Brian Blood

Brian Blood: Studio Painting Secrets

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Video Length: 2 Hours 56 Minutes



Uncover the Secrets of Easily Using a Photograph or Study to Create a Larger Studio Painting... 

Never Feel Rushed to Finish a Painting Again!

Master artist Brian Blood is not only a brilliant painter, he is known as one of the finest teachers around — able to communicate painting skills as simple, easy-to-master techniques. Brian believes that most painting processes are learned skills that can be mastered by investing time and repeated practice.

In this video, you'll discover how to use a reference photo or a study to create a larger studio painting — perfect for painters who are unable to finish a painting in one sitting and want to pick up right where they left off during their last session.

 

Here's just some of what you'll learn from this video:

  • How to make any painting look spontaneous — never struggle with this again
  • How to set up and maintain an efficient, organized palette even as you mix colors, so everything is ready for you when you need it
  • How to interpret a scene and prepare to paint each portion
  • What to omit from a scene without losing any of the beautiful detail
  • How to edit as you paint so you can maximize your time
  • Creating the right underpainting tone
  • The importance of shapes and silhouettes
  • Creating a sense of space and design
  • The importance of brushstrokes: using the right stroke, gesture, and creating a good rhythm — this will make your painting go much smoother
  • How to keep edges interesting
  • How to define the star and supporting players of your painting
  • Generating interest in a painting
  • Painting reflections in the water — something many artists never get quite right
  • Keeping darks opaque, mixing colors, and using complementary colors — everything you need to know about color
  • Creating atmospheric perspective
  • And much, much more...

 

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Garry Harwood
Brian Blood Studio Painting Secrets

With the exception of one jarring edit where we didn't get to see the finish of the background area of the studio painting ( which mysteriously appeared out of nowhere! ) a well produced, well shot and generally very informative DVD. No 'secrets' to speak of here but it's always of great interest to learn how various artists solve the problems that a given subject presents. I would highly recommend it for beginning and intermediate level painters.

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Alejandra Gos
Excellent

Brian explains every step but also gives additional information that is essential for landscape painting. I watched the whole thing in two separate days. You want to make sure you pay close attention to what's going on. Excellent teacher and master painter! Worth every penny.

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Stephen Dyer
Brian Blood Studio Painting Secrets

Over all the dvd was very informative. The only criticism that I have is that the digital picture that was used as the subject matter was not shown very often, and the monitor that displayed the image had a glare. This made it very difficult to see the subject image.
I also really enjoyed the interview with the artist. Brian presented quite a bit of good information about the journey to becoming a full time professional artist.

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Myrna Walsh
Learning a lot

This artist is another good instructor. I learned a lot and look forward to watching it again so that I can learn more.

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Francis
Wonderful Teacher

Brian shows how he does a studio painting. He is a great teacher. Painting is not really about tips or secrets, but a long list of techniques that you must follow. Brian will show you his techniques.