New Online Instructional Video -

by Susan Lyon

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Susan Lyon - Sketching the Figure in Oil
2 hours - $34.95
This is the latest online video of Susan Lyon as she takes you through
the process of painting quick figure studies in oil from live models.
The video consists of a discussion of materials, color mixing, thirteen demonstrations in oil,
as well as a slide show of paintings with a narration by Susan.

The lessons run on both Macs and PCs. Here's how it works. You download the selected video lesson to your computer permanently and view it as many times as you like for the life of the computer. The lesson cannot be copied, burned to a DVD, or moved to another computer. This is the reason why the lessons are so much cheaper than those we sell as DVDs, which require so much shipping, storage, etc. These lessons are exlusively offered online and cannot be ordered as DVDs.

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Photoshop Lessons for Artists
2 hours - $20

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Photoshop Video - Table of Contents

I'm using Photoshop CS4, but most of the tools have been a part of Photoshop for many years, so the video should be fine even for older versions.
If you are using the Elements version of Photoshop, this video won't be much help in using Elements, but might be a cheap way to see what tools you're missing and whether or not you actually need the full version of Photoshop, or if Elements serves your needs well enough.

Here is a general summary of the topics covered in the online Photoshop video lesson.
This two-hour video is meant as an introduction to all the basic tools I use as an artist to adjust photos and paintings.
I'm putting this detailed summary down so you'll know exactly what the lesson covers.
While there is no way to cover every single detail of every tool, I hope this will be a good introduction to how an artist might use Photoshop.

Moving photos from a digital camera to computer
Organizing them in folders
Backing up on external hard drives
Basic tools of Photoshop
zoom tool
move tool
Adjusting a photo
Levels (lightening and darkening - histogram)
History Palette
Curves
Shadows/Highlights adjuster
History Brush
* Resizing and compressing an image for the web and to print
Color Adjustments
Hue/Saturation
Color Balance
* Clone Stamp
* Printing a photo
Creating actions to calibrate a printer to monitor
Using Layers and Layer masks to combine two photos
* Overview of other tools
Selection, Lasso, Magic Wand, Crop, Eye Dropper
Paint Brush, Type Tool
* Posterizing
Creating a Black and White image 3 ways
Brightness/Contrast
Tiling a print using Canvas Size
Adjusting a painting
Rotation
Cropping and fixing skewed perspective
Fixing a color cast with white point eye dropper
Unsharp Mask
Stitching multiple photos together with photomerge
Adjusting a landscape for value and color
* Working from a photo in the studio.

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Scott Burdick- The Basics of Color
90 minutes - $34.95
This is the latest online video of Scott Burdick as he completes two studio painting demonstrations in oil
and discusses the basics of color. The video uses numerous illustrtations to thoroughly explain
the approach to oil and the intricacies of color theory.

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