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- The 1,2,3 of portraits
- Call Number: ND1302 .O64 1989
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Using oils, pastels and charcoal Karen Simmons demonstrates her unique method of portraiture
- The art of fresco
- Call Number: ND2470 .A7 1993
Publication information: Newton, MA : Taliesin Productions, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in.
Description: Discusses realism and the fresco in the Renaissance and demonstrates the making of a fresco
- At home with watercolour
- Call Number: ND2110 .A8 1995
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Karen Simmons demonstrates basic watercolor techniques. She concentrates on being comfortable with the medium and choosing and painting everyday subjects from around the home
- Basic art by video
- Call Number: N7430 .B37 1983
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : MasterVision, [1983?]
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: v. 1. Painting -- v. 2. Drawing & design -- v. 3. Color
Description: This series introduces drawing, design and color, the building blocks of painting. Step-by-step, Charles Haddock teaches classic technique in the tradition of the masters and demonstrates use of all necessary tools
- Beginning portrait painting with Steve Driscoll
- Call Number: NC915.A35 B375 1999
Publication information: Allenwood, NJ : Airbrush Action, 1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Steve Driscoll demonstrates the techniques of basic airbrush portraiture, including how to render eyes, teeth, hair and facial textures the use of erasers and razor knives paint mixing and other airbrush techniques
- Beginning watercolor painting
- Call Number: ND2420 .B43 1982
Publication information: [United States?] : Video Tech Partnership : distributed by RMI Media Productions, 1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 58 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in
- Calligraphy demonstration with Professor Kun Chuan Ho [video- recording]
- Call Number: ND1457 .C5 1994
Publication information: College of DuPage, 1980
Physical description: 1 cassette (30 min) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Visiting Taiwanese Professor Kun Chuan Ho demonstrates the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy and ink painting
- Capturing light in paintings
- Call Number: ND2420 .C3 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn all the secrets to painting dramatic effects of light
- Chinese brush painting;an introduction
- Call Number: ND2068 .C4 1989
Publication information: W. Long Branch, NJ : White Star, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explore the exciting possibilities of Chinese brush painting by observing the artist painting flowers, animals, and landscapes
- Classical painting technique
- Call Number: ND1390 .A6 1999
Publication information: [Anderson Island, WA] : 1art.com, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Alexei Antonov shows how to paint a classical still life and understand the Old Masters' techniques. Topics include composition, priming of the canvas, drawing, imprimatura, umbra underlayer, dead underlayer, color layers, and texture (finishing layer)
- Color and applying the first wash
- Call Number: ND2420 .C6 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn how to get a painting started by selecting the proper first wash
- Colors for the artist
- Call Number: ND1488 .C6 1998
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Distributed by Educational Video Network, c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide sheet
Description: Explains what color is, how color is used to guide a viewer's eye, what emotional impact color has upon the viewer, and the color wheel. Demonstrates the use of primary colors, secondary colors, and pigments
- Composition
- Call Number: N7429.7 .C66 1993
Publication information: Aspen, Col. : Crystal Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (18 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Stephen Quiller demonstrates how to develop compositions from different subjects and how various shapes and values of a subject can trigger ideas for the painting
- David Hockney's secret knowledge
- Call Number: ND1482.R4 D39 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors
- Elements and principles of design
- Call Number: N7430 .E4 1989
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. Glenview, IL : Crystal Productions, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (46 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Tony Couch shows how to create compositions for paintings using the elements of design (line, shape, value, color, texture, direction) and their application to each of the principles of balance, harmony, gradation, repetition, contrast, dominance and unity
- Emphasizing values in painting
- Call Number: ND2420 .E6 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explains in slow, careful detail, the painting of values (light, medium and dark tones) and various types of brush strokes to create more depth, contrast and life in watercolor paintings
- Flower painting
- Call Number: ND2300 .F56 1990
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Karen Simmons demonstrates with diagrams how to draw flowers. Using watercolor, she then shows the many different facets of painting flowers including form, color, shadow, and backgrounds
- Gardens in watercolour
- Call Number: ND2237 .G37 1992
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Karen Simmons demonstrates watercolor painting of many types of gardens including a landscaped garden, herbaceous borders, a formal garden and potted flowers. She demonstrates techniques for painting skies, summer and winter trees, water, shrubs, pots and stonework and how to portray groups of flowers as islands of color
- Making masterpieces
- Call Number: ND1143 .M3 1997
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, c1997
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: v. 1. Program one. Pictures as things Program two. The materials of faith -- v. 2. Program three. The conquest of light Program four. From illusion to emotion -- v. 3. Program five. Old tricks and new pigments Program six. Loss and recovery
Description: Takes viewers on a special behind-the-scenes tour at the National Gallery, London. Features close-up views of works by Holbein, Rembrandt, Renoir, and other great masters. Traces the evolution of the painter's craft, demonstrating how each artist's materials and methods influenced his work. Explains how paintings change over time and shows preservation techniques
