Watercolor Painting Videos
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DVD - Watercolor from Within: Transparent Layering with Barbara Nechis
If you’ve ever felt restricted in your painting, or wished that you could just create a scene on the paper without taking the time to sketch it first, this watercolor painting workshop with Barbara Nechis is perfect for building your confidence.
Over the course of this painting lesson, Nechis instructs students of all levels utilize the wet-into-wet watercolor painting technique as they create a stunning floral scene. Without a reference photo, physical subject, or sketched outline, Nechis demonstrates how to paint from within using a single spot of magenta paint placed confidently in the center of the page.
Using memory and emotion as her only inspirations, Nechis works outward from this center, using the flowing paint as her guide for what should come next. During the course of this workshop, students will learn how to make decisions about the composition of their water color painting quickly and with confidence.
Nechis encourages students to avoid mixing color on the page, but instead achieves blending by double-loading wide, square brushes and tilting her paper to make pigment flow.
As the demonstration progresses, Nechis explains her technique for transforming a loose, direct scene into an intricate, layered composition using only her intuition. Students will learn how to respond to what happens on the paper instead of planning a composition ahead of time. This will free emotion and memory during the creative process, and allow you to relay your passion for a subject on the page.
Nechis also emphasizes the importance of balance between repetition and variety. Students will learn how to corral transparent color with opaque pigments and contrast hard-edged elements with wet-into-wet petals.
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DVD - The Language of Landscape in Watercolor with Dale Laitinen
Learn to paint landscapes that make a statement. Follow watercolor expert Dale Laitinen on a quest to capture a sense of the monumental. You use bold color to create drama as you paint the great granite cliffs of Yosemite. Learn to see the landscape like an artist. You learn to take photos that maximize the glory of the mountains and modify your sketch to highlight features in the granite. You balance stable horizontal planes with energetic diagonals, and translate the lines into strong shapes in your watercolor.
Dale describes painting as a battle of the edges. You contrast hard and soft lines for variety, and learn techniques for creating lost-and-found edges that keep viewers curious.
Dale teaches you to inject emotion with daring color choices and maintain transparency as you layer. As you move from broad strokes on the cliff to points of light in the trees, you learn to make each element say exactly what you feel.
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DVD - Wet Glazing Watercolor Portrait with Jean Pederson
Jean Pederson’s gradual glazing process keeps portraits under control. You learn to build smooth facial contours with thin, deliberate layers of transparent paint. Jean’s in-depth discussions of anatomy, lighting, and color provide all the tools you’ll need to capture the nuances of the human face.
You’ll see short, intensive demos on map drawings, managing moisture, and layering values.
Jean leads invaluable lessons on contour, facial proportions, and reflected light, and she applies every bit of theory in her final painting.
Jean blends and lifts to create multiple values from a single glaze. She develops the entire face with each layer to maintain control of her values throughout the process. She rarely mixes on the palette, instead layering bright pigments to create organic neutrals on the paper. Jean caps the portrait with a contemporary opaque background.
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DVD - Dancing with YUPO: Tools and Techniques by Taylor Ikin
The versatility of the synthetic paper gives Taylor Ikin the freedom that perfectly suits her approach to painting. Taylor begins with an in-depth discussion of her materials. She answers frequently asked questions about YUPO and explains how to paint, draw, revise and erase on synthetic paper. She reveals how to keep paintings lively by eliminating earth tones and concentrating on exciting hues.
She encourages you to work quickly using large bold strokes. Her free-flowing style lends itself to colorful natural scenes. She works to give a sense of her subject rather than trying to copy nature. Taylor demonstrates how to use a mirror to reverse the initial painting for evaluation. She shows you how to let your paint work for you and warns against the excessive tidiness that discourages natural shapes. Taylor encourages you to relax, feel happy and enjoy the process. Her approach his high energy!
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DVD - Watercolor Portrait Workshop with Susan Harrison-Tustain
If you’ve ever wished that you could spend a few hours learning from the best watercolor painters in the world, this art instruction video was definitely designed for you. In this watercolor instruction DVD, master teacher Susan Harrison-Tustain invites you into her private New Zealand studio for over three hours of one-on-one demonstrations and advice about how to create vibrant, lively portraits in watercolor.
In this watercolor painting workshop, Harrison-Tustain begins with stretched hot press Arches watercolor paper and demonstrates one of her favorite ways to begin a painting with a light wash of yellow color.
If you’ve been introduced to Harrison-Tustain’s teaching style before, you already know that her demonstrations are highlighted by evenly-paced instruction and advice. She’s sure to fully explain each section of the painting as its being created, and never moves on to another area of study until each step is secure.
Watch as Harrison-Tustain divides her painting of a young lady in a hat into background, skin, eyes, lips, hair, earrings, hat and dress. Students will benefit greatly as she demonstrates her process for mixing delicate colors, and then applies them sparingly to her area of focus. As a result, students will be able to achieve the end result of a watercolor painting with photo-like realism.
As an added bonus, those who purchase this watercolor instruction DVD will receive access to a printable list of Harrison-Tustain’s materials and color palette, as will as a printable copy of her reference image, line drawing, and the final painting.
