Description of DVD
American artist, Hall Groat II, in his unique instructional DVD series demonstrates traditional oil painting color schemes and harmonies. In volume #5 he presents two hours of fully narrated demonstrations that introduce in great depth six unique color schemes and harmonies, including monochromatic, analogous, complementary,cool/warm, triadic and the tetrad harmony. In each of the demonstrations Hall paints a different California Bartlett pear and applies the six unique color schemes to six different pear paintings! He discusses the fundamentals of simple color harmonies, opposing color harmonies and classic balanced harmonies, and reveals the pros and cons of each! Each demonstration includes spectacular close-up shots of various colors being mixed together on the palette, and how the saturation and value of the colors are altered through both cool, achromatic neutrals and chromatic neutrals.
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The included DVD, along with the accompanying manual, present a concise overview of the fundamentals of color schemes and harmonies, offering both the beginning and the professional artist the necessary skills to successfully implement them. 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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