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| The How to Oil Painting Series Volume 1 Getting Started | 
 enlarge | Director: Millennia Entertainment Group L.l.c.
Actor: Larry Larson
Studio: Millennia Entertainment Group L.L.C.
Category: Video
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 48653
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 225 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 825911000136
EAN: 0825911000136
ASIN: B00006LI7K
Release Date: August 15, 2002
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Description
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, and detailed information about pigments used by the old masters chosen from 350 years of oil painting tradition. Learn the basic Renaissance approach to painting as practiced by Leonardo, Correggio, and Raphael which has never been more clearly or more usefully shown before anywhere. You will learn how to lay down a perfect umber wash as the old masters employed to create a full range of light and dark values quickly and effectively.
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 From start to finish! December 31, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Here it is, from start to finish! What an inspiration! Mr. Larson doesn't assume anything about your previous knowledge of the medium, he answers the questions before you have asked them! (Which is a good thing, since this is a video!) Whatever you already know, this video is wonderful- Unlike the cooking-show-style videos where your veggies are already chopped, and the quiche appears magically golden brown, that is-a nose and eyeballs mysteriously appear- we see the painting from start to finish! Bravo!
 Not Involved with Student July 17, 2003
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Although Mr. Larson is obviously a talented painter, it is clear that he is not a teacher. Most of the tape was involved with Mr. Larson's tedious effort to perfect his own painting without comments to the student explaining his actions. Also, the obsurd idea that one has to make a smaller painting in order to be able to relate colors to the larger canvas is unacceptable. The instructions as to what materials to get and ways to use them are limited. How to mix colors to create other colors was not touched on at all. The umber tonal background was interesting, only to be painted over without much utilization of it. A perfect example of a talented artist unable to explain that talent.
i can't believe it June 15, 2003
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is the most incredible piece of work I've ever seen for a teaching video!!! These guys reveal secrets that masters have been hiding for years!!! No rock is left unturned!!!
You watch every step of the process, it's like being in the room with a great artist and getting to watch them paint!!! So much information! They don't cut and leave you wondering how to get from step A to step B.
If you are as serious about painting as I am, you should buy these videos. I can't wait until they release the next ones.
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