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DVD - One-on-One Watercolor Workshops with Susan Harrison-Tustain
Have you ever wondered that you could spend a few hours getting personal instruction and advice from a watercolor artist that you admire? All that and more is available to you in this art instructional workshop featuring master teacher Susan Harrison-Tustain.
Throughout the course of this 2 DVD set, students will be able to take advantage of over three hours of instruction and demonstrations regarding Harrison-Tustain’s signature style of watercolor painting.
The first DVD in this art instructional series focuses on the task of creating Glorious Garden Flowers and is a useful companion to Susan Harrison-Tustain's internationally best-selling book, also titled Glorious Garden Flowers in Watercolor.
During this first lesson, Harrison-Tustain carefully guides workshop participants through an exquisite study of the rose Sally Holmes. Students will learn the essential techniques required to produce stunning, detailed watercolor paintings of their own.
In the second DVD of this art instructional series, focused on Watercolor Breakthroughs, Harrison-Tustain demonstrates how her best watercolor techniques, time-tested methods and favorite palette can be used to realistically portray any subject at all.
Many students report that this DVD helps provide answers for many of the frequently asked questions with regard to watercolor painting. Harrison-Tustain demonstrates her four essential elements for creating three dimensional forms using a self-portrait of her own hands. Other lessons reveal proven methods for creating velvety textures and dew drops, vibrant shadows, captivating color, and much more.
As an additional bonus, this 2 DVD set also includes an exquisite gallery and slideshow featuring of Harrison-Tustain’s work, in addition to a 33 minute tutorial demonstrating the essence of her unique “naturalistic realism” style of watercolor painting.
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DVD - Painting Watercolor My Way with Susan Harrison-Tustain
Over 5 hours of invaluable instruction on the techniques and materials Susan uses to create her distinctive paintings
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Susan Harrison-Tustain holds nothing back in teaching you her multi-layered transparent watercolor techniques. Learn how to create beautiful, luminous paintings that glow.
Understand the reasons for everything she does, so you can adapt her methods to your own subjects and artistic expression.
On this 2-disc DVD set, Susan's subject is a still life combining the lustre of glossy porcelain, the delicacy of rose petals, the textured, veined surface of leaves and the rich grain of polished wood.
Enjoy over 5 hours of detailed instruction from Susan, including: the brushes and palette she uses, mixing colors, her 'priming' method, yellow underwashes, every step of the painting process, backgrounds and finally the all-important 'fine-tuning'.
Disc One:
Susan's welcome and introduction lead into her selection of the rose for the still-life that is the subject of this DVD set, then we see an animation of the painting as it comes to life through each stage.
Susan provides full details of the materials she has carefully chosen to be the best for the techniques she uses and the results she wishes to create. She introduces the exciting new Susan Harrison-Tustain Signature Brushes Set from da Vinci and Colors Set from Schmincke.
She demonstrates how she stretches her paper and then it's into the fun part – applying the colors. First the yellow underwashes using her 'priming method', then the fine veils of transparent color that allow her paintings to 'glow.' Look over her shoulder as she explains in full detail everything she isdoing and why. See the color mixes she uses and how she can create virtually any color from her limited palette.
A new feature of this DVD set are the short 'Garden Breaks' where Susan gives you a chance to pause between each painting stage as she highlights the beauty of a particular flower or fruit in her garden.
Disc Two:
On Disc 2 Susan continues to bring her painting to life. She retains the white background until near the end. Many artists have asked her about painting 'white on white' and the decorated white porcelain bowl provides an excellent example of this.
She discusses backgrounds and the different options for the painting subject of the DVD, then shows each stage of building up a background incorporating the colors and wood-grain elements of her reference photograph.
Fine-tuning is the important final stage, when all the components of the painting are integrated to form a polished and satisfying 'whole'. Then enjoy a 'Gallery' of Susan's work in both watercolor and oil, with fine detail highlighted and each painting shown unframed, then framed.
The 'Footnotes' section provides you with much useful and practical information.
Disc 2 contains the reference material for this project.
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DVD - Using Your Head, Heart & Hand with Frank Webb
In this 112 minute DVD, world-renowned watercolor artist and master teacher Frank Webb guides students of all levels through a fast-paced and energetic discussion of watercolor painting techniques.
Whether you’ve been painting for a while, or are just now thinking about starting your first project, this watercolor instruction video is a great way to establish a firm foundation for passionate, professional compositions.
Throughout the course of this workshop, Webb introduces students to not one but seven approaches to watercolor painting. After each technique has been demonstrated, Webb produces completed watercolor paintings so that students can see the method at work in finished pieces.
Webb begins his demonstrations by providing a thorough explanation of his favorite materials and then quickly moves on to teach a basic grounding in design terms and concepts. Students get a step by step demonstration of how to create a value sketch, which forms the foundation of each of the seven paintings Webb will work on in the lesson.
