Our newest DVD release... Painting the Head
in One Sitting III ("Pam")
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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.
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$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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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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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. 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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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.
Please select "ordering" from the menu on the left.
ur
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.
ohn
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.
his
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.
ext
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.
n
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.