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Filmed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Jay explores artistic concepts such as composition, color, focal point and perspective through the fascinating explanation of how the human eye sees. An instructive and practical learning tool for landscape painters that includes lectures, exercises and four demonstrations in oil. Filmed during a four-day workshop in Rocky Mountain National Park for the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts. Jay Moore discusses the principles of successful composition in terms of how the eye works (focal point, progressive values, perspective and color) and demonstrates how he handles these challenges in the field. A career plein air painter, Jay's teaching credentials include the Art Students League of Denver, Loveland Academy of Fine Arts and The Art Institute of Colorado.
BONUS FEATURETTE INCLUDED! Filmed in 1993 this 15 minute program, "Catching the Light," captures a day in the life of Jay Moore painting the Colorado high country in mid-winter
(about 120 minutes)
Designed as a sequel to Painting the Way the Eye Sees, watch over Jay's shoulder as he develops 30"x40" canvas from a 11"x14" field study. Filmed in his Parker, CO studio.
Review From The Artist's Magazine: June 2005 issue: From the Field to the Studio: Completing a Large Canvas
"While small field studies can sometimes be considered finished paintings in themselves, they're usually used as reference for larger works done in the studio. In this program, Jay Moore demonstrates the process of painting a 30x40 inch canvas using one of his field studies as reference — a difficult process since you must redesign the painting to work on a larger scale rather than simply replicating stroke for stroke. What you can get away with on a small canvas, you often can't get away with on a larger scale. "Moore allows you to look in on his process from blank canvas to final brushstroke. The program is filled with basic concepts and easy-to-follow explanations, and the execution of the painting is sophisticated, most suitable for the intermediate painter. "Cool feature: A highly detailed DVD menu allows you to skip to the right part so you can easily take the extra time you need to perfect a technique.
(about 120 minutes)
Jay Moore launches his Technical Series on DVD by taking artists through a large art supply store while discussing the three key elements to buying materials: Economy, Technical issues, and Permanence.
(about 120 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on August 11, 2006 in Arts & Crafts::Painting: Oil.
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I actually bought the first 2 videos before they became available here. I would recommend both. In painting the way the eye sees he talks about values and center of interest. He does demos and helps you with composition.
I rented both Painting the Way the Eye See and From the Field to the Studio. I found them both wonderfully inspiring and do recommend them. I may even purchase them later on.
I learned a lot from Jay Moore, he explains things very well and has a lot of information in each DVD. I will rent any of his DVD's and most likely will re-rent this one again as well as "From the Field to the Studio" and "Choosing the Right Supplies" both also very good.
Jay Moore is an excellent teacher and a wonderful artist. I would recommend renting the set of DVDs. You will get more out of it if you see the following studio painting done from a plein air study. Kathy
Great instructor - clear and articulate - results in a beautiful painting, which confirms his knowledge and skill. Removed a lot of the mystery that I had in taking on such a project. Highly recommended.
I found this to be most informative. I learned many things I was never taught about mediums, & toxicities of some of the paint colors, brushes & canvas types...is enjoyable, with the important "stuff" we all need to know when we work with oil paints.
This was a very good video and I learned a lot from watching it. Jay Moore explains why he does what he does all the way through and makes it easy to understand his style. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to learn landscape painting.
This was a great video. It showed all of the steps in the painting and continually referred back to the source material so that the viewer could see what the artist was doing with it. Moore explains throughout what he's doing and why. I'm thinking of buying it.
The first half hour of this workshop was a science class on how the human eye functions. What an unbelievable waste of time!
Then when Jay finally started painting, the amateur photographer who shot this video began filming behind Jay as he stood at the easel. All you could see was his back - his red shirt.
The photographer finally moved a bit to the left to avoid Jay's back and continued filming with Jay's left arm acting as a complete barrier to the view of the canvas. Then the photographer decided to move a bit more to the left and then we could finally see the canvas, but mostly just the side of it.
All in all, I would estimate that 80% of Jay's brushstrokes in this DVD were completely obstructed by his hand or arm.
This DVD was not created with a professional camcorder, but most probably one purchased at Best Buy for home users. Quality is very poor. Blurry. Do not waste your money on this one. How this DVD garnered even one good review is totally beyond me.
Jay Moore did an expert job in transferring a small field study of a fall landscape into a large studio painting. From the two-dimensional work sketch on a small board, he created the scene with three-dimensional illusion by using aerial, linear and color perspectives on a large canvas, with stunning result. He explained the whole process step by step. This DVD is a must, but it is not for the beginner painter.
The information provided in this DVD was excellent. The photographing of the artist painting left something to be desired as you could not see his actual painting strokes when they were applied but had a nice view of his hand! I would also have liked to have seen his work on his palette which was not shown. Jay's presentation was clear and very helpful, everything was excellent except the actual painting procedure.
