Paint Painterly Paintings — Unlock Your Visual Vocabulary
As artists, we think and see differently from the normal person. When people glance at the world and walk on, we stop. Where people see a landscape, we see fragments of light and color waiting to become a painting.
That's the artist's eye.
But here's what no one talks about. Having the eye and knowing how to translate what we see to become paintings that communicate these wonders — those are two very different things.
The problem? Without the right visual language, your paintings could keep feeling flat. And this isn't because you lack talent. No one ever taught you the language.
Enter Kevin Macpherson.
Kevin has spent 40 years developing, refining, and teaching that exact system — a framework he calls the Macpherson Magic Grid Method. It is a visual training guide. A language of shapes. A mosaic method for building paintings the way a master painter actually sees them. And as Kevin himself says: "It's so simple, it's almost illegal."
Now, in this brand new course — his first ever in acrylic — Kevin is handing you his complete Magic Grid Method on a silver platter.
(Note: The demonstrations paintings are done in acrylic, but these techniques work for oil and gouache as well!)
Meet Your Instructor, Kevin Macpherson!
Kevin Macpherson’s work is celebrated across the United States and internationally by serious painters and collectors at every level. Beyond his own art, Kevin is a gifted teacher, devoted mentor, and passionate advocate for art education worldwide.
One of America's most accomplished impressionist plein air painters — Kevin is an artist with a style that radiates light, energy, and painterly confidence earned over four decades of dedicated work.
What sets Kevin apart is his unique fusion of masterful technique and a teaching system so clear and direct that students call it life-changing — and Kevin himself calls "almost illegal, it's so simple."
He is a founding member and first president of Plein Air Painters of America, holds Master status in Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, and the California Art Club, and has been featured on a 13-part American Public Television series.
What You'll Discover Inside:
● Stop painting "things" and start painting the abstract language of shapes, color, and value that gives every great painting its energy and life
● Use Kevin's Magic Grid to take creative directorship of your canvas — so you are conducting the painting, not being led by it
● Separate the shadow family from the light family from the very first mark — the single most important habit that separates painters who struggle from painters who thrive
● Finally paint the way you already see — with the confidence, authority, and unmistakable painterly quality you've always known was possible
● How the Magic Grid applies to any subject, any medium, and any style — whether you paint landscapes, figures, still lifes, or all three
● The Fibonacci Sequence applied to painting — and how to use it naturally to create visual harmony without a drop of complicated math
…and so much more!
What This Course Includes:
● Magic Grid Fundamentals: The Complete System Explained
● Full Landscape Painting Demonstration: Last Light Rising Moon
● Bonus Figure Demonstration: Guatemalan Hombre
● Interview with the Artist: Kevin's Life, Career & Philosophy
● Exhibit of Works
● High-Speed View of the Demo
Chapter Breakdown
Introduction
Part 1: Magic Grid Basics
Part 2: Prepare to Paint
Part 3:Landscape Demonstration
Part 4: Bonus Figure Demonstration
