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Videos
All our instructional videos are now available on DVD only.
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Our newest DVD release...
Painting the Head in One Sitting III
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latest release is number three in our popular series, Painting
the Head in One Sitting. This program varies from the other
two in that the presentation is specifically arranged to illustrate
the 29-step method featured in Mr. Sanden's book Portraits
From Life in 29 Steps (North Light Books, 1999). Like the
other two, this video takes the viewer step-by-step through
the painting of a head-and-shoulders portrait, this time specifically
enumerating the 29 steps featured in the book.
The 29 steps are divided into six sections: (1) The Layout,
or preliminary drawing, (2) The Shadows, (3) The Halftones,
(4) The Lights, (5) Restating, in which the artist
refreshes and improves on previous judgements, and (6) Particularizing,
in which the precise details of the facial features are painted.
This division of the job at hand into six manageable portions,
which in turn are completed through several precise steps (it
may sound complicated, but it's really quite simple) gives the
painter a logical plan of accomplishment.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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Painting the Head in
One Sitting II ("Tessa")
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Howard Sanden shows you, step-by-step, how to achieve a satisfying
portrait likeness in a single painting session. Nearly two hours
in length and based on Mr. Sanden's recent book Portraits From
Life in 29 Steps, this video describes in detail everything
you need to know to paint a convincing portrait in oils.
Proceeding with a simple drawing made with the brush on an untoned
canvas, the artist proceeds in a logical and direct manner,
painting the dark tones first, then the halftone passages, and
finally the lights and highlights, with a continuous commentary
on color-mixtures, brushwork, tonal values, blending and other
important elements of oil technique. Then Sanden shows how to
refine the details of the features, pulling together the elements
of a successful portrait in oils.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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Color Mixing for Portraiture
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Howard Sanden explains and demonstrates his popular Pro Mix
Color System, used by professional portrait artists everywhere
for over twenty years. You will learn how to mix an endless
variety of subtle, delicate flesh tones by combining only two
colors! How to mix 78 basic flesh tones and be able to repeat
the mixtures again and again, exactly! 90 minutes.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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Light and Shade in Portraiture
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precise judging of tonal values provides the underlying structure
of a portrait. No other factor is more important to the portrait's
success. This video explains the bases on which these critical
judgments are made... the six kinds of tone... the nine-tone
value scale... "reading" values... making a tonal
study of simple objects... making a tonal study of complex objects...
Relationship of light and shade in portraiture. 90 minutes.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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Painting the Facial Features
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lecture-demonstration was presented annually for twenty-three
years at the Art Students League of New York, and is always
a popular favorite. Mr. Sanden paints an enlarged close-up of
the facial features, describing the elements of construction
and drawing, color mixing and value determination. 90 minutes.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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Painting Hands
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to the head itself, nothing is more important to the success
of a portrait than the painting of hands. This helpful video
stresses careful observation... how to simplify... understanding
the light and shade... stressing the individual character of
the hands... examples from professional assignments. 90 minutes.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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Painting the Head in
One Sitting I ("Tom")
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video demonstrates step-by-step the procedure for achieving
a thorough, satisfying portrait likeness in a single sitting.
Beginning with a simple drawing made directly on the canvas
with the brush, the artist shows and describes the creative
steps: stating the shadows, the halftones and the lights...
achieving the "mosaic of tones"... restating and refining...
"particularizing" the portrait with detail. 90 minutes.
$69.95. Members, $49.9. 5
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John Singer
Sargent's Lady Agnew
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Singer Sargent's brilliant 1892 masterpiece. Lady Agnew, is
the subject of this three-hour video demonstration. The album
consists of two 90-minute video cassettes. In the first program,
Mr. Sanden paints the head, and in the second program, the hands,
arms, garments, the background, including the chair and accessories.
Includes reprint: John Singer Sargent: His Technical Procedure.
2-cassette album. 3 hours of instruction.
$134.95. Members, $99.95.
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John Singer Sargent's
Head of an Arab
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1891, John Singer Sargent traveled to the Holy Land and the
Middle East to gain background material for his Boston Public
Library murals. This dramatic head of a bearded man in Arab
headress resulted from that trip. John Howard Sanden replicates
Sargent's brilliant masterpiece, with a continuous commentary.
Sargent clearly reveled in achieving the rich bronze tones of
the swarthy complexion, the deep shadows which give volume to
the head, the fierce intensity of the expression, and the broadly
realized turban and garment details. 90 minutes.
$69.95. Members, $49.95.
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