Robert's Art Talk
By Robert Turenne
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Podcast Description
Want to learn to draw, paint and be a practicing visual artist? I do too! Follow me in my quest as a practicing artist, and who knows...we might learn something!
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoPerspective 3: Contrast and Aerial | The air around us is not totally transparent. When you look at something that far enough, a few hundred feet perhaps, you will see a kind of white haze, especially in a humid environment. If you look at faraway mountains, this becomes very apparent. You can use this in a painting or drawing by reducing contrasts for distant objects. The colors also appears "washed out". On Youtube: For all of you Mac lovers (.mp4): Click To Play And for the Windows followers: Click To Play | 3/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoPerspective 2: Using Color | Certain colors are interpreted by the brain in such a way that the items they're painted on appear to be placed further away. Usually, colder colors are associated with distance and warmer colors suggest proximity. This doesn't always work, but it can be used to add to the perspective effect of a painting or drawing. On Youtube: For the Mac afficionados (.mp4): Click to play And for the windows groupies: Click to play | 3/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPerspective: I hate it too! | This is the first in a series about perspective. I tried to keep it as non-technical as possible. We'll see if I succeeded! In Youtube: For the Mac afficionados (.mp4) and itunes Click to play And for the windows Gumbies: Click to play | 2/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoOnions and garlic | A quick demo of a still life drawing. YouTube version: for the mac world out there (.mp4) Click To Play and for the windows crowd (.wmv) Click To Play | 2/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoComposition: Different formats | This is a simple exercise to learn how to fit a 3D model onto a 2D support On YouTube: For the Mac (mp4): Click To Play For the PC, higher definition: Click To Play | 1/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoPortrait Drawing 2: Using visual observation | In this video, I explain how to draw a portrait from observation only, without using a "method". I make reference to this book, by Betty Edwards: "Drawing on the right side of the brain" On YouTube: In high definition (mp4): Click To Play | 1/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoPortrait: deciding on what to do - part 1 of 2 | On YouTube; Portrait 1 If you want to draw the face or body, two methods are available: use symbols, or guide books to learn how to draw an idealised human, or use observation to draw from life (or a photograph). In the video, I make reference to this book. It's called "Drawing the Head and Figure" by Jack Hamm. This video introduces the use of symbols. In High Definition (mp4): Click To Play | 1/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoArt lesson: Composition- From 3D to 2D | The first video lesson, on YouTube. How to fit a 3 dimensional object on a two dimension support. This video podcast addresses the problem encountered when trying to fit a 3-dimensional object (in this case a model of a human body) onto a 2-dimensional support (in this case a drawing on paper). It's all about looking and using simple tricks (visual cues). Click To Play | 1/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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I truly can understand this person and his way of explaining what he is doing is refresing. He makes it seem like everyone can draw if they just follow his instructions. I love it!
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