Sandra Angelo's Discover Art DVDs

Building a Nature Sketchbook — Whether you're in your own garden or vacationing in the wild, you can record your experiences in colored pencils, graphite, ink, and watercolor pencils. This DVD runs approximately 75 minutes.

Color Theory Made Really Easy — Tired of ending up with a pile of mud when you try to mix colors? Make your colors come alive with these simple exercises. This DVD runs approximately 55 minutes.

Creating Dynamic Compositions — Sandra explains how to use the six principles of composition as well as how to modify bad photo references. She then interviews Steve Miller, a nationally recognized celebrity portrait artist who shows his step-by-step process for creating dynamic compositions. This DVD runs 62 minutes.

Drawing Basics — Learn Angelo’s secret shading techniques, special methods for creating texture, how to give roundness to an object, and more! This DVD runs approximately 47 minutes.

Drawing with Colored Pencils on Wood — The painterly effects that can be achieved by drawing with colored pencils on wood are amazing. Video includes tips for preparing the surface, methods for drawing on wood, finishing techniques and more. This DVD runs approximately 58 minutes.

Drawing your Loved Ones: People — Learn the key secrets for composing portraits as well as step-by-step techniques for drawing skin tones, hair, mouths, eyes, and fabric with colored pencils. This video runs approximately 86 minutes.

Drawing your Loved Ones: Pets — Learn inside secrets for capturing your pet's special antics and unique expressions as Sandra Angelo demonstrates how to draw expressive eyes, wet noses, fluffy fur, short hair, droopy skin, and more. This video runs approximately 84 minutes.

Easy Pen & Ink Techniques — Demos include techniques for combining pen-and-ink with water-soluble colored pencils and watercolor to create clouds, fur, flowers, foliage, backgrounds, and exciting craft applications on cloth, wood, quilts and more. This DVD runs approximately 75 minutes.

Getting Started with Colored Pencils — Angelo demonstrates the four basic methods of working with colored pencils and discusses the various brands of pencils, papers, and accessories. This DVD runs approximately 46 minutes.

Paint like Monet in a Day — Artist Sandra Angelo demonstrates six basic techniques for creating quick drawings that look like impressionistic painting using non-toxic, inexpensive, portable oil pastels. This DVD runs approximately 40 minutes.

Realistic Colored Pencil Textures — David Dooley and Sandra Angelo demonstrate new special effects for combining colored pencils with a wide variety of media to create textures including fur, skin tones, satin, glass, foliage, dew drops, weathered wood, rusty metal, rocks, grass, shimmering water, and more. This DVD runs approximately 70 minutes.

Seven Common Drawing Mistakes — Surprisingly simple steps can help you to perfect your technique by helping you correct problems with proportions, perspective, and creating a sense of depth. This DVD runs approximately 62 minutes.

Special Effects with Colored Pencils — In Part One, special guest David Dooley demonstrates methods for rendering glistening metal and sparkling glass. In Part Two, Sandra Angelo demonstrates six easy techniques for watercolor pencils. This DVD runs approximately 55 minutes.

The Easy Way to Draw Animals — Angelo will guide you through special techniques for drawing all types of animals – from saggy elephant skin to fluffy cat fur. Filmed at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. This DVD runs approximately 59 minutes.

The Easy Way to Draw Faces — Learn easy techniques for capturing the nuances that make a portrait special. The video includes step-by-step demonstrations for drawing facial features to achieve a likeness. This DVD runs approximately 45 minutes.

The Easy Way to Draw Landscapes, Flowers, and Water — Angelo demonstrates these drawings using both dry and water-soluble graphite pencils. This DVD runs approximately 45 minutes.

Time Saving Colored Pencil Techniques — Learn fast new colored pencil techniques which will cut your drawing time in half while dramatically improving results. This DVD runs approximately 75 minutes.

Watercolor Pencils — Learn six basic watercolor pencil techniques, as well as methods for combining watercolor pencils with graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, water soluble graphite, and watercolor. This DVD runs 60 minutes.