Past Free Recordings Archive

Past Free Recordings

Sarah B. Hansen – Watercolor Demo/Paint-Along

Paint fast and loose in this one-hour watercolor demo/paint-along with Sarah B Hansen. Sarah will share her process for painting a Tuscan landscape scene. She will work from photo reference in watercolor. Paint along in any water-based media.

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Larry Calkins – The Art of Pochoir

Using various mediums such as acrylic, oil paint, encaustic wax, and even tempera, Larry Calkins will share how he creates scissor-cut paper stencils to make complex paintings on various surfaces including wood, paper, or canvas.

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Scott Gellatly – Abstracting the Landscape Demo 

In this online demo, Scott will share some of the key aspects of his artistic process, including his use of reference imagery, surface preparation, palette set-up, tools and painting mediums and discuss how each of these plays a roll in his abstracted landscapes.

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Jean Mackay – Sketching Spring Unfolding

Discover strategies for observing and recording spring unfolding with artist Jean Mackay in this hour long class. Jean will demo in ink and watercolor and will share how to record a variety of spring subjects on a single sketchbook page.

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Stacy Kamin – Urban Sketching Sketch-Along

Pull out pen and paper and get ready to sketch-along with artist Stacy Kamin. Discover approaches for sketching complex architecture on location and learn to use techniques such as direct contour drawing that will train your hand-eye coordination.

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Aaron M. Thompson – In Depth: An Exploration of Pictorial Space

Aaron M. Thompson, Full Time Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design will discuss the current exhibition, In Depth:An Exploration of Pictorial Space, which he curated for the college. The exhibition features an eclectic range of contemporary paintings by artists that express interest in pictorial space and surface.

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Tracy Everly – Mixing Spring Colors

Join Tracy Everly as she demonstrates and explains mixing colors for spring flowers and plants on her palette to develop technical, mental and perceptual skills needed to translate our response to what we see in nature into 2-dimensional form.

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Catherine Bobkoski – Spring Flowers Demo in Oils

Flowers are an incredibly rewarding and beautiful subject – but also a very challenging one. In this one-hour demo, Catherine Bobkoski will lead you through her painting process, from color palette, vibrant color mixtures, paint application techniques, and more!

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Larry Calkins – The Humble Stick Figure

The stick figure is like an alphabet. In fact, some alphabet letters are derived from the stick figure. Contemporary artists like Paul Klee, L.S. Lowry, Keith Harring (to name a few), utilized this simple depiction as has every culture around the world, from Europe, to India, to Easter islands, to the Americas.

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David Mensing – The Illusion of Light (Demo)

David Mensing shares techniques he uses to create the illusion of light in his work. Starting with a painting of flat, dark tree trunks, David shows how he applies diffused light, reflected light and highlights to transform his painting.

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Jean Mackay – Back to the Drawing Board (Online Work-Along)

Sharpen your pencils and your drawing skills, make some marks, and have fun during this tune up with Jean Mackay. Practice the art of seeing and rendering objects using pencils, pens, and ink and wash. Beginners and experienced artists alike benefit from improved drawing skills, confident mark making, and strong values.

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Mark Daniel Nelson – Reconstructing the Masters with Procreate

Join Mark Daniel Nelson as he uses the iPad drawing app Procreate to explore alternative compositional approaches to paintings by John Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth and others. Learn valuable design lessons as well as gaining a basic introduction to image manipulation…without damaging the original masterpieces!

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Chris Bennett, Mark Dunford & Sarah Spackman – In Conversation

Join us for a one-hour conversation with three legendary British painters as they discuss their divergent approaches, compare notes about the Slade, the Camberwell School of Art and the Euston Road legacy, the Coldstream and Uglow influence, and talk about what they are doing now as artists in relation to these shared foundations.

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Lisa Bebi – Altered Images Using the Paint-Over Technique

Join mixed media artist Lisa Bebi for this exciting 1-1/2-hour mixed media exploration of the “Paint-Over Technique.” Bebi developed this technique, which uses family photos and found images, as a base for painting and altering photocopies of photos by painting, staining and combining them with collage.

