Amazon.com: Learn Oil Painting The Old Way [VHS]: James G. Siladi, Don Adams: Video

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Don Adams is the teacher in this 140 minute video. Mr Adams is a wild life artist,and very capable. This video is for the person wishing to oil paint without investing a great deal of money. He uses basic materials,and explains paint mixing,application of paint, etc. It is simple, extensive, and the video has extensive detail. He paints a landscape from start to finish. This video is meant for adults who wish to try something creative. Enjoy Woodcraft Video.

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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheezy but gets the job done just the same, April 11, 2000

By A Customer

This is a wonderful, seemingly home production or perhaps made for cable access--that's the feel you get from this oh so homemade production. It's so cheezy--you can hear things drop, the painting instructor says "Stop" when he wants the action to halt and, at one point, one would swear they could hear a rooster (or some type of bird) in the background crowing. However, he gets the job done. It's still a great beginning painting instruction. He shows the quickest, easiest ways to go about starting an oil painting using the least amount of supplies, which makes it more economical. Using the minimum of paint colors and brushes this instructor shows how to do a fantastic and simple landscape. At first one wonders if this guy knows what he is doing at all but it turns out simply great. I'd recommend this highly for beginners. I loved the casual ambiance and all the slight mishaps--this is not professionally videotaped but the instructor is great. That's the bottom line--does he get the lesson across--YES!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfull video for beginners, January 30, 2002

By A Customer

If you ever thought you would like to try painting landscapes in oil but were afraid it would be either too difficult or too expensive or take too much time to complete - guess again.
Don Adams uses a nononsence approach to show you how anyone with any interest can complete a beautuful piece of work using the minimum amount of supplies and only a few basic strokes. It is a wonderfull video for beginners. His laid back approach and simple explanations make it a completly unintimadating experience.
His method is slow - very slow, which leaves plenty of time
to give you complete instructions and explanations as you follow along. You'll find it a little amazing that as slow as it seems you are going that you will still end up with a completly finished peice of work in only a couple of hours.
Although this video is far from being a professionally polished one, it is perfect for the use it was intended for.
For anyone who was afraid of trying before - this book was made for you.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Amateurish and Poorly Made, October 16, 2002

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The quality of both the content and production of this video is VERY poor. Unfortunately, I can't recommend an alternate video for oil painting; however any of the following books would be a much better choice: "All About Techniques in Oil," "The Oil Painting Book," (Cheevy), "Oil Painting for the Serious Beginner," (Allrich) or any of the artist books published by Watson-Guptill or North Light.