Countdown to Jeremy Lipking's video

I previously posted about Jeremy. He's a shining star in the realist world today. A real talent.



He emailed me this morning to announce he will soon be releasing his long-awaited DVD.

Here's a teaser...




Here's Jeremy's website.


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Great YouTube video by Seamus Berkeley

What a great portrait! He worked in oils on paper*. I'd really like to try that, but have so little time to paint at all these days.

Here's Seamus' website.

*Correction... See comments. It was on loose canvas. Thanks Seamus.

Zhaoming Wu video released!

Stop the presses! I just saw that Wu's first video has been released!!! I've been checking the publisher's website weekly for about a year anticipating this. It won't disappoint.

Here's the publisher's page, which gives a hint at Wu's technique.

You can rent it at this link, but be prepared to wait. (I'm in line ahead of you!).

Here's his website.

Istvan Sandorfi painting from photos

This French artist demonstrates how he paints a collage-like picture from photo references. He combines vintage images with new photos of his own model for an slightly surreal effect. All work is done from photos.

Here's Sandorfi's main site

Aldo Balding Demo

Aldo Balding hails from Kingston Surrey, England. I first heard of him in 2003 when he burst onto the Strokes of Genius portrait artist forum, and declared the American artists to be "absurd" for their excessive flattery of their sitters.

He was right, of course, but made few friends in the process.

A skilled portraitist, his website, and his blog chronical his ongoing quest for honesty in portraiture.

Here's a recent demo he posted on WetCanvas.

Thanks to A B Alding (I'm not kidding) for submitting this oil portrait demo. :)

UPDATE: Here's another one by Aldo

New Dan Thompson video

Here's another reader contributed link.

American Artist Magazine's website has a great new video by Dan Thompson. He works with a live model, and starts out with only one color, and two brushes (one to apply paint, and another to erase). He works his way up to a two-tone grisaille by the end of the video.

This is a work in progress. The text above the video promises part two will be coming soon. At the beginning, Thompson laid out "twenty or thirty colors", and only used two, so it's possible this will stretch into a three-part demo.

Here's Dan's website.

And, check out all these other demos at the American Artist site!

Thanks Dierdre.

UPDATE: Here's the second and final video.

New Scott Burdick Demo

Burdick has added yet another great demo to his website. I love these. I wish Susan would do another one too.


Rent Scott Burdick videos from SmartFlix.

Picasso work in progress

Here's a Picasso in progress filmed in 1955 by French director, Henri-Georges Clouzot, who also filmed Picasso creating 20 artworks. The film is now available in DVD format, which (as luck would have it) is also available through NetFlix. So I get to see it free! Yes, it's already at the top of my queue.

John Budicin's Plein Aire Landscapes

Here's another link sent by Dierdre. This very nice demo shows the very simple massing of forms in the early stages of a plien aire landscape painting.

John Budicin paints outdoors from life, never photos. "When I want to paint, I head out the door to find a scene that will spark my interest. This may take hours, or it may take minutes."
He says.

He begins with elementary shapes and colors, making them more specific as he works the painting.

Very nice stuff.

Huihan Lui

Huihan Liu studied at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art in China. Here is a three-hour demonstration he conducted at the Donner Ranch in New Mexico in 2002. These are stills from a home video, but the technique shows through, and there is ample narration by Ron Sanders.

Special thanks to Dierdre for providing the link

Craig Nelson Snippets

Craig Nelson has several DVDs on the market, and I just ordered one, but I have never watched one. To entice the buyer, his publisher offers these short promotional videos that are like a brief demonstration in themselves.

In fact, the website offers tons of snippets for various artists.


Rent Craig Nelson's DVD videos here

Philip de László Paints a portrait

This is a reprint of an old black and white article of a painting demonstration by Philip Alexius de László, who was a contemporary of Sargent.

While you're there, check out the rest of the site. A great resource provided by Cynthia Daniel of A Stroke of Genius.

Portrait with Skidmarks -- Chris Saper

Chris paints a portrait, then drives her SUV over it. Skidmarks aside, it's a good demo.

Clayton Beck

I picked up a copy of American Artist (Dec. 2005) at the library today and saw their cover story on Clayton Beck.

His cover painting reminded me of Scott Burdick's work. I went to his site and found two demos online. One for an oil portrait, and one for a charcoal portrait.