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Painting Flowers - Alla Prima

Alla Prima is an Italian phrase that means 'all at once'. In this one-hour presentation, Helen demonstrates this direct application of paint to interpret a bouquet of daisies. Starting with four marks on the canvas, to indicate the outer reaches of her composition, she proceeds to build her painting, ending with the highlights. Throughout this video, you will learn how Helen gets her paint moist and juicy, a look that has entranced viewers of her TV show and live demonstrations. Helen Van Wyk is a fountain of information, never shying from dispensing it to all those interested in painting better. (parvenu)

60 Minutes , DVD, $24.95 USD

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Brush Techniques - Your Painting's Handwriting

Universally recognized as the most important tool in painting, the brush remains a mystery in the hand of a painting beginner as well as in more experienced hands. In this one-hour Helen Van Wyk dvd, Helen demonstrates how versatile brushes can be when used properly. First, she guides the viewer towards using the right brush for the right job, then moves into the area of achieving different textures and effects to benefit each painting you do. Helen's instruction includes the all-important proper way to clean your brushes, a successful departure from the method that has been taught in art schools over many decades. Every artist should own a copy. (parvenu)

60 Minutes , DVD, $19.99 USD

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A Portrait - Step-by-Step

One hour DVD of painting a male model. In this DVD video, Helen Van Wyk covers every facet of portrait painting, experience gained from fifty years of painting people. You will learn about mixing the right flesh color, getting the shadow to look just right, and that difficult "turning edge", the area between light and shadow. "Anyone can get a likeness" Helen says, "but the trick is to make the model look human." If portraits are your interest, you won't want to miss this sterling, informative video. Once in your possession, you will find yourself watching it over and over. You will be amazed at how much it will help you with your portraits. (parvenu)

60 minutes , DVD, $24.95 USD

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Copy the Masters - Study with the Best

This is a two lesson set, Helen strongly recommends that her students visit art museums and copy reproductions of paintings by the Old Masters. Helen says: "You can't paint a good picture until you've seen one". In the first lesson, Helen chooses to copy a self-portrait by Rembrandt Van Rijun, who painted more than 70 self-portraits during his career. You will enjoy following each stroke as she recreates the Dutch painter's work from bare canvas to finished painting.

60 Minutes , DVD, $19.99 USD

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Still Life Secrets - Finding Inspiration in the Everyday

In her easy-to-follow style, Helen Van Wyk demonstrates how drapery and books, everyday items found in your home, can add intense interest to still-life compositions featuring these ordinary objects. First, Helen uses gold brocade drapery as a backdrop for a black vase and a bright red dish. As she demonstrates techniques for capturing the appearance of textured material, she offers hints for successfully painting a plausible-looking fabric. In the second lesson, Helen paints a still-life of books on a table: opened, closed and resting on each other.

60 Minutes , DVD, $19.99 USD

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Creating Magical Effects - Elipses and Transparent Glass

Through demonstration and description, Helen Van Wyk simplifies two techniques that she knows you can use to enhance your still life paintings. First, Helen reveals to you the foolproof secret of drawing a circle in perspective. This trick will allow you to paint a circle or elipse from any angle, whether it's a full round shape seen from above, (a plate perhaps), or the slender curve revealed by the side view of a hat's rim. Helen always joked that she would like an "ellipse-making machine" to make the job easer.

60 Minutes , DVD, $19.99 USD

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Painting Ordinary Objects - Inspiration is in Your Home

A walk through an amateur art exhibition is an interesting excursion due to the wild range of subject matter. It is safe to assume artists never have visited the places they have interpreted nor have they ever seen some of the wild animals that they have pictured on canvas. Helen Van Wyk shows us in this video how common objects around the house can make paintings that are as thought-provoking as tropical islands. Her subjects range from wicker baskets and spools of thread to the stuffed toys of a pet...subjects you would not ordinarily choose to star in your paintings. This is a delightful, informative peek into what makes an artist tick

75 Minutes , DVD, $19.95 USD

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The Wonderful Color White - How to Achieve Results That Sparkle

Helen Van Wyk has encouraged artists all over the world to get painting and to "give it another try". Distilling fifty years of painting experience in the Welcome to My Studio series, Helen shows you in this DVD through a complete demonstrations, how to paint the color white and how useful is it. Covering color mixing and offering guidance about light and shade, this strangely interesting subject holds quite a few surprises as Helen paints a still life. The final lesson in this video covers snow, in particular its color, as Helen paints a winter scene of an old red barn. Helen attributes her own success to a thorough understanding of painting principles, plus "discipline, dedication and practice." While the last three can only be found in oneself, her principles are preserved in these videos. You will find yourself watching them over and over again.

75 Minutes , DVD, $24.95 USD

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Strike a Pose - Learning to Paint Flesh Tones

Helen Van Wyk studies and captures realistic fresh colors from a doll as if it were a real person, showing how you can capture the notoriously hard realism of skin. From the onset Helen tells us to ensure the model is in a pose that relates to their personality. There are many many fantastic and hints in this video that will help you bring vibrant life and color to your life paintings. From the beginnings of a rough painted sketch you will witness the doll and the painting come to life, capturing each contour, each flow of material and interpreting each area of light and dark. In this DVD video, Helen Van Wyk further teaches us the principles of painting with more instruction than you thought possible. You will have to watch this video over and over again to fully realize the potential of what Helen is teaching. As Helen points out in her own unique and wonderful way, "You diddle with it until it is done". Every artist should own a copy.

50 Minutes , DVD, $19.99 USD

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Kissing and Warm Colors - Adding Passion to Your Paintings

Encouraging us to think carefully about how we paint, Helen Van Wyk's DVD 'Kissing and Warm Colors' shows how "Kissing" ruins paintings, how dimension is lost and how "Kissing" can make a confused subject matter. Helen tackles the hot subject of orange with a full demonstration of a still life that includes orange fruit and a vase. As always, Helen teaches us basic principles of painting and it is up to us to and grasp her words. One viewing of this video is not enough to fully digest its content. The color red, the subject of passion: Helen introduces us to a still life involving leather bound books, wine and glasses. She covers lessons such as how to add passion to your paintings and how to paint reflections and how to paint glass. As Helen had always asserted, "still life is the back-bone of good painting".

75 Minutes , DVD, $24.95 USD

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