Description of DVD
American artist, Hall Groat II, in his unique instructional DVD series demonstrates oil painting tools, practices, and principles. In volume #4 he presents two hours of fully narrated demonstrations that introduce a variety of fundamental concepts that are essential for learning how to paint in a traditional realist oil painting style! The two hours of solid instruction include a concise demonstration on how to specifically mix all 12 of the colors found on the color wheel in a variety of tones, tints and shades, in addition to a presentation on how to successfully use the traditional color wheel! Hall also presents in great depth the exact oil paint colors he uses and how they are strategically arranged on his palette. He then describes in great detail the various types of oil painting brushes that are used by artists, in addition to properly using the traditional palette knife and glass scraper! Also, included is a thorough presentation on professionally stretching and sizing cotton canvas, which includes magnificent close-up details of the most ideal technique for neatly folding canvas corners.
Hall also presents the traditional elements and principles of design, and how concepts such as balance, rhythm, repetition, and scale, serve as the foundation for unity, harmony, variation, hierarchy, and proportion. A dynamic presentation on how the the art element: value, is integral to the overall success of a traditional realist painting is also covered.
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The included DVD, along with the accompanying manual, present a concise overview of the fundamental oil painting tools, practices, and principles, offering both the beginning and the professional artist the necessary tools to successfully create traditional realist still life oil paintings. The DVD is divided into various chapters for quick and easy navigation to subjects of particular interest to the viewer. A glossary of painting terms and various diagrams arealso included! Hall has taught art for over twenty years, and currently is an Associate Professor of Art at a college in New York. ARTNews Magazine critic, Gerard Haggerty, states that Hall Groat II's still life paintings evoke the big picture that we call art history,including painters like Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Edwin Dickinson, and his teacher Lennart Anderson." Collectors of his work have expressed that the work is "Alive, full of grace vitality and beauty, capturing light that is sublime in nature."
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