Aaron invites you to paint an early morning pond scene with light raking across cliffs and distant mountains — a scene that stopped him dead in his tracks.
Try This Storytelling Approach That Transforms Cluttered, Confusing Landscapes Into Clear, Compelling Paintings That Capture What Truly Matters In The Scene
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Do you know the number one SIN in painting?
It’s how landscape painters are unknowingly sabotaging their own work...
…and it explains why so many artists are struggling.
This number one sin can be one of the biggest obstacles in an artist’s journey towards creating their best masterpiece…
...yet few instructors talk about it.
Picture this:
You’re standing in front of your easel, brush loaded with paint, ready to capture that breathtaking mountain scene from your latest photo…
…but as you begin to paint, something feels wrong.
Your brushstrokes look hesitant.
Your colors appear muddy and lifeless.
The majestic landscape that took your breath away in person now looks flat and ordinary on your canvas.
According to renowned artist Aaron Schuerr, one of the biggest problems is that artists are approaching their paint application tentatively, holding back instead of painting with confidence.
But Aaron’s approach goes far deeper than just paint application.
While most artists get overwhelmed trying to include every detail from their references, Aaron has developed a storytelling method that helps you decide what belongs in your painting’s narrative and what doesn’t.
“I think of every painting as a story. A good storyteller sheds extraneous details and homes in on the salient points. Put simply, if it doesn’t add to the story, it must go.” — Aaron Schuerr
It’s about painting what your heart experienced.
The result?
Landscapes that seem to glow from within, filled with the kind of emotional depth that makes viewers stop in their tracks and say…
…“I want to be there.”
Aaron’s revealing it all in his brand new course, Storytelling with Landscapes.
Inside, you’’ll discover incredible lessons like:
- Aaron Schuerr’s storytelling approach to editing landscapes that helps you decide what adds to your painting’s narrative and what must go — creating clarity and interest instead of cluttered, confusing compositions…
- His transfer technique using tracing paper that “allows you to be more relaxed, confident and spontaneous during painting — opening you up for fun during the painting process”..
- How to “edit the landscape for clarity and interest” using a storyteller’s eye to eliminate everything that doesn’t serve your painting’s narrative…
- The “block in” method using “the biggest brush possible” and “plenty of paint” to create a foundation for confident mark-making…
- Why approaching your brushwork with intention rather than hesitation creates paintings that feel alive and purposeful instead of weak and tentative…
- ...and so much more!’
When Aaron instructs, serious artists listen.
This is one for your library.
Ready to start creating your BEST painting yet?
MEET YOUR NEW INSTRUCTOR:
Aaron Schuerr!
A true master in his element. This is your chance to learn from him!
Aaron Schuerr is a passionate plein air artist who finds energy and inspiration in nature’s most challenging conditions.
Whether he’s painting barefoot on the beach or knee-deep in snow, Aaron believes there are four seasons for plein air painting.
His dedication to capturing authentic outdoor experiences has earned him significant recognition in the art world.
Aaron was awarded Best Pastel in the 2022 Plein Air Salon and was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2021.
He has also penned a cover article on the winter palette for PleinAir Magazine, sharing his expertise with artists nationwide.
What sets Aaron apart is his unique background that combines fine art with theatrical performance.
Having acted in plays including Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo, Aaron brings a storyteller’s perspective to his painting instruction.
Just as he believes audiences should never forget they’re watching a play, Aaron wants viewers to never forget they’re looking at a painting — yet still feel transported to that magical place.
Aaron’s approach is refreshingly honest about the artistic journey.
“The bad news,” he tells his students, “is that painting never gets easier.” But he explains this is actually part of what makes art wonderful — it brings you back to the easel to try again to say what you want to say.
Based in Livingston, Montana, Aaron has made it his mission to help artists move beyond mere description to true artistic expression. His students describe his work as “accurate, honest, and poetic” — a reflection of his commitment to sharing not just the look of a place, but the experience of being there.
This is your chance to learn from an artist who has mastered the art of capturing the soul of the places that bring him to life!
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Introducing Aaron Schuerr’s Brand NEW Course:
Storytelling with Landscapes
In Storytelling with Landscapes, Aaron will guide you through painting an early morning pond scene — light raking across cliffs with mountains in the distance — a scene that “stopped him dead in his tracks.”
Throughout this comprehensive course, you’ll discover how to edit landscapes for clarity and interest while maintaining the emotional impact that makes viewers feel like they’re standing right there with you in the mountains, at the pond’s edge.
Aaron’s approach teaches you to think like a storyteller, learning “what to leave in and what to leave out to best tell your story, your narrative.”
Throughout this comprehensive oil painting demonstration, you’ll discover Aaron’s direct, honest painting method that invites viewers in … all while mastering practical skills including:
- Block-in techniques using “the biggest brush possible” and plenty of paint to create confident foundations instead of tentative beginnings…
- Color-mixing mastery, including how Aaron creates natural greens without keeping a tube green on his palette and achieves clarity in color relationships...
