Painting a Still Life Instructional Video
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$39.95 USD
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Video Description (total running time approx. 74 minutes)
Thanks for your interest in my instructional video. This video takes you step-by-step through the creation of one of my still-life paintings. I take you through designing the still life, creating a preliminary drawing, transferring the drawing to the painting support via an oil transfer, creating a palette of premixed color strings, and a two-part painting process. Throughout the narration, I not only explain what I’m doing and why I’m doing it, but I also share how I’m seeing and thinking. This includes ideas related to drawing, painting, perspective, color space, paint mixing, and understanding how light interacts with different materials to create the colors we perceive. It covers a number of the fundamentals that you would get during one of my workshops—but at a fraction of the cost!
Bonus 21 Page (PDF) Transcript
File Format: MP4 (.mp4)
For ease of downloading, the video has been broken into two files:
Painting a Still Life Part 1 High Definition (1280 x 720 – Widescreen) 360 MB
Painting a Still Life Part 2 High Definition (1280 x 720 – Widescreen) 530 MB
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Question: I purchased the video before a transcript was available. Can I get a free copy?
Yes, please e-mail me using the form on my contact page. Please put “transcript” in the subject line. You will need to provide your first and last name along with either the invoice id number for your purchase or the e-mail associated with the purchase. Once this information is received and verified you will be sent an e-mail. In the e-mail is a link that will take you to a webpage containing a download link for the transcript. This process may take up to 48 hours (although it is often much sooner).
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