In this instructional DVD from Art Academy Live, watercolorist Sterling Edwards shows viewers how to paint an autumn farm scene.

This DVD is based on the most frequently asked questions from Edwards' popular workshops. Includes short, focused lessons that give viewers the chance to "get inside Sterling's head" and learn some of the techniques that make his paintings so brilliant.

Join master watercolorist Tom Lynch in this special DVD presentation as he shares some of his most requested tips and techniques. Find out why Lynch's students say, "I learned more in one hour than I have in a week of classes at my local school."

On this DVD, Charles Reid shares tricks for painting plein air and with a model, including taking visual measurements, achieving realistic skin tones, rendering shadow colors, and more. 115 minutes.

Award-wining artist Lian Zhen shares his unique understanding of Eastern and Western art forms and demonstrates how to combine Chinese and watercolor techniques and materials in 17 step-by-step demonstrations. Capture the beauty of Chinese painting.

Sterling Edwards' birch trees are always popular. Explosions of bright colors, bold shapes, and loose watercolor techniques are all thoroughly explained and demonstrated in this DVD, as Edwards starts with a simple design and then goes wild with color.

Join artist Jean Grastorf as she demonstrates a wide variety of techniques for creating interesting shapes and textures with transparent watercolor. Learn techniques such as masking, using a wax resist, and more.

In this highly instructional DVD, watercolor artist Taylor Ikin reveals her masterful techniques for achieving lively tones while working quickly and boldly on Yupo. DVD. 120 minutes.

Jan Kunz is well-known as a master watercolorist, workshop instructor, and author. In this beginning-level DVD, she shares her knowledge of brushes, watercolor papers, palettes, brush strokes, and basic washes. DVD. 65 minutes.

This DVD is a "must-see" for anyone working with synthetic paper, as National Gold Medal winner George James opens up the creative possibilities and eliminates the frustrations often associated with painting on Yupo. DVD. 75 minutes.

Join popular print artist and author Arleta Pech as she demonstrates her process for creating a vibrant watercolor painting from start to finish, including elegant, realistic watercolor florals. DVD. 75 minutes.

In this DVD, Charles Reid, one of watercolor's best loved teachers, paints a still life demonstrating the way he achieves his spontaneous and fresh style from pencil contours and value studies, to the interplay of color. DVD. 58 minutes.

In Portraits in Watercolor, Artist Charles Reid demonstrates the special skills required when painting portraits. Shapes of color become alive as they intermix — and the personalities and likenesses of the subjects begin to shine forth.

In Exploring Watercolor from London to Studio, Brommer takes us on location where he selects a shoreline scene and then takes the location painting into the studio to complete the design and enrich the painting. DVD. 60 minutes.

In Imaging in Watercolor, Brommer shares his basic process of identifying and sketching recalled images, designing and composing these elements in sketch form, and building a painting. DVD. 60 minutes.

In Watercolor & Collage, Brommer shows how to add texture to watercolors with a rice paper collage. The DVD includes a series of short lessons illustrating how collage is applied and the techniques of using it with watercolor to create small abstract paintings. DVD. 60 minutes.

In Watercolor in Action Responding to Nature, Brommer selects a lighthouse and combines it with rocks, trees, the ocean, and the shoreline, organizing all into a dynamic composition. He then moves into the studio and completes the painting by enhancing the details and values. DVD. 60 minutes.

Artist James Kirk shares some of the skills and processes that lead into portrait painting, such as contour drawing, mirror drawing, and glass drawing. The exercises lead directly into painting a complete portrait. 60 minutes.

Artist James Kirk shares a progression of different approaches to painting portraits while he weighs and implements each of the elements and principles of design in a variety of paintings. Kirk's main goal is to artistically capture the essence of his subjects, not to create photographic likenesses.

In Water Media Techniques: Watercolor & Gouache, Stephen Quiller demonstrates the properties, visual qualities, and handling characteristics of watercolor and gouache. Quiller includes demonstrations of materials and techniques, including wet–in–wet, dry brush, and washes. DVD. 60 minutes.

Couch shares a complete step–by–step demonstration, explaining in simple terms what he’s doing and why, as he uses color, shape, texture, and value in painting barns, trees, weeds, and sky. DVD. 50 minutes.

In Painting Streams, Rocks & Trees in Watercolor, Couch shares his painting skills as he portrays a stream, trees, rocks, and water. He arranges the light, middle, and dark values to create a center of interest, and show how color, lines, shapes, and textures are used to develop a strong design.

