From the DVD - Widescreen.
Disc 1. The grand tradition of painting
Health and safety in the studio
Studio setup and brush care
First exercises: line and mark
First exercises: value, edges, and texture
Disc 2. Creating basic forms: lines, shapes, and solids
Value: making a value scale
Value: a simple still life
Value: mood, palette, and light
Value: block and sphere in grisaille
The figure and a portrait in brunaille
Disc 3. Working with the earth tone palette
Ensuring accurate proportions
Composition: shape, ground, and format
Composition: Leonardo and the armature
Composition: balance, focus, and space
Degas, Hammershøi, and other projects
Disc 4. Materials: oil paint brands and quality
Materials: oil paint characteristics
Color: theory and exercises
Color: painting with limited palettes
Materials: all about medium
Materials: all about brushes
Disc 5. Materials: flexible supports
Materials: rigid supports
Materials: carpentry for the studio
Project: a Modigliani portrait
Project: a Degas ballerina
Disc 6. Project: a Corot landscape
Project: Derain's portrait of Matisse
Project: a Porter self-portrait
Painting's evolution: indirect painting
Nighthawks, The Scream, and other projects.