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Ken Karlic – Misbehaving Watercolors

Don’t miss this exciting one-and-a-half hour painting demo with nationally recognized artist Ken Karlic. Working in watercolor, often combined with gouache, Karlic creates large, vibrant paintings that push the boundaries of his medium and characterize his process.

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Tom Bucci – The Sketchbook Practice

Join watercolor artist Thomas Bucci to discover how keeping a sketchbook and a regular sketching practice is important for artists of all levels working in any medium in this one-and-a-half hour presentation.

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Benjamin Shamback – Oil Painting on Copper Demo – Recording

Join us for a fascinating one-and-a-half hour demo with Benjamin Shamback to learn about the process of painting oil on copper. Shamback is one of the only painters in the United States painting exclusively on copper. His painterly still lifes are characterized by their rich color and complex surfaces and his delicate subjects are carefully chosen for their contrast with the beauty of the copper support.

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Monday Morning Modernism with John Seed – Recording

Join art writer John Seed on the first Monday of each month for a 45 minute talk on Modernism. Each presentation will provide an overview of important topics in the development of modern art and culture and will be followed by a 10 minute Q and A session. This month John talks about late Cubism and Picasso’s “Guernica”.

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Wayne Jiang – The Two-Tone Layering Technique with Acrylic (AKA the David Grove Technique)

The key to creating luminous acrylic painting is layering. In this demo, Wayne will show you one of his many acrylic layering and glazing techniques. The two-tone layering technique starts with a wash of two colors (like what is done using watercolor) and then followed by more transparent and semi opaque layers. It’s a very fast technique for developing a painting with a layered look.

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Amis Balcomb – The Embellished Simple Sketch

Working along with artist Amis Balcomb, discover how to create unique imagery using four simple tools: a water-soluble graphite crayon, a waterproof ink pen, watercolor, and brilliant magical embossing powders for embellishment. Turn any design or sketch, simple or elaborate, into a decorative visual jewel.

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Michael Harding in Conversation with Peter Keegan

Join us for this interesting conversation between artist and paint maker Michael Harding and artist Peter Keegan. Michael Harding Paints have a reputation of being among the best in the world. Come discover what drives Michael’s successful business and why he is so passionate about paint!

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Jean Mackay – Painting Natural History Collections

Museum and nature center specimens and online natural history collections are excellent sources of painting inspiration, especially in winter. Learn how to access the treasure trove of possibilities and paint along with artist Jean Mackay as she combines specimens from several collections to create a work of art.

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Bernard Dellario – Interior Scene Paint-Along

Follow along and discover how painter Bernard Dellario approaches the interior scene as subject matter in this 1-1/-hour paint-along. To quote Bernie, “There is nothing more engaging than being invited into someone’s personal space for a glimpse into their life.”

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Jane Davies – The Repeated Mark: Pattern as Image

The repeated mark or motif that is repeated results in what we call a pattern. Pattern is ubiquitous as decoration or adornment for clothing, bedding, rugs, dishes, notebooks, and so many other things we use in everyday life. But some patterns are called upon to be images in their own right. A painting using pattern as its predominant format does not adorn something else. It invites you to be drawn into the repeated motif for its own sake.

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Sarah Hansen – Landscape Watercolor Paint-Along

Get your paints ready for this fun 1-1/2-hour Paint-Along with watercolor and acrylic artist Sarah Hansen. Working from photo reference, Sarah will share techniques for creating fast and loose watercolor landscapes. Paint in watercolor, gouache or acrylic.

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Ian de Hoog – Urban Watercolor Sketch Demo

Discover the urban landscape with new appreciation using pencil, pen, and watercolour. Focus on capturing the essence of a scene and find your individual style. Explore sketching, colour mixing, and watercolour techniques to add to your creative toolbox.

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Amis Balcomb – Simple Sketching Techniques

Join Amis Balcomb for an hour of creative sketching using simple techniques and supplies. Working with a chunky water-soluble graphite crayon, waterproof ink pen, paper, paint brush, container of water and an optional watercolor paint set,  Amis will show you how to create spontaneous imagery, from landscapes and still-life objects, to hand-drawn fonts.

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