Series: Choosing the best medium and method

Not enough explanation!

11/10/2011

~ Carla8

The artist seems capable enough he just needs to explain what he's doing in more detail. Also, once I enlarged the video to full screen the picture was so blurry it was hard to see exactly what the artist was doing. Not worth the money.....

Good explaining of technique

06/14/2011

~ StudentOfLife

I enjoyed watching this video and the artist did a nice job of talking through most of the video explaining what he was doing, something I expect from an instructional video.

It would've been nice to see more than the two close-ups he had during his video, but it seems he is doing the painting and recording all himself. I noticed an improvement of the camera work from a previous video of his and he was much more mindful of when his hand was blocking the view.

Peter Wood is a good artist and it was fun to see his parrots come to life with beautiful color using the acrylic inks. I expected more pastels due to the name of the video, but it only showed him dabbing in some pink at the very last. I would recommend this video to be inspired to try the acrylic inks.

Below are the descriptions for each of the lessons included in the series:

• Intro to "Choosing the best Medium & Method"

  This is the introduction to the main film of "Choosing the best Medium & Method for the subject"

• Fat on Lean Oil of a Woodland Stream

  Showing how to paint oils directly onto hardboard and make framing to suit afterwards

• Underpainting a background for a landscape in Oils

  A 20 minute film showing the quick and simple method of painting the cool distant mid tones firstly. Gorge du Lot - France

• Painting a Beach scene - broken colour technique

  A complete demonstration in oils, showing methods,figures,colours and the painting from start to finish.

• Painting a boat scene with Knife and Brush in Oils

  Another 20 minute film in the series "Using the best medium and method for the subject" Using painting knives and brush to explore the potential of this subject.

• Using Pastels & Acrylic Inks - Macaws

  From the series "Choosing the best medium and method for the subject" this film shows how to paint a pair of brightly coloured Macaws using acrylic inks and pastels.

• Loose watercolour - Toulouse Cafe - Prt 1 of 2

  Painting a loose watercolour of a street cafe - all in detail and close ups to brush. Part of the "Choosing the best medium for the subject" film.

• Loose watercolour - Toulouse Cafe - Part 2 of 2

  Painting a loose watercolour of a French street Cafe. Details in close up to brush. Part of the parent film "Choosing the best medium for the subject"

• Using Watercolour and Pastel to paint a snow scene

  From the series "Choosing the best medium and method for the subject" this film shows how to paint a beautiful snow covered landscape

• Girl in a French Poppy Field - Acrylics

  A complete demonstration showing how a figure may be painted in a poppy field using acrylics in an impressionist method. Part of the "Using the best medium & method for the subject" series.

• Using brush, stick, pen, ink & watercolour

  A seemingly complicated subject of entwined birch trees simplified into a lively mixed medium work.

• Painting Peach blossoms using a splatter method

  A fun and quick way to paint blossoms using acrylics

• Soft Pastel on Ingres Paper using water

  A demostration showing a lively method to paint using both traditional methods and exploratory ones. French street cafe scene with people.

• Botanical flower painting.

  Showing the use of watercolour pencils and pen and ink to prouce a detailed illustrative artwork.

• Painting a Large Poppy using Oils over Acrylics

  Showing how you may work more rapidly by using Acrylic underpainting with your oils.

• Frosty Autumn Lane - Watercolour

  From the series "Choosing the best medium and method for the subject" this film shows how to paint a watercolour using masking fluid and use sponge texture to create masses of leaves.

• French Market - Traditional pastel on glasspaper

  A demonstration showing how to paint using traditional pastel techniques onto glass paper rapidly and with life!

• Painting a Waterlily using traditional methods.

  Showing traditional methods in watercolour to paint wet in wet, do a graduated wash, and glaze. The final of the film series "Choosing the best medium and method for the subject.

Supplementary Files:

• Once you purchase this series you will have access to these files: