Great Art Instruction DVD's

Still waiting for paint to dry so I thought I'd talk about some awesome art DVD's floating around on the net. I have not seen any in their full duration but I do plan on getting a couple of them. How do I know about them? Youtube! I'm sure you all know this but there are a lot of artist demos on Youtube, some are full demos but most of them with instruction are just clips. I'm going to focus on ones with instruction for this post because they're the most useful.

First up is "The Portrait Sketch" by Jeremy Lipking. Lipking is one of the top realist painters today and when you look at his work, it's a lot like Sargent's work in terms of his brush stroke. His DVD shows him doing a portrait sketch of his wife and for someone like me who would like to be able to do a relatively quick and accurate portrait it's looks very promising. Here's the clip:

The DVD is available through Lipking's website for $75 USD.

Next is David A. Leffel's "Reclining Nude". Leffel has been called a "modern Rembrandt", and it's pretty clear why. What's even more impressive though is his story. He was hospitalized for much of his childhood but he kept drawing and painting and though it. I won't go on and on but the point is he's an inspiration. Anyway, this DVD shows a figure painting sketch and what was really great to see was the colours he uses for skin tones, which is pretty much half the battle. Here's the clip:

It's available through Liliedahl Video Productions for $150 USD. Very pricey but must be worth it. That's it for now, I'll get some more up later and hopefully I'll get a copy of one of these soon and review it. Happy learning!