Fantasy Art Workshop Oil Painting Techniques – DVD

This four-disc DVD set will give you the most detailed look at Jeff Miracola’s oil painting process and will answer your many questions about creating a fantasy art oil painting from start to finish. The focus of the video is on creating a professional fantasy painting and is intended for both beginners and professional alike.

Some of the many topics and techniques demonstrated in this video:

• Brainstorming/Conceptualization
• Using and Creating Reference Photos
• Tools for Sketching (Types and Use)
• Thumbnail Sketching
• Composition
• Final Sketch
• Color Roughs
• Painting Surfaces (Preparation, Materials, and Tools)
• Transferring the Final Drawing to its Painting Surface
• Planning the Stages of Painting
• Work Area
• Lighting
• Paints (Types and Use)
• Brushes (Types and Use)
• Knives (Types and Use)
• Easels (types and Use)
• Solvents (Types and Use)
• Oils (Types and Use)
• Mediums (Types and Use)
• Creating a Colored Ground
• Underpainting (Process and Purpose)
• Glazing
• Wet-on-Wet or Alla Prima
• Impasto
• Understanding the Fat over Lean Rule
• Working with a Limited Color Palette
• Mixing and Blending Colors
• Cleaning Brushes and Other Tools
• Varnishes (Types and Use)
• Varnishing The Final Painting
• General Safety

CHAPTER LIST

Disc 1 (Main Feature)

• Introduction
• About Jeff Miracola
• Thumbnail Drawings
• Gathering Reference
• Final Sketch
• Transferring the Drawing
• Creating a Color Study
• Underpainting
• Sky – Second Layer
• Sky – Third Layer
• Dragon – Second Layer
• Ground – Second Layer
• Trees – First Layer
• Statue – Second Layer
• Dragon Wing – Third Layer

Disc 2 (Main Feature)

• Dragon Body – Third Layer
• Understanding Paint Labels
• Dragon Wing – Fourth Layer
• Ground – Third & Fourth Layers
• Dragon Body – Fourth Layer
• Trees – Third Layer
• Statue – Third Layer
• Dragon – Fifth Layer
• Glazing & Background Elements
• Figures – First Layer
• Stars
• Figures – Second Layer
• Final Glaze & Details
• Applying Varnish
• The Final Painting
• Outro/End Credits

Disc 3 (Extras)

• Studio Walkthrough
• Creating a Colored Ground
• Alla Prima Painting Session
• Q&A with Jeff

Disc 4 (Extras)

• Basic Supplies
• Brush Cleaning
• Painting on Paper
• Preparing the Painting Surface
• Training a True Beginner
• Painted Dreams
• Building a Paint Rack
• Outtakes
• Outro/End Credits

Technical Specs for the Oil Painting DVDs:

• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 6 hours 39 minutes
• Format: NTSC
• Sound: Dolby Digital
• Language: English
• Regions: All regions
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Age Range: 14 and up
• Rated: Not rated
• DVD Release Date: April 2017
• UPC Barcode: 0735201936246
• ISBN: 9780986320750

About the DVD format:

The DVDs are region-free, which means there are no limitations on which country can view the DVDs. However, the DVDs are created in NTSC format. For those that don’t know, NTSC format is used primarily in the United States and Canada, while PAL format is used in Europe and parts of Asia. NTSC DVD players can not play PAL formatted discs. But most PAL DVD players can play NTSC formatted discs. If you’re concerned that these DVDs will not play in your PAL DVD player, consider getting the digital downloads instead. If you’ve bought NTSC DVDs from the United States before, then these DVDs should work for you just fine.