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Design is the creative process of planning, arranging, and combining elements in a piece of art. The elements and principles of design discussed in these DVDs will help artists working in any medium.

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Design with the Figure with Polly Hammett

Learn Polly Hammett’s multifaceted design approach to help encourage your unique expression. Polly teaches a step by step method to analyze your composition before it is painted. Learn how to: interact with models; contour draw; figure placement and its impact on the meaning of your painting; how to develop a background; how to manipulate dark and light patterns to achieve a strong visual statement; lifting lights; adding texture; exaggeration; distortion; the importance of transitions; and stamping. Polly shares insights on subjects... Preview Video
Artist: Polly Hammett
Producer: Creative Catalyst
Sku: PH1d
Runtime: 90 Min.
Build, Design & Color Using a Mouth Atomizer with Mark Mehaffey

Expert watercolorist Mark Mehaffey shows you how to paint with watercolor using a mouth atomizer. Preview Video
Artist: Mark Mehaffey
Producer: Creative Catalyst
Sku: MM1d
Runtime: 100 Min.
A Designed Approach to Abstraction with John Salminen

Join John Salminen AWSdf, NWS as he uses the language of design to build a complex layered abstraction. The design analysis and thinking he uses may be applied to any subject or medium. John begins with simple objects as a springboard to suggest shapes and line. He then launches on a sequence of steps to create intriguing and unpredictable effects all the while using design principles to create a cohesive captivating painting. He floods in warm tones, dry brush blending, scrapes in darks, and masks lines. He creates a variety of line and edge... Preview Video
Artist: John Salminen
Producer: Creative Catalyst
Sku: JS1d
Runtime: 160 Min.
Elements and Principles of Design with Tony Couch

“What makes good art?” Join Tony Couch in this instructional video, Elements and Principles of Design, for a provocative and informative discussion of traditional and time-proven elements and principles of design. Preview Video
Artist: Tony Couch
Producer: Crystal
Sku: 22-TC5d
Runtime: 45 Min.

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