Margaret Carter Baumgaertner - Painting the Corporate Portrait

The seven-disk DVD series covers everything you need to know about painting a corporate head and shoulder portrait and a three-quarter portrait. A special one-hour bonus on painting the hands in included!

DVD 1 Introduction to the Corporate Portrait. Oil paints, palette, and other materials. The Seven Step Method of painting. Color theory: Mixing flesh tones, correcting mud and chalkiness. Setting Up the Model: Positioning lighting, background and model pose. Painting the Head and Shoulders Corporate Portrait Drawing: Measuring the head, "brush-sizing," construction of the "cartoon", silhouette and shadow shapes. 58 minutes

DVD 2 Lit and Shadow: Establishing light and shadow patterns. Three Value Massing: determining values masses, composition of the painting. Color Correction: Determining correct color without changing value. Making it Round: Painting the head in three dimensions, controlling terminating edges, cast shadows, and cool turning edges. Placing the Features: Placement of the features based on simplified panes of the head. 50 minutes

DVD 3 Placing the Features part 2: Placement of the features based on simplified planes of the head. Finishing the Features: Individual chapters with instructions on how to finish the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and chin. 61 minutes

DVD 4 Finishing the Corporate Head and Shoulders: Individual chapters with instructions ho how to finish the suit, shirt and tie. Painting the Three Quarter Corporate Portrait Drawing: Placement of the three quarter pose on the canvas. Instruction on girding. Measuring the model at a distance. Construction of the "cartoon", silhouette and shadow shape. 54 minutes

DVD 5 Lit and Shadow: Establishing light and shadow patterns. Three Value Massing: determining values masses, composition of the painting. Color Correction: Determining correct color without changing value. Making it Round: Painting the head in 3 dimension, controlling terminating the edges, cast shadows, and cool turning edges. Placing the Features: Placement of the features based on simplified planes. 55 minutes

DVD 6 Finishing the Three Quarter Corporate Portrait: Individual chapters with instructions on how to finish the head and hands, blue suit, tie and shirt, buttons and pints, and painting leather, wood, and the background. Marketing and commissions. Framing and delivering the portrait. Detail: Finished Portrait. 58 minutes

Bonus DVD 7 Painting the Hands Chapter 1: The Seven Step Method, Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Hand, Chapter 3: Finishing the Left Hand, Chapter 4: Finishing the Right Hand. 51 minutes