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Wonderful video because it was chock full of information, thoughts and inspiration from the experiences of by Scott Burdick along his artistic career. Since I am in the process o f setting up my first "dream"studio as an addition to my house, the introductory specific advice about the studio set-up was priceless! Overall it was also very helpful in letting novice as well as more experienced artists understand that the problems, doubts, joys, and vagaries of the life and painting experiences of an artist at the easel is universal. In addition the time spent by Mr Burdick expalaining his specific and unique techniques and being able to watch him apply those techniques over a two day period had much more educational value for me than the usual "quickie" demo rushed through in a couple of hours.
Disappointing still life video! Some very interesting, useful, even profound ideas, principles and philosophy are espoused by Mr. Leffel, however the demonstartion painting was not completed by the end of the video. Mr. Leffel's almost "signature" approach to still life painting, the "chiaroscurro" style, was not in evidence at the end of the video. His dramatic use of light, the portrayal of it's movement and effect on the focal objects was well-represented and executed by his expertize. But, where was the chiaroscurro? He did not complete the "background" nor the "surrounding" shadows and light. I also found several contradictions in his comments; for example, "There are NO rules", but he showed how to hold a brush, how to apply paint versus "rendering". He also said there is "no blending". Then Mr Leffel "moved" paint of one color/value into another, "mushing" the paint back and forth, creating a "soft edge" or transition which I perceived as blending strokes.
Well, Jeffrey F. said it all! This is a fantastic video and a worthy investment of time and money that definitely provides anyone, even an intermediate painters an immense amount of value. Even if your style is or will be evolving differently than Morgan Weistling's you will benefit tremendously from his ideas and technique(s). I cannot elaborate better than Jeffrey's review. Get a couple discs and you will want to see the whole set. I marvelled and reveled in the relaxed and extended entire set (although the "side trips" could be a valuable set of videos alone!!!)
Very worthwhile. I have seen and own some other plein air and landscape videos. For a relatively short video, compared to the ones I have already experienced, Matt Smith packs a lot of useful and quite comprehensive information. Since I live in Arizona and realize there are some unique challenges to plein air subjects in the desert areas of this state, Matt Smith's video is a valuable resource for anyone who is either a visiting painter or a resident painter. This definitely one videoI would consider owning after renting. Five stars!
Very interesting, as Scott takes a different approach to landscapes than most other artists I have seen and read. He does not tone his canvas, painting on the white canvas with a rough sketch of the composition. Then, rather than the usual block in of various masses and working from large to small, Scott starts with putting in the darkest darks, regardless of the sizes of the shapes and masses. His approach of using the three primary colors and by pre-mixing a number of muted tonal values from the primaries and from a few premixed grays was very interesting. It would serve those who want to develop a more muted, but harmonious effect in their landscapes. Scott is very thorough in his explanations and exposition of what he is looking to achieve as he paints and even corrects certain passages. A five star video for those who want to learn something new and unique in technique.
