Don Demers: Mastering a Nautical SceneNo one paints boats, harbors, and the sea like master marine painter Don Demers. We take you to a working lobster dock in Maine to watch him paint a landscape featuring water, boats, trees, and a mountain background. You'll learn Don's step by step technique for painting marine subjects, and how he captures the genuine feel of the scene. This cinematic video production includes: A step by step plein air demonstration An exhibit of the artist's work An

Video Length: 16 Hours

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The simple yet fascinating tool Ryan uses to identify mistakes when he knows something is off but can't quite figure out what

stretching and mounting the paper

The effect is one-of-a-kind

leads you through eight absorbing chapters to the finished portrait

and it was Signora Simi who hand-picked a few exceptional students to carry it forward

Secrets to taking a practical and simplified approach when creating portraits…

While our Western art culture disintegrated into abstraction and paint thrown on canvases with no content

the beauty and the character of models

These sessions were both eye-opening and incredibly inspiring — filled to the brim with the unique insights that have earned Francesco his reputation as one of the most effective and creatively inspirational painting teachers in the art world today

This is my most richly illustrated and written project to date (1997)