Hi Everyone
I am often asked about my DVDs and what they contain. I have just written the following text at the end of SusanArt Challenge 3 - and I thought it could be of interest to those contemplating the DVDs. I know it is difficult to make a decision to purchase such things as it is only when you view them, that you know whether they were worth the cost. I can assure you these DVDs are well worth the small cost!
I wish I could let you all see the huge amount of feedback - almost an avalanche of mail that awaits me each morning. Much of this is from artists who have recently purchased my DVDs and who are often overwhelmed with excitment at the possibilities they now have before them. That is what excited me when I discovered all of the breakthroughs I teach in my DVDs. I wanted to share this information and a DVD is the best way to do that.
My philosophy is to teach how to create a naturalistic realism using the methods and techniques I have developed and discovered over my many years of being an artist. These are the things that have lifted my art to a professional level. But the secret is that I also teach 'why' they work and how they work. This understanding is invaluable. With that knowledge you are able to extend your painting subjects to anything at all because you will know what color mixes to use, you will know how to apply your paint to get any effect you are after and you will know how to create a painting that has a true presence.
Then once you all have that in your repetoire, you can choose a combination of all the wonderful things you feel express what you want in your work and create your own unique style.
Here is the text I have written at the base of SusanArt Challenge 3 - that I thought those of you interested in my DVDs my like to have highlighted:There are so many applications and extensions of my methods, techniques and colour theory etc. It would take forever to show you everything here in this forum. The old saying about viewing something is worth a thousand words.
I think it is worth a zillion words. It is very hard to explain in words how much water to use, how I use my brush to dab an allow the water to disperse the colour, how I soften some edges and flare others. A DVD is the ideal way to show you these things and so much more - so you can see for yourself.
You can see it all in my DVDs.
http://www.harrison-tustain.com/pennyfarthing/index.htmlPainting Watercolor My Way is my latest DVD which has all of the latest information, new breakthroughs and all of my methods and techniques. It has over 5 hours of tuition! The editing took months! But I am so very happy with it. There are many bonuses including garden breaks which allow you a few minutes between sections to rest in a beautiful and inspiring place as the garden breaks show you cameos of little areas in my garden. Roses are a major feature, but you will also see fruit blossom and so many other wonder inspiring plants and scenes. You can freeze frame them, photograph or print these areas and create paintings from them. They really are gorgeous.
We sell thousands of my DVDs and send them all over the world. So selling a few more is not really the point of this writing. The feedback has been very humbling but also very fulfilling as I read how much they have helped artists realize there is a whole new world of possibilities with my methods, techniques and limited palette. So I know those of you who haven't seen my DVDs would benefit greatly from them.
Feel free to click here for more information:
http://www.harrison-tustain.com/pennyfarthing/index.htmlIf you havent visited the SusanArt Forum Challenges - you are missing something fantastic! Do take the time to enjoy them.
Happy painting!
Susan