- Materials of the artist;for two & three-dimensional art projects
- Call Number: N8510 .M3 1998
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Distributed by Educational Video Network, c1998
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (50 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 study guide (1 p., folded)
Contents: pt. 1. Two-dimensional art projects -- pt. 2. Three-dimensional art projects
Description: Master artist and teacher Guy Corriero presents the most common materials used in two- and three-dimensional art projects, demonstrating how to use them
- Oil on canvas
- Call Number: ND1471 .O34 1998
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1998]
Physical description: 6 videocassettes (30 min. ea.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: [v. 1] Color -- [v. 2] Brushstrokes -- [v. 3] Composition -- [v. 4] Light -- [v. 5] Perspective -- [v. 6] Portrait
Description: Explains and demonstrates the art and science of painting. [1] Artist June Redfern examines innovative uses of color by artists like Titian, Monet, Van Gogh, and Mark Rothko. [2] John Virtue discusses artistic expression through brushstrokes. Includes discussion of individualists such as Titian, Constable, Van Gogh, and Pollock. [3] Ray Richardson uses his choice of a long, slim canvas to lead into an appreciation of painters such as Piero della Francesca, Tintoretto, Degas and Matisse. [4] John Greenwood and Len Tabner discuss and demonstrate different aspects of light and the use of light by artists such as Masaccio, Turner and Monet. [5] Artists Ben Johnson and Patrick Hughes trace the use of perspective, from 15th-century painter Piero della Francesca to the 20th century rebellion against its limitations. Johnson uses a computer to create a perfect perspective model and Hughes completely subverts the rules of perspective in his own work. [6] Artist Tai-Shan Schierenberg paints a portrait and discusses the possible conflict between an artist's desire for the portrait to be a fair representation of the subject and the sitter's perception of himself
- Painting with light
- Call Number: N7433.8 .P35 1988
Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, 1988, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (70 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The Quantel Paint Box is a new computer device that enables an artist to create and paint original works directly onto a television screen. Shows four artists using the process
- Pigments;the colours of the earth, from Lascaux to Picasso
- Call Number: ND1510 .P546 2004
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : [Distributed by] Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004], c2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This program explains how artists' colors are made and applied by charting the development of various families of pigments and by demonstrating that the compounding of colors is always a mixture of tradition, technology, experience, and innovation. Pigments prepared from natural sources and derived from industrial processes are studied, noting failures as well as successes. Decorative applications of color to clothmaking, glass staining, and printing are considered as well
- Portrait airbrushing I
- Call Number: NC915.A35 P6 1994
Publication information: Lakewood, NJ : Airbrush Action, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Richard Champagne presents tips and techniques for airbrush portraiture. Topics include rendering facial tones and features, paint mixtures, fabric texture, shadowing techniques, and other aspects
- Seeing color;object, light, observer
- Call Number: ND1488 .S44 2002
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the artistic aspects of color painting, and how people react to and experience these colors
- T-shirt portrait with Richard Champagne
- Call Number: NC915.A35 T755 1994
Publication information: Lakewood, NJ : Airbrush Action, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (96 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Demonstrates intermediate and advanced T-shirt portrait techniques. Using a photograph of David Letterman, Champagne shows how to produce hair detail and texture, facial features, metal highlights, flesh tones and more
- Tempera painting;color and design
- Call Number: ND2470 .T46 1995
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, 1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: After explaining the properties of tempera paint and how to use it, the artist shows a color wheel, black and white value scale, and warm to cool color scale. These concepts are then demonstrated in paintings
- Tempera techniques
- Call Number: ND2470 .T466 1995
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The artist first shows how to paint the techniques of opaque and transparent qualities, wet-into-wet, dry brush, scraping wet paint, texture, impasto, and collage. Then, she uses these techniques and more in demonstration paintings of a postage stamp design, a still life, a science theme painting of insects, and a landscape
- The visual language of design
- Call Number: N7430 .V45 1993
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Educational Video Network, c1993
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (50 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 glossary sheet
Contents: pt. 1. Elements of structure and principles of arrangement (20 min.) -- pt. 2. An analysis of style (30 min.)
Description: Examines the basic concepts of artistic structure and design and incorporates them to illustrate style analysis
- Visualizing what you paint
- Call Number: ND1140 .V57 1993
Publication information: Aspen, Col. : Crystal Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (19 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Stephen Quiller presents a variety of ideas motivating students to see and visualize subjects to create more spontaneous and creative work
- Watercolor fundamentals
- Call Number: ND2420 .W3 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus of Florida, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn all the basics of watercolor techniques and materials
- Watercolor salvage techniques
- Call Number: ND2422 .W3 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn not only how to correct mistakes, but how to rework discarded paintings into beautiful works of art
Updated 22 August 2006
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