The painting process is littered with small, personal choices that can make or break your composition.

Ned Mueller's patient, practical approach to oil helps you navigate the tough decisions that make a painting work. In this video workshop, you'll break up boring shapes with subtle value shifts and mix interesting gray tones instead of getting mired in those same gray areas. Ned combines five photos from Bhutan to compose the figurescape scene.

BONUS CLIP: Figure in Oil Landscape

In this clip from his video workshop, Making a Painting Work: Figurescape in Oil, Ned Mueller paints a medium-sized figure in an oil landscape. Ned takes important lighting and color information from his reference photo but also relies on knowledge and experience as he fills in the face and clothing.