SCVWS Art Video Library

Watercolor Videos and DVDs to check out of the Library

The Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society has donated the following videos and DVDs to the Santa Clara County Library. They can be made available on request to any of the branches: Campbell , Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, and Woodland.

Since these tapes and videos are popular, we recommend that you

Check Santa Clara County Library catalog (you can click on the video title or picture below to go directly to the libary's item information)
Place the items you want on reserve to be delivered to your closest branch
Pick them up after you are notified the item is available for you to check out.

Artist	Title	Note
Castagnet, Alvaro	Watercolor Painting with a Passion DVD	Alvaro's long-awaited DVD shows how to evoke passion and harness it to produce paintings with mood and magic. You'll learn how to use fresh, strong, bold color Alvaro's way--with sunshine everywhere. Follow the step to step project and learn how to master reflected color, shadow color, shape, tone, focal point, light movement, texture and the delicious darks for which Alvaro's work is famous.
Dews, Pat	Designing Great Starts With Texture and Form VHS, 2 hours	Here's a video that will change the way you think about painting! If you have never met Pat Dews before we know that you are in for a delight. She is extremely fun to watch, energetic and loaded with helpful and creative information. Her new video is jam-packed with information about working with watercolor, acrylics, inks, and all sort of collage media. Watch her and see. We are sure that you not only are going to have a great laugh, but also a whole new outlook on creating great paintings! This video will help you loosen up, conquer the fear of white paper, and create fresh and spontaneous paintings. Learn how to discover great "starts," using a viewfinder and a magazine, evoke the look of water, expand your texture-building toolkit, introduce the intensity of links and the versatility of collage into your watercolors. This is an abstract, non-objective approach to art.
Hammett, Polly	Design with the Figure DVD 90 minutes	Watch Polly's unique multifaceted & open-ended design approach as she develops & completes a painting. She discusses her design considerations from the interaction with models, contour drawings, figure placement & the meaning to the viewer, developing a background, manipulating dark & lightpatterns to achieve a strong visual statement, lifting lights, adding texture, exaggeration, distortion, the importance & creation of a variety of transitions & stamping. Plus Polly shares insights on subjects integral to being an artist including how to most benefit from critique groups. Polly'sapproach to design is applicable to any subject.
Hosmer, Ken	Figures in Motion 88 minutes	Ken shares his expertise on painting people in everyday settings. He discusses the importance of lost and found edges to create the illusion of motion, exaggerated light and shadow to enhance three dimensional form, and simplified backgrounds to emphasize figures. Ken's paintings of figures are uniquely alive with vibrant color and movement. Demonstrations include several ink sketching techniques and a complete watercolor painting of children.
Howard, Ken	A Vision of Venice in Watercolor VHS, 60 minutes	Venice, with its architecture, earth colours, figures and atmospheric light has had a great effect on Ken's work for over thirty years. Painting 'contre jour' with the intense light reflecting off water, roof tops or piazza, Ken builds up his watercolours with wash upon wash of transparent colour. Subjects include St Marks Square, the Salute, Campo S. Angelo and the fishmarket. He shows how to simplify complex cityscapes, and add figures. Fun, entertaining as well as great instruction.
James, George	Mastering Yupo, Synthetic Paper Techniques VHS	George James, AWS DF, NWS has developed a process that promotes predictable results and a creative flexibility unheard of on regular watercolor paper. In this video George demonstrates his techniques for achieving variegated washes, smooth washes, lifting, ghosting, spattering, stamping, charging darks and lifting whites. He creates rich surface textures and luminous dark passages. George is generous with his knowledge and clearly explains the theory behind his every move. The viewer will understand how to anticipate and create desired effects.
Pech, Arleta	Pure color Glazing in Watercolor VHS, 75 minutes	(Beginning to Intermediate) Arleta Pech, the author of the book Painting Fresh Florals in Watercolor, walks you through the process of creating a vibrant watercolor. Arleta discusses photographing your subject, enlarging it to fit your paper, creating rich backgrounds, color choices to help ensure mud free paintings and finally the process she calls pure color glazing that helps maintain control to the very end! A great technique for any subject. This tape will make you eager to try Arleta's pure color glazing on paintings of your own.
Ranson, Ron	Big Brush Watercolor VHS, 60 minutes	In "Big Brush Watercolor", Ron crams more and more practical watercolor instruction and excitement into this, his third video. This time he goes more deeply into his practical techniques with his big Hake Brush. He gives quick mini demonstrations of skies, trees, water, buildings.
Simandle, Marilyn	In the Right Light VHS, 110 minutes	This video stresses the importance of plain-air painting. The quickest way to get good at painting is to paint from life, so this video shows Marilyn painting on location. It is completed in her studio because of noises outside, so you can see her studio also. The importance of value is taught on this video. This is a favorite of all of Marilyn's students. Outdoor landscape.
Walsh, Janet	Capturing the Essence of a Bouquet VHS, 88 minutes	In this video Janet demonstrates techniques as she progressively develops the painting. Key points covered are, simplification and massing of shapes; hard and soft edges, different textures, colors, adding finishing accents and finishing a painting.