Mark, saw the disclaimer on another website selling the Mark Carder Method dvd's, color checkEr.
I was not sure if I needed to purchase the dvds, color checker and stuff, to be able to follow along on this forum with learing to paint. I am about a year into painting with oils (artisan) and want to continue getting better. any suggestions or advise will greatly be appreciated.
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The coming soon videos on the home page should be up in about 6 weeks or so.
The still-life video that I am selling for $20 has some good instruction, but it is less about the fundamentals as it is about how I personally go about painting a still life.
You do need the colour checker and the proportional divider, and if you can't make them yourself (like me... not a "handy" person), then buy the TCM ones. If you don't have all the necessary tools to make them (eg drill, etc), I would imagine that it would be cheaper to buy the ready made ones than buying all the necessary tools. Also they're well-made. Besides, these would be like memorabilia of Mark's good old TCM days.
The first TCM DVD set ("The Carder Method for painting in Oil") does have the basics, most of which are already in the DMP freebies. Below are the contents of the 2 discs.
The "Painting Portraits" 4-DVD set is really handy to have if you want some tips on painting from photographs. I'm not sure when Mark will issue something similar. If you can't wait till then, then I'd buy this set. Disc 1 contents are shown below. Discs 2 to 4 show how Mark painted the portrait, including re-mixing colours, and all his commentaries/thoughts.
Anyway, they will be like dinosaurs in a few years time... ie extinct and never to be seen on the market again... might find them in Antique Road Shows in the future
So in the new vids I try to get right to the point and I don't worry too much about all the details that in the end don't matter as much as just getting started, checking yourself constantly, but just lay it down, no matter how ugly you think it looks.
You know the rules. Check, paint in background, start w darks, paint in one step at a time, no blending till the canvas is covered... etc etc.
I really like the new way off filming short tutorials on very specific topics so people can find what they want to watch easily. Versus trying to get it all on a bunch of DVD discs which you have to search through.
I had been using glass before in one of those boxes that is air tight, but the paint still seems to get hard after a few days.
thanks again
Ronna made a good post about this: forum.drawmixpaint.com/discussion/68
Sometime ago I bought some Daniel Smith water soluble oil paints and DS water soluble linseed oil, and have yet to try them.
http://www.danielsmith.com/Item--i-G-284-390?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=all&utm_campaign=WaterSolubleOils
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mN_TaRhfWIo#!