This informative watercolor painting workshop is broken down into convenient chapters dealing with major techniques and practices, including: Direct Painting, Wet into Wet, Color Patching, Easel Drizzling, Calligraphic Painting, Layering and Darks First. These techniques are essential for every watercolor artist, and will ensure that your paintings come alive with depth, texture, and vibrant colors.
If you’re tired of being chained to photo references and want to paint with more spontaneity, this is the workshop that will take your talent to the next level.
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DVD - Frank Webb on Watercolor
If you’ve been interested in watercolor painting for some time, but find it difficult to wrap your head around the concepts and techniques that are essential for this medium, this workshop from master watercolor artist and teacher Frank Webb might be just the motivation you’ve been looking for.
In this watercolor instructional video, Webb discusses the most important issues, challenges and advantages of painting with watercolors. As he quietly completes two compositions, from sketch all the way to the finished product, Webb’s calm, clear voice can be heard explaining his decisions and pointing out different techniques.
As the workshop begins, Webb introduces students to the importance of choosing a particular scene with a sense of purpose. As he creates a line drawing that will be the foundation for his juicy watercolor style, Webb discusses light as metaphor, and how watercolor is one of the only media that can accurately portray the semblance of light in a scene.
Webb then moves into a discussion of many important watercolor painting topics, including how art is based on insight rather than sight, what he looks for in a painting, what makes a painting successful, how to make a cohesive whole, dealing with figures in a painting, alternation of dark and light, warm and cool, use of push pull, edges, creating depth in a painting, and use of calligraphy.
You’ll love the intimacy and insight that runs through the course of this watercolor instructional video. Webb invites you into his studio for a private master class, and as the workshop draws to an end, several paintings from his portfolio to comment on their focus and technique.
Students of all levels will benefit from this contemplative look at watercolor as a medium and a passionate art form.
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DVD - Watercolour Landscape Masterclass with Charles Reid
Charles Reid is one of the world's best known watercolorists of his generation. His style is instantly recognizable - full of colour and light. He has inspired countless thousands of artists who strive to produce lucid colorful paintings.
In this watercolor instruction video, Watercolour Landscape Masterclass from Town House Films, Charles shows you how to achieve color mastery and create vibrant watercolors.
Charles Reid is one of America's finest artists, known for his free watercolor style. Charles is a member of the National 'Academy and began his painting career using oils. Charles is completely fascinated by light and atmosphere, he avoids overworking and achieves a brilliant freshness.
In this watercolor workshop, his first purely landscape DVD, Charles travels to a spot that has been a favourite with artists for centuries - Pin Mill in Suffolk, England. It's home to some of the last remaining Thames Sailing barges which form the subject for Charles's first painting.
This DVD captures two half imperial paintings in enormous detail. At 2 ¼ hours this is one of our longest running DVDs and part of our Master Class series. It's a must for all Charles Reid fans - a chance to see every stage of the painting process and watch a master at work.
Enjoy Charles's unique style of painting as he guides you through step-by-step demonstrations showing how to draw, color mix, use tonal values, brushwork, and composition, which when combined produce the most stunning, beautiful landscapes.
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DVD - Taking Risks With Watercolour with Shirley Trevena
When many people first begin to work with watercolor, or any type of paint for that matter, they often live in fear of making the dreaded “mistake.” In this hour-long watercolor painting workshop with accomplished artist Shirley Trevena, you’ll learn to overcome those fears, and learn to embrace the risk-taking process that makes watercolor painting so enjoyable in the first place.
Designed to be useful to beginner and intermediate students of watercolor painting, this art instruction DVD offers rare insights into how to take risks with watercolor to conceive and give birth to visually stunning, vibrant and colorful paintings.
In this painting workshop, Trevena reveals her step by step process for taking a painting from the first exciting concept and determining when it is finished. Students will benefit greatly from the explanations and illustration of the best techniques for putting down layers of paint to obtain the wonderful luminous effects only possible with watercolor.
If you’ve been looking for a way to become more confident in your watercolor painting process, and want to learn how to liven up your paintings and bring your art to a whole new level, this DVD workshop is perfect for you.
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DVD - Breaking the Rules of Watercolour with Shirley Trevena
When you learn to play a new game, or perform a new task, it’s natural for the first question to be, “What are the rules”? Although they can be helpful at some points in the creative process, watercolor painting rules often do more to dampen inspiration and crush passion than they do to encourage it.
In this art instructional DVD featuring master watercolor artist Shirley Trevena, students will learn that in most cases, the rules of watercolor painting that have become popular over the years are really made to be broken.
This watercolor painting workshop supplies over an hour of one-on-one instruction time with Trevena, who takes students through the painting process from her first exciting concept all the way to how she knows when it is finished.
To demonstrate the liberty of watercolor painting without the rules, Trevena walks workshop participants through a variety of exercises to illustrate different aspects of her creative process, including: use of distortion in perspective, altering size relationships, use of saturated color and bleed-backs, incorporating favorite objects, and more.
Students will learn to emulate Trevena’s organic process for watercolor painting, allowing each part to grow naturally from its adjacent object. Trevena encourages each student to throw caution to the wind, not force elements that don’t belong, and to be willing to listen to the painting as it tells you where it really wants to go.
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