Oil Portrait Art Instruction Videos - Baumgaertner Start Price USD 99.00 Current Price USD 99.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 125.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, July 07, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 10, 2008 Location Minneapolis, MN See more about 'Oil Portrait Art Instruction Videos - Baumgaertner' Description The only place on Ebay to buy this COMPLETE VHS video series absolutely new.  Items have not been taken out of the original packaging.  Yours with a 100%, 7-day guarantee. PAINTING THE HEAD IN OIL (VHS)A Portrait of Megan taught by master portrait artist Margaret Carter Baumgaertner, USA 12-tape instructional art video series (usually retails for $399, see http://baumportrait.com/video2.htm) Shipping costs reflect the one-time fee for mailing 12 video tapes or approximately 12 hours of instruction (4 lbs). This professional video series by internationally acclaimed portrait artist Margaret Carter Baumgaertner covers every aspect of her portrait workshop. Ms. Baumgaertner will take you step-by-step through the creation of a portrait painting. This twelve-part video series is broken down into 11 steps to establish a strong, controlled, three-dimensional, constructed and accurate representation of the model.It's an inspirational journey beyond the canvas, where science, history and literature are as important as brush strokes in creating a classic portrait.Tape 1 Drawing the Head: Step-by-step measuring of the head in ¾ view. Placement of the ¾ view of the head on the canvas. Instruction on brush-sizing. Measuring the head of the model from a distance. Construction of the silhouette and shadow shape. 62 minutes Tape 2 Drawing the Head in Profile: Step-by-step measuring of the head in profile. Placement of the head in profile on the canvas. Construction of the silhouette and shadow shapes. 36 minutes Tape 3 Anatomical Planes of the Head: Dividing the silhouette of the head into planes based on the anatomical structure. Explains the location of these planes on a skull and shows them on the live model and on the drawing. Bindi, keystone, shoulder girdle, and salient points. 78 minutesTape 4 Lit and Shadow: Staining the Canvas. The importance of establishing definite light and shadow patterns. How to determine light and shadow areas. Determining the color of the light. 44 minutes Tape 5 Paint and Palette, Materials Used: Setting up painting space. Easel, brushes, medium, and other materials used by the artist. Discussion of the colorist palette. Mixing flesh tones. 56 minutes Tape 6 Massing in Three Values: Coordinating the composition of the painting. Working with only three values. Sculpting masses. Determining if your values are correct. 48 minutes Tape 7 Color Correction: Determining the correct color. Changing the color in the mass without changing the value. Correcting "mud" and chalkiness. 46 minutes Tape 8 Painting the Head in 3-Dimensions: Taking the painting of the head as three value puzzle pieces and making the head round. Painting an egg in lit and shadow. Cast shadows and slip shadows. Terminating edges. 31 minutes Tape 9 Placing the Features: Dividing the 3-dimensional featureless head into planes based on the anatomical structure. Explains the location of these planes on a skull and shows then on the live model and on the painting. Salient points, donuts, poached eggs, bird wings, and rhythms. 90 minutesTape 10A Correcting Structure and Detail: Painting starts. How to apply the paint. Painting hair, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. Portrait conventions. Learning from the masters. 92 minutes Tape 10B Correcting Structure and Detail: 10 commitments to painting. History of portraiture. Making the painting absolutely accurate. 57 minutes Tape 11 Finishing: Placing catch lights. Lost and found edges. Making areas of the portrait proceed and recede. Handling edges. Fixing major painting errors. How to prepare to become a professional portrait artist. 90 minutes"You have a certain, special way of putting things in layman's terms, it finally became clear… hats off to your patience and diplomacy." —Mary Ann Nekich, Franklin, WI"I sure got the message loud and strong about building my program around the artistic truths you presented rather than a system for selling painted pictures." —Herbert Mays, Canton, MS "I learned so much! You are one of those gifted individuals who knows how to give without holding back …" — Donna Brinkman, Dayton, OH Place a Bid!