Scott L Christensen: Three Landscape Studies
In the first of three demonstrations, Scott teaches you how to combine field studies to create a studio painting. In the following two demonstrations, he shows you how to approach situations you encounter when painting en plein air, including “keying in” the painting correctly with strong shapes and correct values in order to capture your critical information quickly. Painting titles include “South Park Summer,” “Warbonnet Rock Fields,” and “Salisbury Sunset.” This instructional video is 3 hours in length.
Jove Wang: Portrait Demonstration
Jove Wang is a fine Chinese artist who also shares his knowledge with others by teaching numerous art classes and workshops. Wang’s work has been included in major exhibitions in Taipei, Taiwan and Korea. He was honoured in 1997 with Best of Show at the California Art Club’s 88th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibitiion and won First Place in the figure category in the Club’s same exhibition the following year. Then in 1999, Southwest Art magazine identified Wang as one of their “Artists to Watch.”
Scott Burdick: Rebecca Fire Lit
The painting of “Rebecca Fire Lit” was done in the studio of his wife, artist Sue Lyon. The pose was set up to illustrate the interplay of color temperature from opposing light sources, one a hot red-orange and the other cool sky-blue. Always the articulate instructor, Scott leaves no concept unspoken in explaining the subject of color temperature, with emphasis on what determines whether a color is warm or cool, how and where to use it.
Kevin Macpherson: Brush with Life
Kevin Macpherson is a master of the art of painting landscapes directly from nature, en plein air. Kevin approaches each painting experience as a unique dialog with nature. He shares his effective method capturing the magic of the moment with spots of beautifully related color in an impressionistic painterly style. See how to manipulate shapes with energetic and delicate brushwork. Achieve a sense of light and shade, color and atmosphere without details. Learn to keep your colors clean and vibrant as you make your painting full of life. Discover that virtually any color under the sun can be mixed with a limited palette.
Albert Handell: Mystery Falls
A recognized master of the prestigious Oil Painters of America, Mr. Handell shares his knowledge and painting techniques from his beginning thoughts to his finished painting. Developing the composition from several photographs, he establishes the transparent washes and works up to the application of thick paint, a hallmark of his oil painting style. Mr. Handell discusses the colors that make up his palette and technique of painting thin to thick with clean color. See how he uses both brush and painting knife to achieve masses of harmonious color and the suggestion of detail.
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This video course of classical painting will give you an opportunity to understand and practice the Old Masters’ technique. You will learn how to paint a classical still life from the beginning to the end, from priming the canvas to painting smallest details like water drops, the texture of the lemon skin, etc. The course explains the basic secret of classical painting that intrigues many experienced artists: how tiniest details are made and when to stop.
