"Blue Pitcher with Fruit"          18.5" x 26.5"                Pastel Painting DVD showing painting this start to finish available. See below 2009 Classes: Mon. & Thurs. Afternoons & Wed. Mornings: Spring Session Monday Class thru May 25 Wednesday Class thru May 27 Thursday Class thru June 4 Private Classes by Appointment Design your Private Class(s) to meet your specific needs. Summer Session Monday Class - June 1 thru August 17 Wednesday Class - June 3 thru August 19 Thursday Class - June 1 thru August 27 Join Classes at any time, providing space available. For Contact Info, see below or click Classes 2009 Workshops Oil Technical Workshop ~ June 12 - 13 Aldridge Studios, northern Overland Park, KS Mastering Painting from Your Own Source Photos ~ August Aldridge Studios, northern Overland Park, KS For More Info on any workshop, click Workshops Donna teaches several Workshops in Australia October 2009 Contact her for more information! Several requests for another Adobe PhotoShop for the Artist Workshop If you are interested, please contact Donna Enchance your sense of Mastering Color 3-DVD Art Instruction Series by Donna Aldridge, an international award-winning painter with works in 25 countries contact Aldridge Studios, info below. See Table of Contents
	Donna Aldridge Aldridge Studios 913.831.3990 ph 7503 West 54th Terrace Overland Park, KS 66202-1127 USA Email Donna Aldridge Studios
	I celebrate elegant structure, space and light with delicious color.         —Donna Aldridge
Donna Aldridge PSA M-MAPS is an international award-winning painter with works in private and corporate collections in twenty-five countries.
NEW: Painting in Oils on Colourfix - 2-hr. DVD Donna Aldridge painting 3 Oils start to finish with comments on pigments used, brushes, mediums. Many 'whys and where-fors' showing three different technical approaches, applicable to any painting surface w/Old Holland, Art Spectrum & Maimeri Puro Brands. NEW: Pastel Painting - 2-hr. DVD Donna Aldridge painting Still Life with Blue Pitcher, seen above, start to finish working on Colourfix SuperTooth Board with Art Spectrum Jumbo Pastels. Rubbing Alcohol underpainting technique plus many 'whys and where-fors' about concept, composition, choosing various colors, ways of laying them on, etc. Also Featured are 3 Additional short Demos: • Kansas Fields- 20 minutes Pastel over Acrylic Underpainting - Colourfix Paper • Mountain Stream - 22 minutes Pastel over Charcoal Value Study and Acrylic Wash on Colourfix Board • The Pirate Demo - 18 minutes Additions to Background Areas of Portrait Demo from LIfe originally painted at the MidAmerica Pastel Society

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Mastering Color Table of Contents
   • Seeing the Light ~ Volume 1
   • Hue-Temperature-Value-Intensity ~ Volume 2
   • Color in Action ~ Volume 3
   Each AE Mastering Color DVD includes:
   • 48 Paintings in an Annotated Gallery
     —Works by Donna Aldridge and 35 Guest Artists
from across the USA, from Australia and Europe
             —Text for each work discusses how the artist                  successfully used various qualities covered
in the DVD
           • Printable Color Charts and Information Sheets
   • Experiments and Tips
For Any Subject Matter
For All Experience Levels
For Any Medium — including
   • Oil • Acrylic • Watercolor • Pastel •
   • Printmaking • Digital • Photography • Etc.
with Annotated Gallery on each DVD with 48 images
by 35 Artists from across the USA, from Australia and Europe
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Seeing the Light! — 1
On this DVD, you’ll discover:
   • effects of different lighting situations
   • colors of various light sources and their use
— to see and understand your subject’s colors
— for easier, more successful color mixing
— to paint shadows with new life!
   • methods to show form
       through both light/shadow & color
   • ways to turn “blah” pieces
       into exciting paintings!
   • techniques to create colors that glow
Subjects covered include:
   • Five Qualilties of Light and Shadow
   • The Color of Lights and Shadows
   • Light’s Color + Local Color = Visual Color
   • Using Light/Shadow Color Info for Mixing Paints
   • Reflected Lights
   • Power of Hard to Soft Shadow Edges

Hue • Temperature • Value • Intensity — 2:
On this DVD, you’ll discover:
   • ways to understand and work with
       the Four Color Qualities
   • tips and experiments to really
       SEE and develop your colors
   • how to use H•T•V•I as a “check list”
       to get exact colors
   • solutions for sensing the right values
   • techniques to create colors that glow
   • why and how to constantly relate all your colors
   • the power of grays and other low intensites
   • great lessons exploring any one color family
Subjects covered include:
   • How to SEE Color
   • Four Qualilties of Color and How to Use Them
   • Strategy of Primary Colors
   • Relating Colors to Each Other
   • Three Ways of Graying a Color
   • Relative Value of Hues
   • White- vs. Gold-based Color

Color in Action! — 3 :
On this DVD, you’ll discover:
   how to evaluate and mix a particular color
— based on local color, light’s color and the surroundings
— using a step-by-step guide
       (printable pdf guide sheet included)
   ways to turn “blah” pieces into exciting paintings!
   solutions for painting reflections
   mixing for atmoshperic depth in landscapes
   ways to make something “pop” or “hide”
   experiments with grays . . . and more!
Subjects covered include:
   • Mixing Colors
   • New Ways of Seeing
   • Contrast and Unity
   • Color Shapes and Patterns
   • Influence of Ground Colors
   • Effects of Changing Light
   • Plein Air Painting
   • Foliage Greens
   • Whites and Grays• • • • • •

Copyright Notice

Please Note:  All artwork and materials contained on this website are copyrighted by Donna Aldridge.  No image or picture may be downloaded or copied without written permission from the artist. Many of the painting images you will see on this site may be available for sale in original or in print form by contacting Aldridge Studios.

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