Studio Aspens with Irby Brown

Irby Brown

Painting with Irby Brown
2 hours & 18 minutes on DVD
Price is $65
+ shipping & handling

"Dear Friends,

We have recently discovered an artist who has been recognized as one of the best known painters of the southwestern landscape for the past 50 years. At this year's National Oil Painters of America show in Santa Fe, NM, we met Irby Brown, a long-time resident of that city and fixture in the local art scene. His work is known to regional painters and collectors alike.

To capture his lovely style of painting and pass on his wealth of knowledge to new generations, Irby has filmed a video of one of his beautiful snow scenes found in the American West. Deep in the forest, fallen tree logs provide beautiful compositions of the abstract shapes nature offers us each day, and gives the artist painting fodder for a lifetime. Irby takes this scene and makes it into an unforgettable tableau that one can view and appreciate every day of the year.

One of the most interesting aspects about this video is the portion that he devotes to explaining his palette, the harmonies it offers, and how to manipulate it to achieve the effect that the painter strives for. Snow scenes can be challenging in that they inherently offer a subtle, placid area for the viewer to linger and enjoy. But, controlling the color on the palette may present problems to the painter to keep the harmonies in the calm, subtle range. Irby's explanation of how to control your palette is worth the price of the video alone, and a wonderful demonstration of how to use a limited palette to your advantage.

I enjoyed every minute of this program, and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to see how an artist works from photographic materials in the studio. Irby is a long veteran of plein air painting, and emphasizes that his experience in the field is necessary to being able to achieve his successes in the studio from photo references. He is constantly explaining the direction of the light, how the temperature is affected by the bright reflected light from sun on the ground snow, and how all the values work together to create the unique features seen in the landscape under snow cover.

The program was not filmed by Liliedahl Video Productions, but it was well produced and we would not include it in our catalog if we didn't believe that it offers much to the emerging artist for instructional purposes. We are pleased to add it to our line of videos and highly recommend it to you for your video library collection. Irby Brown is a treasure in himself, and you will be well served to study with him through this medium, as he offers few workshops outside his Santa Fe area.

Order your copy today and let us know what you think of this great painter!"

-Johnnie Liliedahl
Review Copyright 2009 by Johnnie Liliedahl, All Rights Reserved. No part of this review may be used or published without the written permission of the author




Painting with Irby Brown
DVD Production
by
Hal Ralston

For Home Use Only

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