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Capturing Limited Light with Expressive Brushwork with Betty Carr
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Capturing Limited Light with Expressive Brushwork with Betty Carr

Join artist, and teacher Betty Carr in this watercolor DVD as she demonstrates her dynamic painting process and techniques. Learn the bold, high energy style she brings to her watercolor painting to achieve rich color, energetic lighting, and bold strokes. Thinking like an oil painter and sculptor, Betty Carr “carves” depth out of her painting and uses expressive 'dancing' brushwork. In these watercolor lessons, you will learn to paint from a proper value plan, use bold high energy strokes, and achieve rich colors and energetic lighting. Artists of every experience level will get gems of wisdom and tips to improve their watercolor painting. Betty Carr demonstrates and shares her thoughts on: * Warm up exercises * Starting with the darks * Using a proper value plan * Getting energy into your subject * Directing the eye through the painting with subtle color adjustments * Mixing paint to add richness to color

Duration
Chapter
04m 25s
1. Setting Up The Still Life
02m 32s
2. Betty's Palette
02m 18s
3. Brushes
02m 18s
4. About Sketching
01m 58s
5. Stretching Paper
03m 36s
6. Loosen Up!
02m 53s
7. Let's Paint
20m 47s
8. Starting with the Darks
01m 04s
9. A Word from Hawthorne
04m 59s
10. Painting in the Light
19m 19s
11. Shadows
10m 56s
12. Wisdom from Hawthorne
00m 33s
13. Under the Mat
08m 07s
14. Edges, Values & Darks
06m 56s
15. Under the Mask
02m 52s
16. Shadows
10m 35s
17. Painting the Lights
05m 12s
18. Evaluation & Adjustments
01m 30s
19. Final Evaluation
1552m 20s
20. Credits
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About The Artist: Betty Carr
Betty Carr’s watercolor painting captures multiple dimensions of light and shadows in her vivid watercolor paintings of still-life and landscapes. She uses expressive, bold brushwork in her floral paintings and captures subtle and dramatic effects of light with enthusiastic brushwork and intense colors. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA, Carr’s love for art developed from visiting museums. She earned her M.F.A. from San Jose State University and has established herself as a distinguished artist and instructor in sculpture and painting. Carr and her husband, landscape painter Howard, travel the West Coast several months of each year to teach artist workshops from their specially-equipped mobile home. Betty Carr has been featured in numerous publications including American Artist, Art of the West, Art... Read More

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