quinacridone Rose, just the front part of the sock.

And then the Rose as well will sort of sneak down, not solid, kind of a broken line comes down there like that.

Okay, now let's go to the pitcher.

He looks a little green, so let's make him a little green.

This was Viridian Green that I just picked up.

You know, when I look at him, I don't know if you're home team or visiting team.

It's usually gray or it's in the whites.

I think he's a visiting team.

I'll put just a little blue to give a little character on that.

Yeah, he's ready.

He's got a bird flying over him, but we'll get rid of that later.

Okay now let's go to the catcher, and we'll take-- what are you?

I don't want you.

You're in the position where the Dioxazine Purple usually is, and that's what I want.

This is the Purple, and you see on that shoulder... get a little influence there.

I don't think the umpire-- you probably better not have too much or it looks like you're favoring one team over the other.

So I'll take some Blue and White.

This is still Turquoise Blue and White, kind of brush-mixing.

And let's see, we have a little bit on the back of the hat, a little bit on the top, kind of cuts the line, a little bit on this guy, a little on the front.

A little bit behind, a little bit here.

It just gives us some nice rays.

So let's do a little bit of that.

I'm going to take a fan brush, dip into the oil, take some of the Turquoise Blue and White, and just pull it down.

Does this take bravery?

Yes.

[laughs] But let's just say you don't like something you've done.

Then just take a paper towel and you can wipe a little bit, because you have that acrylic and we're making a lot of use of that acrylic on this painting.

I need to have a stronger light for this guy's white pants.

The catcher's white pants, not this guy.

The catcher right in here.

And a little bit on his shoulder, and let's then go ahead and play a little bit around in the background.

So we'll take some Yellow and White.

Good strong amount, I'll put the lightest right in there.

Now, that's a good place to put it, because it's right near his shoulder, which represents power.

So which team you for if you're making Goliath look good?

Yeah, but you haven't seen the pitch to the forehead yet.

Goliath is going to be on first base-- if he can walk that far after being hit in the head!

I guess I shouldn't keep emphasizing that.

We don't pitch to anybody on purpose, do we?

[soft scraping] Okay, I'm going to take the flat sable brush just with a little Orange and Yellow Ochre, equal parts, a little bit of White, and I want to come near his face.

It kind of is a little bit of relief from all the red that is there.

Cut that bill down slightly.

Like hearing that when you buy something-- "We'll cut the bill down slightly."

Okay, we have some other work to do there.

This is the Yellow and White, maybe a touch of Orange.

And we'll come right close to his hands.

So much of this, you know, is just kind of free play as you put it on, but what you have to be aware of is your edges.

You know, do you want to come close to the glove, and it emphasizes them.

Now, as I look up, I'm taking still the same Orange and White, I look at the original, Mr. Goliath has some good light there.

So he's very intensely studying the pitch that's going to be coming.

We better give you a substantial bat.

So what do I want to do on that?

We'll take some Purple.

Do we want to do anything else with that?

Let's start with that.

So we get a dark edge to the bottom side of the bat.

He has a good grip on that.

Whoo!

And here.

I'm going to push this just a little bit up, when I say up, towards the right, and I'll come across this light slightly, which I think we said earlier we'll diminish it just a little bit.

I need to come on this side just to make that line a little more straight.

Okay, down here.

Boy, that's a good job.

I like what you've done.

Oh, thank you!

Okay now the underarm, the distant arm, I need to kind of blur that a little bit.

So I'm going to take some Red and White... so it isn't really established too much.

A little bit of Alizarin just for a slight bit of an edge right there.

Okay, now let's look at what else we need to do.

That arm right in here, I could be just a little fuller.

I like that.

That's a little more muscular.

What about the shoulder?

So we have that, but right in here, I need to have a dark, so it gives some strength into the shoulder and the back of the arm.

That's better.

And we can have just a little suggestion of a little dark line here so that will be the armpit.

Okay, what about the belt?

Well, we put it in earlier, but let's take some of our rose color, Quinacridone Rose, just a little wider up front.

And as it goes back, you have to go with values, so this wouldn't be as bright.

So I'm using just a little Purple into it.

The kneecap, let's see, the kneecap, pretty close to there.

So the light is just a little above it.

This is yellow and white.

This is a little bit above it, like that.

Blend this slightly, and as you recall maybe on the previous baseball picture that we did, a lot of this excitement is by bringing things across each other.

Now I'll take some White and a little Orange and Yellow and White, and see, when I place this on, it looks good in there, but I need to have this come right against the leg.

[soft scraping] Oo, where did the baseball pitcher go?

I'm going to wipe that just a little bit.

Gosh, poor David out there, he's kind of gone.

So we'll put him back in a little bit with our Viridian Green.

I wonder.

He's already thrown that pitch.

Where is it?

Where is it?

I don't know, but let's take some more of this-- well, let's do this first.

Let's take a little Raw Sienna and kind of push in there, so it's not quite as light all the way down the leg.

A little bit on that side too, and we have a need for, as I point to the original, we have some good light in the front of each of the catcher and umpire's masks, and I'm in the same Yellow and Orange and White.

So we place this on right against that.

Good, and then just blend it a little bit.

It's good, but we can say now-- better!

What, are you new?

No, I'll put just a touch of Alizarin on that.

Okay, we need some between the catcher and the umpire.

So that's right in here.

See the action?

Your eye falls right down there to the baseball pitcher.

We'll go up above a little bit with some pink.

This is Rose and White.

Right in here, and some of that is up there too.

Good.

Do we have any-- yeah, we do.

You know, I said "Do we have any?"

and then I said, "Yes, we do."

We need to have a little bit of glow across the uniform.

Let's go a little light down in the foreground in front of the pitcher.

So I've used Yellow and White with a little bit of the Permanent Green Light right down in here, And then what is quite nice-- you see that little gleam, this is Yellow and White and a little Orange, the gleam right by the glove.

See, I'll put it on, and then you can kind of blend it around a little bit.

That's a little too much.

I'll just push some green in it and remove it slightly-- it's very easy to do, But I really like that pitcher.

I feel there's a confidence there.

Just a little more Green so it isn't quite as light.

A little bit behind him.

Now let's see if there's anything up above.

Let's have, slightly pulling-- this is Alizarin Crimson and White, slightly pulling some strokes up that way.

See, he has inspiration as well.

More Alizarin, and this will cut it down not quite as light.

Okay, there's a little pinkish, and this is Alizarin and White.

Actually you're Rose and White, right behind the batter's head and bat.

Oo, I like that.

Okay I'm going to push a little bit.

This is Yellow, White, and Orange.

Boy, I've used a lot of you today.

So we have in here, but I'm going to go just a little higher, closer like that, so it's a little more full-chested.

Same thing.

Now is there anything that we haven't done that should be done?

There's a touch of red that shows right there.

That's his thumb or part of his fingers.

Let's see, holding that-- that would be some fingers going around there.

Maybe a little right-- and this is Orange and White-- right near the end of the bat, the knob of the bat.

Okay, I think we've kind of achieved what we wanted to today.

A little just a kind of a how do you do thing going away down here.

Put just a little bit in there.

It doesn't compete with what's up front, but it is in the same family.

Okay... that's a wrap!

That's the game.

The game's over!

We have a winner!

You are the winner, because you watched, and I applaud you.

Thank you so much, and good luck on your games and your painting.

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