The American Artist Weekend With the Masters events are always a whirlwind of activity—new people to meet, alluring art to gawk over, and then there are the workshops. Articulate, passionate artist-instructors share their own particular artistic visions and instruct group classes on the more formal aspects of painting and drawing.
Usually one artist leads one workshop, but at last year’s event in California, two artists—Scott Burdick and Daniel Gerhartz—came together on stage and, working from the same model, created two separate portraits. It was awesome! You had two artists beginning at the same starting point, but finishing in two different places, all the while spelling out their individual process—why they were doing what they were doing and telling us what was going on in their heads. It was the epitome of seeing how style and vision carry artists along highly individualized paths. Yet at the same time there was such a rapport and mutuality in their processes, especially when it came to the advice and tips they gave to the artists in the audience on everything from the “secrets” they’ve learned about painting to how to create a compelling portrait.
I was hooked as soon as the artists began painting. The time flew, and in the end I came away understanding how each artist approached his painting, what techniques they adhered to, and what was important to them as practitioners. They let it all unfold right in front of us, and we captured it all on our newest DVD: Portrait Painting Duo with Scott Burdick and Daniel Gerhartz. This free video clip from the DVD shows Burdick and Gerhartz discussing how to evaluate light and shadow to lend the illusion of volume to a form—in this case, the human head.
Portrait Painting Duo gives you the high level of instruction you can always count on from American Artist
and Artist Daily, but the situation is one of a kind, and will surely
reignite your passion for your practice and show how rewarding it is to
hear from artists who come together as a community—or a duo—and paint. Enjoy!
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Explore two brilliant methods
for creating dynamic oil portraits
full of character and life. |
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2 Masters, 1 Model:
Don’t miss this must-see painters' duel
Advance your skills and your artwork with essential art instruction from top oil painting artists Scott Burdick and Daniel Gerhartz.
The new Portrait Painting Duo DVD is now available for pre-order!
Create stunning oil portraits and watch the masters as they share their own artistic processes to painting the same subject in two remarkably different ways.
Pre-order your copy of this dynamic DVD to:
- Give all of your portraits the expert finesse they deserve—each master artist shares his advice for letting go of your internal template.
- Learn the masters’ shortcuts for enhancing your proportions, such as using your own face to measure a life-size portrait painting.
- Improve the quality of every brushstroke with insights to paint excitement and drama in oil portraits.
- Don’t be afraid of the dark (colors)—Gerhartz advises to put your darkest darks in early for a wider range of values in your portrait paintings.
- And more!
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Learn from two
very different perspectives
in one master class
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Capture a character
accurately with tips on
detail, values, and more!
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Follow along with
easy-to-see up-close views
of each brush stroke |
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| Get a front-row seat to a master duel between two top oil painting artists in one resource. |
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| Pre-order your copy of Portrait Painting Duo today! |