- Brush-handling secrets for conveying textures rather than describing them — including how to achieve the “wetness” in water and the “rockiness” in rocks…
- Light and atmosphere techniques for creating sky gradients and allowing paint layers to sit on each other without mixing for vibrant shimmer...
- Editing skills to simplify complex alpine landscapes while maintaining their essential character and emotional impact…
Once you’ve watched and painted along with Aaron, you’ll learn the skills to paint landscapes that don’t just show a place…
…they share an experience viewers can connect with!
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Your Lesson Plan!
Video length: Over 7 Hours
Introduction
Materials & Tools
Discover Aaron’s essential oil painting setup including his recommended paints, mediums, brushes, color shapers, and palette knives. Learn about his strategic use of white paint — when you need it and whether to choose warm or cool. Aaron reveals his “lazy color” that comes in handy on every palette and shares his “workhorse” go-to brushes that he relies on both en plein air and in the studio. This foundation knowledge ensures you’re equipped with the right tools and understand their proper applications for confident landscape painting.
The Story
Aaron shares how a 6-day solo backpacking trek he took in the Bear Mountains of Montana during the covid pandemic turned into a story he was called to share with others, transforming it into a complete instructional workshop for you here.
Transfer the Drawing
Watch Aaron demonstrate his practical sketch transfer technique using tracing paper to move his composition to the final painting surface without redrawing. Discover how planning first with a strong composition and sketch allows you to be “more relaxed, confident, and spontaneous during painting — opening you up for fun during the painting process.” Aaron shares essential composition tips, including keeping shapes simple and ensuring unequal distribution of spaces. This systematic approach eliminates guesswork and provides the foundation for confident, purposeful painting from the very first brushstroke.
The Block-In
Learn Aaron’s systematic approach to laying down basic shapes thinly to provide a foundation for later stages. Aaron reveals his two essential rules: “Use the biggest brush possible” and “Use plenty of paint” — techniques most struggling students resist. Watch as he demonstrates starting with a basic wash of warm color for harmony, then massing in basic shapes with average color, value, and form. Discover how to find light-dark patterns, think about shape relationships, and paint rocks using Aaron’s playful wipe-out method. See how Aaron creates natural greens without keeping tube green on his palette.
Set Up the Background & Pond
Watch Aaron paint the sky and background mountains while starting the pond for color efficiency. Discover why the sky is typically one of the lightest parts of your painting and how it determines the light range for the entire work. Learn to avoid painting sky as one flat color and instead create luminescence and space. See Aaron’s technique for allowing paint layers to sit on each other without mixing for vibrant shimmer, creating sky gradients that modulate from the brightest morning light. Observe his approach to mountain color temperature, values, distant trees, and accurate reflections.
Develop the Painting (Trees, Rocks, Foreground)
Discover Aaron’s storytelling approach as he demonstrates “what to leave in and what to leave out to best tell your story.” Discover new brush techniques and color-mixing methods for natural green varieties in light and shadow. Watch how Aaron controls color temperature and avoids the “I’m just trying to” uncertainty by being deliberate with every choice. See his approach to portraying distance and space between objects, and observe his negative shape-making techniques for creating interesting trees. This stage focuses on intentional decision-making that serves your painting’s narrative purpose.
Fresh Eyes
Watch Aaron step back to refine and adjust his painting with a fresh perspective. As Aaron nears completion, watch his push-and-pull approach between foreground and background, light and dark, warm and cool elements. Learn his techniques for creating backlight effects, and discover how and where to add tree trunks without becoming overly detailed. Observe Aaron’s method for making cool, shadowed trees come forward while warm, distant lit trees recede — the opposite of natural color temperature behavior. Aaron shares his philosophy about final refinements: “those decisions at the end, the little refinements, that take so much time but really set the painting off.”
Strengthen & Final Touches
Review highlights, and light and shadow patterns, using comparisons of color with other parts of the painting to make sure you are not going too light or too dark. Observe Aaron’s techniques for layering color to create depth and defining areas where needed. Learn why Aaron considers negative painting to be as important as positive mark-making. Discover his philosophy that successful painting “is not about details so much as it is about variety.” Learn when to “call it done,” then follow Aaron’s valuable homework advice: Take walks to observe, and ask yourself why certain things catch your eye.
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What Aaron Schuerr Will Share Inside
Storytelling with Landscapes
Master Aaron’s Storytelling Approach to Landscape Editing
Most artists get overwhelmed trying to include every detail from their references, but Aaron’s storytelling method will teach you to think like a master editor. You’ll discover how to determine “what to leave in and what to leave out to best tell your story, your narrative.”
Aaron will show you exactly how to simplify complex alpine landscapes while maintaining their essential character, using his philosophy that “if it doesn’t add to the story, it must go.” This single shift from copying everything to selective storytelling separates scattered, amateur-looking paintings from focused, professional compositions that command attention.
Discover Aaron Schuerr’s “Block-In” Approach That Creates Confident Oil Paintings
Aaron will reveal his systematic approach to starting oil paintings that eliminates hesitation and builds confidence from the very first brushstroke. You’ll discover his two essential rules: “Use the biggest brush possible” and “Use plenty of paint” — techniques that most struggling artists resist but are crucial for creating generous, vibrant paintings.
