Customer Review: Great addition to my library!!!!
I AM NOT A BEGINNER BUT CAN SEE HOW ANYONE CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TERRIFIC BOOK. HE IS A MAREVELOUS PAINTER AND GREAT DETAILS ON HOW TO DO THIS. YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH FROM HIS ILLUSTRATIONS. I HAVE IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY AND LOVE TO USE HIS BOOK OVER AND [...]
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Written in a clear style this detailed guide to mixing colour is full of recipes for getting just the right shade for all kinds of painting styles in oil based or acrylic media.’
Customer Review: A wonderful beginner’s book
As a novice, searching books for the best instructions, I feel as though I have found a gold [...]
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Artist Gary Jenkins, host of the PBS series “The Beauty of Oil Painting” focuses on painting clowns in this video.
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According to Helen Van Wyk, the number three is fundamental to many of the arts. In music, for example, many compositions are made up of three movements; in drama the number of acts written by playwrights is usually three. It is also so in painting, Helen says in this enlightening video. She goes on to [...]
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In a career spanning more than fifty years, Helen Van Wyk’s theories about color and color mixing have never been challenged by anyone in the field of painting. In this video, she shows why.
She begins with Cadmium Yellow Light, illustrating all of the properties of the color, and then painting a composition of lemons.
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Mammals feature prominently in the painings of wildlife artist John Seerey-Lester. In this, the frist in his Master Series of videos, you will see him demonstrate the various techniques he has adopted to paint fur in oil. He explains the importance of understanding anatomy and how the muscle forms of an animal can be defined [...]
Learn the fundamentals of painting in this one and one half hour video of tools, techniques and practices. Watch a painting completed start-to-finish along with running commentary. In this comprehensive instructional video, Seamus Berkeley shares with you his in depth knowledge of oil painting from tools and materials through a complete painting demonstration. Using his [...]
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Alexander Art presents Master Artist Buck Paulson as he guides you through the process of composing and creating a still life painting in this wet-on-wet oil painting Still Life Technique Video. Composition, shape, form, and value are among the many elements presented in detail as Buck teaches the process of designing a pleasing painting. After [...]
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This DVD is different from the “Layered Approach” DVD’s. Matt takes you through his whole oil painting process from start to finish in this brand new DVD. Matthew will teach you oil painting techniques used for “Illustration” purposes, not life drawing.
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The Artist’s Channel has over 500 high quality video art instruction segments taught by leading artists such as Johnnie Liliedahl, Helen van Wyk, Eric Wiegardt, Jan Kunz, Jerry Yarnell and Zoltan Szabo. Many different topics and mediums are covered, ranging from basics to advanced techniques in watercolors, oils & acrylics, pastels, colored pencils, drawing and [...]
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Customer Review: really good beginner oil painting dvd
This video was bought for me and I really enjoyed watching it and learning the basics of oil painting techniques. There is a good example of drawing on the canvas and underpainting as well as a bit on color. I thought it was a bit pricy so I [...]
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Fine Art Instruction with artist E. John Robinson. This video demonstrates and instructs the painter on Mountain and Lake scenes in oil. Emphasis on structure and color as you watch entire painting start to finish. 83 minutes.
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This Volume utilizes and builds on the lessons taught in Volumes 1 and 2 of The “How To” Oil Painting Series, but takes a new approach to getting a painting started. You will also learn how to mix a variety of flesh tones and take a deeper look at color relativity when painting nudes. [...]
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Don Adams is the teacher in this 140 minute video. Mr Adams is a wild life artist,and very capable. This video is for the person wishing to oil paint without investing a great deal of money. He uses basic materials,and explains paint mixing,application of paint, etc. It is simple, extensive, and the [...]
The most complete introduction to oil painting materials and their use, plus Renaissance painting techniques clearly explained and demonstrated. Including Basic materials needed to get started painting in oils, creating a charcoal under-drawing, creating a tonal under-painting, making a color sketch, mixing and applying colors, glazing, brush care and cleaning, detailed information about brushes, [...]
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ILLUMINATIONS! Series - Basic Oil Painting Concepts Volume 3 - “Drawing-1 for Painters” - Landscapes Do you want to be a better painter and create your own original compositions, but find yourself at a loss to compose them beautifully? What you are searching for won’t be found in most painting classes. The emphasis is [...]
“An instructional video demonstrating the Alexander Wet-On-Wet Technique of Oil Painting.Suitable for Beginning, Intermediate and advanced Artists. Bill Alexander, the “Happy Painter” began painting professionally in his teens. After making a living as a printer and baker, he soon realized that painting was his calling, Bill and his wife traveled through the U.S. and Canada, [...]
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ILLUMINATIONS! Series - Basic Oil Painting Concepts Volume 6 - “Painting Children’s Facial Features” Volumes 1 thru 5 of the Illuminations! Series presently available only in VHS format. FORMAT: VHS or DVD This video addresses the features that indicate youth, regardless of the gender of the subject and compares differences between adults and [...]
ILLUMINATIONS! Series - Basic Oil Painting Concepts Vol. 4 - “Drawing-2 for Painters”, Still Life & Composition This video continues the study of drawing begun in the previous video in the “Illuminations” series, “Drawing-1 for Painters”. Learn how basic shapes can further your understanding of all forms in nature, and how certain natural laws [...]
ILLUMINATIONS! Series - Basic Oil Painting Concepts Volume 5 - “Light & Shadow” The first 4 videos in the Illuminations! series introduces you to the language of painting and provides the foundation that this new video is built on. Continue the exploration of painting truths and visual relationships in the study of light and [...]
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