Jim Wodark: Composition for Painters

Jim Wodark gives us not just a beautiful demonstration, but three hours of solid teaching about what makes a strong painting. His teaching about how to lead the eye through the painting to the focal point was very interesting. He also gave us wonderful information about mixing grays that work cohesively with the color stars of a painting. He shows us how solid design concepts used at the beginning of a painting makes the later painting of a piece much more enjoyable. Jim is not only a great painter, he is a great teacher. I will return to this DVD again and again.

Jim Wodark gives many wonderful hints to building an inviting composition. He shares an easy way to establish placement of focal points and explains how to use them in the composition. He has many jewels of helpful hints on how to change subject matter into an exciting and interesting painting. He demonstrates using hard and soft edges to have the eye travel through the painting.

The video is user friendly giving several ways to view it. I liked the itemized subject matter. This made it easy to find your way back to where you are viewing if you take a break. I recommend watching this video several times to glean all of the wonderful nuggets he shares.
The palette he used gave a brilliant touch to an exciting feel of sun setting on red cliffs. Jim Wodark is also a master of colors and how they can be used to play off of one another.

Jim explains his concepts with calm and clarity, and holds nothing back. I enjoy his personality and his teaching style, and have learned some important principles from him. I've watched the video twice, and plan on painting along when I watch it again. Thank you for this class!

Last year I purchased and devoured his Composition video. It is one of the best I have seen. I then had an opportunity to visit with Jim in Telluride and paint with him. He has set me on the right path. I have a long ways to go, but when I start a painting now I always ask, ‘What would Jim do? Get his video.

Great instruction. Have watched it twice, AND painted 'along with' to try to capture a similar 'feeling'. He has a calm and clear teaching style. I liked the way he explains his thinking on color, drawing, value, line etc as he is painting. Was worth the money.