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About Classical Oil Paintings
Video Workshop
 I have made this teaching video course in answer
to your numerous requests. I receive many letters with questions about details
of the classical painting technique. Many of you ask me if I offer workshops.
Unfortunately, I do not conduct many workshops and for that reason I decided
to make a video course. Finally, I have made this tutorial, and I hope that
it can facilitate our communication. In this course I tried to answer the
most frequently asked questions. The teaching video format of this tutorial
proved to be the best to reproduce the atmosphere of a live workshop. Besides,
a video course has certain advantages: you can stop the movie, rewind and
play the place that interests you.
It took me eight months of hard work to make the
two-hour video course. I used Sony TRV85 XR (extended resolution) video
camera and then edited the footage digitally with Avid Cinema. I tried
to do my best and, I do hope that you will find my video workshop helpful
in your work on mastering classical painting skills.
Here are some screen shots of the teaching
video course.
This video course of classical painting will give
you an opportunity to understand and practice the Old Masters' technique.
You will learn how to paint a classical still life from the beginning
to the end, from priming the canvas to painting smallest details like
water drops, the texture of the lemon skin, etc. The course explains the
basic secret of classical painting that intrigues many experienced artists:
how tiniest details are made and when to stop. The course consists of
the following sections: Composition; Priming the Canvas, Drawing, Imprimatura,
Umbra Underlayer, Dead Underlayer, Color Layers, and Texture (Finishing
Layer).
There are many close-ups in the video that present
a clear view of flashing highlights on the paint when the brush touches
the canvas. You can see every hair of the brush. You will see the brush
at work from angles that a live workshop can never allow. You will see
how round-corner razor blades are made, and learn how to keep paints fresh
from session to session and much, much more.
The text was translated and narrated by Vladimir
Pavlov, Ph.D., M.Ed., who for ten years was Chair of English Department,
Simferopol State University, Ukraine. His outstanding expertise in translation
has been acknowledged internationally and from 1996 to 1999 he was regularly
invited to interpret at negotiations of the highest political protocol
by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Dr. Pavlov's
experience resulted in the clear and accurate English translation of the
complex ideas about art that I found difficult for some people to understand
even when I was explaining them in Russian to the native speakers of the
language. The only thing that this video course lacks is the smell of
oil paints, the deficiency that can easily be compensated by the paints
in your own studios.
In conclusion of this brief introduction, some words
should be said about every artist's material concerns. My experience has
shown that the classical school of painting can be studied without having
a special "talent." The only condition is a passionate desire
to learn and a little patience. Besides, the material aspect is rather
important in this world of ours. If you feel you can be an artist and
support your family and yourself with the money earned by painting, remember:
the competition in the art galleries is fierce. In the struggle you have
to win not by begging the gallery owner to take your painting on consignment,
explaining verbally how extraordinary and talented you are. You can win
by simply showing the gallery owner a fragment of your painting.
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