In this DVD, Judy Howard introduces the materials needed and demonstrates just enough color theory to make viewers understand the unique behavior of the watercolor medium. She paints two landscape pictures in a free and wet style without ever drawing a pencil line. 55 minutes.

In this DVD, Judy Howard teaches how to achieve even more exacting control of the wet painting process. She creates a still life from start to finish, showing how to turn insights gained from the first part of her series into complementary colors for shading fruit, flowers, and glass. 55 minutes.

Join Tom Lynch as he takes 12 previously created paintings from his "Snippets," and changes them into something completely different.

Acclaimed watercolorist, teacher, and founding artist of Art Academy Live, Sterling Edwards, shares his popular painting style. In this DVD Edwards uses color, rich values, and a variety of techniques to create an expressive watercolor painting.

In this instructional DVD from Art Academy Live, watercolorist Sterling Edwards shows viewers how to paint a scene on a foggy lake.

The Gnomon Workshop DVD library offers training by more than 60 professional instructors on a diverse range of tools, software, and media including design, drawing, sculpture, painting, modeling, texturing, animation, effects, and compositing.

Award-winning artist James Toogood issues expert advice and instruction for capturing the unique and expressive qualities of light and texture. Step-by-step demonstrations teach techniques for recreating lighting and textures as well as using contrast.

Join Sterling Edwards as he shows how to paint a warm, serene evening glow on a snow-covered field. DVD. 69 minutes.

In this DVD, Sterling Edwards paints a wooded landscape in full autumn splendor, with particular attention to painting negative shapes and lost-and-found edges.

This master class with expert watercolorist Mary Whyte takes you inside her studio to paint a watercolor portrait from start to finish. This invaluable behind-the-scenes look into the methods and techniques of an expert portraitist is sure to be appreciated by both aspiring and practicing artists.

Join master watercolorist Tom Lynch in this special DVD presentation as he shares the magic of and dispels the mystery behind painting beautiful waterfalls.

Jean Grastorf uses transparent watercolors without a brush, masking areas she wants to save as white or a light value, and pouring pigments and allowing the watery colors to mingle on the surface.

Take your paintings to a whole new dimension with this instructive workshop that shares five essential techniques for enhancing your focal point and giving your art a realistic, 3-D effect.

Interpretations of natural settings are the subject of the majority of watercolorist Sterling Edwards' paintings. In this instructional DVD he shows viewers how to paint a semi-abstract landscape.

Sterling Edwards' stylized sailboats are always a hit with students and collectors of his work. This is a fun demonstration to watch as he begins on wet paper and goes totally creative with shapes and design.

What a collection! These are Tom Lynch's first 10 "Snippets" captured at Art Academy Live.

Joyce Faulknor demonstrates by painting a stunning setup of colored glass and cut crystal. Faulknor utilizes a unique "dark to light" painting technique that allows painters to create works with depth and texture. 72 minutes.

Chuck McLachlan is known as much for his storytelling as for his wonderful painting and sketching skills. This two-disc set includes 10 customer favorites from 2007, and includes more than two hours of instruction.

This 2-disc DVD set brings together watercolor artist Sterling Edwards' most popular Art Academy Live video "snippets." The set contains more than 2 hours of instruction and can be played on a computer or DVD player.

What a collection! This 2-disc set contains more than 2 hours of instruction by master watercolorist Tom Lynch as he shares his Top 10 Art Academy Live "snippets" of 2007.

In this DVD, Erik Tiemens presents a compelling demo and covers multiple topics, including how to start visualizing through multiple mini-sketches that take into account lighting, atmosphere, high-key and low-key plans, palette mixing, and brush control.

In this video workshop, Mark Willenbrink teaches how to paint in watercolor even if you've never picked up a brush. Discover what type of paper and paint to use, how to prepare the painting surface, and the basics of brushes.

Follow along as Joyce Faulknor paints three glass elements — cut crystal, beveled glass and a transparent yellow vase — providing many approaches to painting reflections, refracted color, and wonderful distorted shapes. DVD. 96 minutes.

In this video Joyce Faulknor shows how to paint two flowers using two unique watercolor approaches — mixing color directly on the surface to paint a magnolia, and painting an iris from dark-to-light — to create fabulous darks, luscious color, and wonderful contrasts. DVD. 78 minutes.