Intuitive Art - Poured Paintings with Betsy Dillard Stroud - DVD
Join artist Betsy Dillard Stroud as you learn how to create unique abstract works of art! Play with with glazing, color diffusions, and design, allowing yourself the freedom of expression to confidently create.
In this start-to-finish painting demonstration, join artist Betsy Dillard Stroud as you learn how to create unique abstract works of art! You’ll start by giving up control and letting the paint do the work as Betsy shows you her technique of starting a painting with a watercolor pour.
From this chaos of color, you’ll use watercolor, gouache, acrylic, stamping, and collage to bring the painting together into a harmonious whole. Along the way, you’ll experiment with glazing, color diffusions, and design, allowing yourself the freedom of expression to confidently create. This exercise is challenging, fun, and guaranteed to end with a totally unique painting every time!
In this video, you'll:
- Try unusual combinations of media, such as mixing acrylic and watercolor
- Learn important principles of color harmony and composition
- Discover the freedom of starting a painting with poured color
- Free your creative spirit and follow your intuition!
About Betsy Dillard Stroud
Betsy Dillard Stroud, a born Virginian, has lived in Arizona since 1996 and has been painting since the age of eight. A former art historian, Stroud received her M. A. in art history from the University of Virginia. Her paintings are filled with the marriage of her art history background, her love of color affected by the ambience of the west and the southwest, and the symbolism created by her life experiences.
She is an acclaimed painter who has won many awards including the High Winds Medal in the American Watercolor Society in New York, and most recently the 2014 Dr. David Gale Award in the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
- ISBN-13: 9781440353666
- Running Time: 88 Minutes
