Lessons: Wyland lessons will include his personal techniques coupled with the Elements of Art: line, shape, form, space, texture, color, value. Wyland will also incorporate the Basic Principals of Design: emphasis, balance, variety, rhythm, unity and proportion.

Mission: See the beauty in nature and work to preserve it. Art education encourages a student to effect his or her environment.

Episode 101

          Subject: "KISSING DOLPHINS"

            Art Lesson: Balance and Symmetry

Balance provides careful consideration to the placement of objects according to their weight. The elements of line, form, color and texture all help determine an object's visual weight, which is the amount of space it appears to occupy. Balance also refers to how and where you place the elements (line, form, color and texture). Symmetry creates a mirror image effect, as seen with Wyland?s kissing dolphins

Wyland Tip: Most dolphin species are about 6 ft in length, the males averaging 4 to 8 in longer than females.  The largest is the killer whale, which can be 19-22ft long and weigh between 8000-10000lbs.

Episode 102

          Subject: "ORCAS" / Above and Below Orcas

Art Lesson: Perspective

Learn about vanishing points, horizon lines, and linear perspective. Linear perspective is a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface.

Wyland Tip: Orcas are the largest member of the dolphin family.

Episode 103

          Subject: " SEA OF CORTEZ"

Art Lesson: Drawing

Drawing from photography ? Drawing is the depiction of shapes and forms on a surface by means of lines, colors and shading. Drawing is the basis of all pictorial representation and an early step in most paintings. Wyland will explore how to draw and paint what you see, not what you think you see.

Wyland Tip: Sea lions are distinguished from true seals by having external ears

Episode 104

          Subject: "SEA TURTLE" / Coral Reef and Reef Fish

Art Lesson: Color Theory

Learn a working knowledge of color theory, including: primary and secondary colors, complementary colors, warm and cool colors.

Color Theory is a set of basic rules for mixing colors to achieve a desired result.

Wyland Tip: many fish can see a fairly good range of color. In some cases it's not as good as what we humans see - but it's much better than cats and dogs. Scientists say that good color vision helps animals find food on the land or in the water.

Episode 105

          Subject: "CLASSIC SEASCAPE"

            Art Lesson: Consistency and Color mixing

Learn about paint consistency: the level of thickness or smoothness of a paint mixture and how it translates to color, texture and overall composition. By using primary colors (red, yellow and blue) while painting this classic seascape Wyland will demonstrate how water dilution levels and various color and paint mixing techniques work together to create proper paint consistency.

Wyland Tip: Plants act as nature's sponges. They soak up water and slowly release it throughout the year. This provides reliable river flows, replenishes groundwater, and releases moisture back in to the atmosphere.

Episode106

          Subject: "SEA OTTER"

            Art Lesson: Texture and Blending

Texture is the way in which an artist depicts the quality or appearance of a surface. In this painting Wyland will explore painting the various textures of the Sea Otters and their surrounding habitat. 

Blending is the ability to gradate from one color to another without obvious transitions and boundaries. By using appropriate blending techniques the colors pass imperceptibly from one shade or degree of intensity to another. Wyland will demonstrate how mixing and blending techniques can work together to create a textured look.

Wyland Tip: The EPA has estimated that one-third of all the waters tested in the United States are unsafe for fishing, swimming, and drinking.

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Episode 107

          Subject: "TURTLES"

            Art Lesson: Rhythm

Rhythm supplies the discipline that controls the eye as it moves around a painting. Rhythm helps the eye to move easily from one object to another and creates a harmony that tells the eye everything belongs to a unified whole.  Wyland demonstrates how rhythm is visually communicated in his turtle composition.

Wyland Tip: Sea turtles are turtles found in all the world's oceans with the exception of the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans.

Episode 108

          Subject: "SHARK" / Great White Sharks

Art Lesson: Emphasis

Emphasis is the focal point of the painting. The focal point should be obvious as you look at the painting; it is the area to which your eye is attracted.

Wyland Tip: Demand for water has tripled over the last half century. With that in mind, remember; water is a finite resource-and every drop we use is a drop from someone else?s cup.

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Episode 109

          Subject: "WHALE TAIL" / Whale Tail

Art Lesson: Form

Wyland will introduce form. Helping artists to understand the nature, structure, or essence of a thing, considered apart from it?s content, color, texture, or composition. In this example the Wyland?s depiction of a fluking whale tail almost appears to be a separate object in and of its self. The form of the tail in the water sets itself aside from the whole. The identifiable fluking tail is an artistic representation of form.

 Wyland Tip: The flukes of humpbacks really are distinctive if you get a clear look at them. Some have neat white spots on each fluke. Some have a salt-and-pepper pattern across the whole tail. Others have a completely black tail. An expert can identify a particular whale from a binocular or even naked-eye look at the flukes.

Episode 110

          Subject: "GRAY WHALES BELOW THE SURFACE"

            Art Lesson: Proportion, Scale and Unity

Size relationships are defined by proportion and scale. Proportion refers to how the elements within an object relate to the object as a whole. Scale relates to the size of an object when compared with the size of the space in which it is located.

Wyland Tip: The gray whale is a "coastal" whale that migrates along the North American Pacific Coast between arctic seas and the lagoons of Baja California, Mexico. Frequently visible from shore, gray whales provide a unique opportunity for land and boat observation, and commercial whale watching has become a major industry along its migration route.

Episode 111

          Subject: "EMPEROR ON THE ICE"

          Art Lesson: Asymmetry

Asymmetry is used in art to describe a relation between two things where the first has a relation to the second, but the second cannot have the same relation to the first. Wyland depicts asymmetry in his emperor penguin painting.

Wyland Tip: 97.5 percent of all the water on earth is undrinkable seawater. Of the remaining 2.5 percent, nearly two-thirds is locked up in polar ice caps. The remaining third is all ours, except half of that is considered polluted by most international standards.

Episode 112

          Subject: "PELICAN FLIGHT" / Pelican and Sky

            Art Lesson: Contrast

Contrast is an effect created by placing or arranging very different things, for example colors, shades, or textures, next to each other. The difference or the use of differences between the lightest and the darkest parts of something, for example, in this painting Wyland creates different colors and textures between the sky and water providing a special contrast.

Wyland Tip: The price of clean water, clean skies, and a healthy natural world is constant vigilance. Understanding environmental issues, community outreach, and the courage to express your views can make a difference for generations to come.

Episode 113

          Subject: "SEA CHANGE" / Bottlenose Dolphins

Art Lesson: Value painting

Learn about tints, shading and use of monochromatic colors. Wyland will demonstrate how to paint using 1-2 colors. Monochromatic coloring is the process in which an artist will use a series of tints and shades of one color. Analogous colors are a palette of compatible color combinations that blend well together, usually located next to each other on the color wheel. Mixing white to a hue creates tints.

Wyland Tip: There are more than 35 species of dolphins