New Video! Move Beyond Realism to the Abstract

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Dear Artist, Brian Ryder is back with artistsnetwork.tv this week to teach you more techniques for stretching your creativity and moving your art beyond realism. Follow his process to paint your response to a subject, for art that sparks with energy and moves your viewers. All best in life and painting, Jennifer Lepore, Online Education Manager artistsnetwork.tv and artistsnetwork online events & seminars What is ArtistsNetwork.tv? Artistsnetwork.tv was launched in 2008 to provide online instructional videos from leading artists. These videos can be viewed 24/7 from the comfort of your home--it's like having your own personal art instructor! A new video is added every week, so subscribe today! See below or click here for membership options. Enjoy! Move Beyond Realism As artist Brian Ryder describes, there are so many ways to get inspiration for abstract paintings--from emotions, feelings, recollections, people or places you've seen. In this week's artistsnetwork.tv video, Beyond Realism with Brian Ryder, Part 2, you'll start with pen-and-wash and then oil sketches to investigate shapes and possibilities, to capture whatever it is that attracts you to your subject. These initial sketches will help reinforce your ideas about the composition. Then move onto a larger canvas to complete a finished abstract painting step by step, using acrylics and some oil pastel with focus on texture, color, shape and composition for a dramatic final piece. In this preview from Beyond Realism Part 2, Brian leads you through several watercolor sketches of the landscape, moving more and more toward the abstract with each new sketch, demonstrating how to move beyond realism in preparation for a finished abstract painting using acrylic and oil pastel. Lifelike Drawing in Colored Pencil In case you missed last week's artistsnetwork.tv video worskhop, Lee Hammond's Lifelike Drawing in Colored Pencil teaches you the best materials to use, then shows you how to perfect layering and burnishing techniques for super, realistic effects. Lee demonstrates how to draw a variety of subjects—vase, butterfly, hibiscus—building new skills with each, from achieving the smooth transitions of a spherical vase, to the overlapping edges and intense colors of a butterfly's wings, to the delicate layers and overlaps of flower petals. Sneak Peek! In next week's artistsnetwork.tv video workshop, Charles Reid is back to teach his techniques for juicy watercolors! Painting Flowers in Watercolor, Part 1 begins with exercises on contour drawing designed to provide you with a way to loosen up and become familiar with your subject. Then explore color mixing, composition, values, edges, brushwork, saving whites and using negative space as Charles guides you through several paintings from start to finish, for juicy, loose paintings that dance with light and spontaneity. Missed a Previous Workshop, Try One of These! Painting Oil Portraits in Warm Light Acrylics: A Watercolor Approach Luminous Watercolor: The Wooded Landscape Mastering Composition Colored Pencil Workshop Watercolor Painting on YUPO® OVER 100 videos available at artistsnetwork.tv! Subscribe to one (or the entire library) today-- we add a new video every week! "I have learned more about oil painting in a few days of watching your videos than I have in 5 years of taking expensive classes!!!!! I think the whole idea is wonderful and well worth the money!" --Debbie O. Would Your Rather Have a DVD or Download? Did you know that artistsnetwork.tv videos are also available on DVD or to Download? You can take the best art instruction on the web with you—no strings attached! Three Stages for Successful Pastel Painting with Richard McKinley Watercolor Quick & Easy with Joyce Faulknor: Crystal and Glass Keys to Drawing Realistic Animals with Claudia Nice Nancy Reyner's Acrylic Revolution Visit NorthLightShop.com to browse the full selection today! ArtistsNetwork.tv Videos Available On-Demand! Learn from top artists as they share their techniques with you from the comfort of your own home! Watch anytime, anywhere, from any computer! MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS Individual Workshop Subscriptions Subscribe to any individual art workshop for just $16.99 for six months. Over 90 workshops to choose from, with a new video added every week! Subscribe now. Full-Library Subscription--Best Value!   Get access to ALL of the art workshops for $99 for six months--currently over 90 workshops in a wide range of subjects and mediums! Watch every workshop whenever you like, as often as you like. A new video is added every week! Subscribe now. Subscriptions by Medium Subscribe to workshops by medium--acrylic, colored pencil, drawing, oil, pastel, watercolor--for just $49.99 for six months. Subscribe now Expand Your Creativity with North Light! The Create Edge by Mary Todd Beam Acrylic Artist magazine The New Creative Artist by Nita Leland Watercolor Without Boundaries by Karlyn Holman Try the Acrylic Subscription at ArtistsNetwork.tv!
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