Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #6 INTRODUCING THE PALETTE & COLOR

In this video, I introduce the palette. I show how to lay out colors on it and also how to mix colors using it. Also, we discuss the different properties that different colors have and how that affects how and what you paint. There is enough specific, technical material here to instruct you on just how to start painting using a palette. Enjoy!
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Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #5 PREPARING THE CANVAS, PART 2 - the UNDER PAINTING!

In this video, you get to see me paint! And, it all about COLOR, MY COLOR! I randomly and spontaneously put down colors, creating my under painting. It is the very first step for me in my attachment to what will be my painting. Enjoy!!
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Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #5 PREPARING THE CANVAS, PART 1 - SIZING YOUR PAINTING & GESSO

In this video I show you how to literally prepare your canvas so that you can then add color and paint and really start your painting! We do this by sizing out your painting using an architects level and a pencil. And we prepare the canvas surface to receive delicious, colorful paint by first applying gesso as a primer. Enjoy!
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Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #4 HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR VIEWER TO EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU ARE EXPRESSING WITH YOUR ART?

In this 4th video, I show by introducing examples done by some of the masters just how what you paint and how can affect just how your viewer will experience your art; where the viewer will be in relation to the scene or subject matter and also the kind of relationship the viewer will be having with what is represented in the art.

These videos are the difference between learning basic skills & cultivating a talent.

Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #3 PERSPECTIVE W/ FOREGROUND & BACKGROUND

In this 3rd video, I introduce the concept of perspective along with showing techniques that can be used to make the viewer see objects as being in either the foreground or background. Another step in deciding just what you want to present to your viewer and what you would like he or she to see and experience.

 These videos are the difference between learning basic skills and cultivating a talent.

Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #2 NEGATIVE SPACE

In this 2nd video, we discuss Negative Space and how important it is when wanting to create an interesting piece. It is the very first step in going beyond just describing an object by drawing or painting its form. It is the first step in creating art.

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Margaret Zox Brown Art Video Tutorial #1 DRAWING & REFLECTED LIGHT

This post is my first actual instructional video. In it, I will be teaching the very basic an initial step in drawing: drawing and understanding reflected light or how to make objects look round, solid and real. Enjoy!

These videos are the difference between learning basic skills and cultivating a talent.