The Darrell Crow Instructional DVD's

This set contains 9 DVD's plus free Bonus DVD 'My World'.  Each DVD runs for at least 2 hours.  In depth instruction is given on each subject.  Each DVD not only includes instruction, details, slow motion close-ups and informative commentary - it also includes details of how to paint the cover painting on each DVD.  Please note: these DVD's are region free.

The Basic Techniques of Oil Painting DVD's feature:

• Comprehensive step-by-step instructions
• Easy to understand
• No previous art experience or education required.
• No talent required
• Assumes you know absolutely nothing about art
• Learn at your own pace in the comfort of your own home.
• All you need is a DVD player 
• Over 18 hours of detailed, easy to understand instructions
• Each DVD is jammed packed with technique after technique  
• You will learn to paint landscapes and seascapes and learn the fundamentals that will apply to all types of oil painting including florals, wildlife, tall-ships, still-life and so forth.
• DVD's include instructions for both the left-handed as well as right-handers.
• Liberal use of slow-motions, close-ups and props to ensure students can visually understand and apply each technique taught.
• We guarantee that if you have absolutely any interest in oil painting you will learn to paint by following the steps outlined in these 9 videos.

The Basic Technique of Oil Painting also serves as an excellent refresher for advanced students who already know how to paint, but want a comprehensive library for reference. And countless acrylic artists and enthusiasts have written to say how much they’ve learned from the Basic Techniques of Oil Painting. They’ve been able to apply these same techniques to their acrylic painting projects.

The Basic Techniques of Oil Painting Series assumes you know absolutely nothing about painting and have never even so much as held a paintbrush previously.

* The 9 DVD set now includes a free BONUS DVD - 'My World' worth £11.50.  This DVD shows the informative step by step guide into putting everything you have learned together and producing a lovely little mountain and lake scene.

DVD 001 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Preparation

Creating a Workstation Cleaning and Maintaining Brushes Overview of Landscape, Seascape, Floral, Portrait brushes Overview of Landscape, Seascape, Floral, Portrait paints Easels Canvas Quality Ovals on a Rectangular Canvas. Demonstration of Applying Black Gesso Demonstration of using Gesso for Background Color or Base, Saving What Canvas area Use of mediums Demonstration of Adding Background Color

DVD 002 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Skies and Clouds

Basic Light Blue Sky. Painting Night Clouds Using either a 1" or a 2" brush to make Clouds. Demonstration of using Fan Brushes to make clouds. Special Brush Cleaning More Blending Techniques Full of slow motions so you can master each step Demonstration of painting grey clouds Demonstration of painting dark clouds Demonstrations on painting storm clouds.

 DVD 003 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Mountains

Paint far-distant mountains. Foreground Mountains How to Highlight snow-covered mountains and non-snowy mountains. Small highlighting techniques. The key to shadow lighting mountains and most everything else. Changing a Mountain After Adding Highlights Western Mountains Desert or Butte Mountains Demonstration of Painting Spectacular Moonlit Mountains.

DVD 004 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Water

Waterfalls Painting a Lake in Front of the Falls Adding Rocks in the Spray Making the Ocean Move Gentle Waves Foam Patterns on the Beach Painting a Powerful Crashing Wave Adding Glistening Lake Reflections Reflecting a Mountain into a lake Reflecting Bushes into a Lake Putting in Shorelines Painting Rain Puddles Painting Stream and Bed Rocks Adding Water to Rocks Quickly Painting Cascades, Water Movement Putting Rocks on a Frozen Lake Ocean Motion Details of Beach Big Rocks in the Ocean Lighthouse Adding Pylons

DVD 005 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Trees

Evergreens Highlighting Evergreens Slow Motion Highlight Colors Oval Brush Evergreens Slow Motion Oval Brush Evergreens Oval Brush highlighitng Two-Inch Brush Evergreens Dead Trees Birch Trees Large Forest Trees 1-inch Brush Highlights Background Trees Grandfather Tree Palm Trees

DVD 006 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Bushes and Grass

Setting up the Palette Mixing & Applying Base Color Adding Grass to Base Color Loading the BRush, Touching the Canvas Create Bushes with 2" Brush Highlight Bushes Snow Covered Bushes Half Round Bush for Grass & Bushes creating Bushes with 1" Oval Brush Sea Grass Upward Stroke Grass Technique Flowers on Bushes Snow Scene with Bushes & Foothills

DVD 007 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Rocks and Boulders:

Four Basic Shapes of Rocks Simple Shape Mountain Shape Small Shape Boulder Shape Adding Rocks into Foilage Beach Rocks Rocky Coast Gorge with Double Waterfalls Cliff Ledges Stone Ledges in Foilage Rocks to Separate Layers River Rocks in Banks Snow Covered Rocks

DVD 008 - The Basic Technique of Oil Painting: Cabins and Buildings

Understanding Perspective Basic Cabin The Three Point Checkup Adding on to the Cabin Log Cabin Far Distant Buildings Two Barns Dock Windmills Covered Bridge

DVD 009 - The Basic Technique Of Oil Painting: Seascapes

Preparing the Canvas Anatomy of a Seascape Sky and Beach Colors Blending, Hypnotizing Distant hills, and landforms Putting Movement into water The Basic Wave Working the Dump Foam Patterns Detailing the Front Wave Detailing the Sides Foam lines on the Beach Foam Lines on the Sea Adding Rocks on the Beach Adding Rocks in the Wave