Aaron will demonstrate his method of laying down “basic shapes of the composition thinly to provide a foundation to react to at later stages,” including how to “mass in the basic shapes and elements of the scene with average color and value.” Watch as Aaron shows you how proper planning and bold beginnings transform tentative mark-making into confident artistic expression.
Discover Aaron’s “Be Deliberate with Your Choices” Philosophy
Throughout the painting process, Aaron will teach you his approach to intentional decision-making that eliminates the “I’m just trying to” uncertainty that plagues most artists. You’ll learn how to avoid getting “lured into details too early” and instead make conscious decisions that support your painting’s narrative.
Aaron demonstrates how to control color temperature, create convincing textures, and establish clear light-dark patterns — all while ensuring every choice serves your story’s purpose. By the end, you’ll understand how to paint with the kind of purposeful confidence that makes viewers stop and connect with your work.
Here’s a small taste of what’s inside:
✅ Avoid the “number one sin” and discover his confident brushwork approach that may help you create paintings that feel generous and alive rather than “scrubbed and tentative”...
✅ Discover Aaron’s storytelling approach to landscape editing, potentially transforming cluttered, confusing compositions into clear, compelling paintings that connect with viewers…
✅ Watch and learn Aaron’s “block-in” foundation method using “the biggest brush possible” and plenty of paint to create confident beginnings that may help you avoid tentative mark-making and establish strong compositional foundations from the start…
✅ Implement the “Linked Dark Shapes” principle that transforms scattered landscape elements into unified compositions by teaching you to see multiple trees as one powerful shape rather than competing individual elements…
✅ Follow Aaron’s “10% guideline” for pushing color and value decisions beyond your comfort zone — his approach designed to help transform tentative marks into brushwork that appears more confident and professional…
✅ Discover Aaron’s method for creating clear shapes and strong design that eliminates chaotic, scattered compositions — focusing on the essential elements that support your painting’s story…
✅ Master Aaron’s approach to brush handling and edge work that creates elegant, confident brushstrokes instead of tentative, overworked passages…
✅ Apply Aaron’s three-question framework when adding details to prevent overworking and keep paintings fresh by asking: “What are you looking at?” “What are you focused on?” “What is in your peripheral vision?"
✅ Understand Aaron’s philosophy of editing landscapes for clarity and interest — learning what to include and what to eliminate to strengthen your composition’s impact…
✅ Discover Aaron’s approach to achieving clear color relationships that prevent muddy, lifeless results — creating the kind of vibrant color harmony that makes landscapes glow…
✅ Watch and learn Aaron’s method for analyzing the scene effectively — understanding what’s useful and what’s misleading in your reference so you’re no longer trapped to paint everything you see…
✅ Apply Aaron’s technique for simplifying complex rugged, sparkling alpine landscapes while maintaining their essential character and emotional impact…
✅ Master Aaron’s approach to conveying textures without overdoing details — creating convincing surface qualities through confident paint application rather than tight rendering…
✅ PLUS: Understand Aaron’s guidance on knowing when a painting is “resolved” — his approach to making final refinement decisions that separate good paintings from great ones…
…including tons more tips and tricks you won’t get anywhere else
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Discover Aaron Schuerr’s Painting Secrets in
Storytelling with Landscapes!
If you’ve ever felt stuck copying your scene instead of painting your experience…
…or if you’re an artist who’s yearning to break free from tentative brushwork and truly express the soul of the landscape…
…then you’ve already made a choice by reading this far.
You’re not just looking for another painting course; you’re seeking a transformation, a new way of seeing and capturing the world around you.
With Aaron Schuerr’s Storytelling with Landscapes, you’re not just learning techniques, you’re embracing a whole new artistic identity.
Soon, you’ll become an artist who understands that landscapes aren’t just descriptions of places — they’re expressions of experience…
…an artist who can capture the essence of mountain terrain with both confidence and emotional depth.
This isn’t just a course; it’s a journey to becoming the artist who paints not just with skill but with soul.
Don’t forget…
Very few instructors have the same level of experience or teaching prowess as Aaron Schuerr…
There are two options for you now…
You can go back to what you’ve been doing — trial-and-error various approaches and techniques until you find the answer…
OR…
You can shortcut your way to becoming a better version of yourself as an artist with Aaron Schuerr’s brilliant instruction.
You don’t even have to think or figure things out — just listen and absorb information while you follow along.
In just one sitting, you’re going to discover how to create successful paintings that get noticed.
Furthermore, if you live far away from Aaron’s Montana studio and can’t attend his workshops, this course is the next best thing.
It’s like having him as your personal, “in-house” instructor that you can refer to over and over again — and it won’t cost you an extra penny.
Plus, you’ll get to see all the materials used so you won’t end up wasting money on getting the wrong ones.
It’s a shortcut to what works so you can continue painting instead of spending time figuring what to get or what to do!
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Disclaimer
Results require practice and dedication. The techniques taught in this video need to be studied and implemented consistently to achieve improvement in your paintings. Individual results will vary based on experience level and amount of practice.
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