12/31/1969 18:00:00

 

 

Greetings,

Many of you have purchased my first instructional DVD on
traditional observational oil painting during the past year.  Outlined below are four new instructional
DVD’s that introduce several new subjects! 
The actual still live props that I painted from, in addition to the
paintings can be viewed at: http://oilpaintingdemonstrations.blogspot.com/

 

At the very bottom of this blog one may purchase the DVD’s
at a discounted price; otherwise, they may be purchased through ebay at the
link below. 

 

To view a promo clip click on the youtube link just below!
Alsok included are links to several other helpful sites that will give you
greater insight into my work and teaching!

 

Regards,

Hall Groat II, American Artist

 

 

Instructional DVD Clips connected with Volumes II - V can be
viewed at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-ezgpzeY4

 

 

Hall Groat II Oil Painting DVD’s

Volumes I,
II, III, IV & V

Link
To Purchase Directly from Artist with a credit card using GOOGLE Checkout!

Payment can also be
made via Personal Check or US Postal Money Order

http://oilpaintingdemonstrations.blogspot.com/

 

Hall Groat II Oil Painting DVD’s

Volumes I,
II, III, IV & V

Link
To Purchase Through Ebay:

http://stores.ebay.com/new-york-art-collection-HALL-GROAT_ART-EDUCATION-DVDS_W0QQfsubZ9189050Q QfrsrcZ1

 

ART EDUCATION DVD'S

 

OIL PAINTING DVDS

 

 

 

 

HALL GROAT II |
AMERICAN ARTIST

INSTRUCTIONAL DVD’S
& TEXTS ON OBSERVATIONAL OIL PAINTING

___________________________________

 

Volumes #1 - #5 can
be purchased in any

combination. The
price and savings increases incrementally.

 

Volume I :  $25

Shipping

$7 Domestic

$15International

 

Volumes I & IV: $40

Shipping

$8 Domestic

 $18 International

 

Volumes I, IV &
V: $50

Shipping

$9 Domestic

$19 International

 

Volumes, I, II, III,
IV: $60

Shipping

$10 Domestic

 $20 International

 

Volumes I, II, III,
IV &V: $70

Shipping

$11 Domestic

$21 International

 

 

 

 

 

Hall Groat II Traditional Realist Oil Painting -- Volume #1.

Published
by New York Art Collection.

ISBN# 978-0-9799476-0-5

 

American artist,
Hall Groat II, in his unique instructional DVD series demonstrates the
techniques of the lost art of traditional realist oil painting. In volume #1 he
presents five comprehensive demonstrations, offering nearly 2 hours of solid
instruction. The demonstrations included are of compositions involving: three
lemons, radishes, ballet slippers, railroad conductor’s pocket watch, and
teacup & saucer.

Through his innovative, step-by-step approach he outlines the process that was
used by such 19th century painters as Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet. Using an
easily understood teaching approach, Hall reveals the secrets behind creating
dramatic light and shadow illusions to compelling atmospheric spaces, all the
way to rendering convincing three-dimensional illusions of form and space.

The included DVD, along with the accompanying manual, present a concise
step-by-step system, offering both the beginning and the professional artist
the necessary tools to successfully create traditional realist still life oil
paintings. Such topics are covered as establishing background variation and
movement, accents and cast shadows, and realizing the primary and secondary
planes of the motif. Each of the five demonstrations is divided into phases
with clearly stated topic headings that correspond to the steps presented in
the instructional guide. A glossary of painting terms is also included! All of
the demonstrations are approximately 15-30 minutes in length.

 

 

Hall Groat II Oil Painting – Volume II  

Published
by New York Art Collection.

ISBN# 978-0-9799476-1-2

 

American artist, Hall Groat II, in his unique
instructional DVD series demonstrates the techniques of the lost art of
traditional realist oil painting. In volume #2 he presents three
fully narrated, comprehensive demonstrations, including 2 hours of solid
instruction. The demonstrations included are of compositions involving: a
classic American baseball with all of its intricate red stitching, three
luminous white eggs set against a rich, dark background, and a lovely grouping
of violet grapesresting within a ornate gold vintage creamer!

 

Through Hall's
innovative step-by-step approach, he outlines the painting process that was
used by such 19th century painters as Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet. Using an
easily understood teaching approach, Hall reveals the secrets behind creating
dramatic light and shadow illusions to compelling atmospheric spaces, all the
way to rendering convincing three-dimensional illusions of form and space.

 

 

 

 

Hall Groat II Oil Painting – Volume III

Published
by New York Art Collection.

ISBN# 978-0-9799476-2-9

American artist,
Hall Groat II, in his unique instructional DVD series demonstrates the
techniques of the lost art of traditional realist oil painting. In volume #3
he presents two fully narrated, one-hour comprehensive demonstrations! The two
hours of solid instruction include compositions involving a railroad
conductor's pocket watch with all of its intricate detailing resting on a
vintage leather book, and a scrumptious cluster of Oreo cookies with a fresh
glass of milk!

 

 

Hall Groat II Oil Painting: Tools, Practices & Principles, by Hall Groat II,

Volume #4. Published by New York Art Collection.

ISBN# 978-0-9799476-3-6

 

American artist,
Hall Groat II, in his unique instructional DVD series demonstrates oil painting
tools, practices, and principles. In volume #4 he presents two
hours of fully narrated demonstrations that introduce a variety of fundamental
concepts that are essential for learning how to paint in a traditional realist
oil painting style! The two hours of solid instruction include a concise
demonstration on how to specifically mix all 12 of the colors found on the
color wheel in a variety of tones, tints and shades, in addition to a
presentation on how to successfully use the traditional color wheel! Hall also
presents in great depth the exact oil paint colors he uses and how they are
strategically arranged on his palette. He then describes in great detail the
various types of oil painting brushes that are used by artists, in addition to
properly using the traditional palette knife and glass scraper! Also, included
is a thorough presentation on professionally stretching and sizing cotton
canvas, which includes magnificent close-up details of the most ideal technique
for neatly folding canvas corners. Hall also presents the traditional elements
and principals of design, and how concepts such as balance, rhythm, repetition,
and scale, serve as the foundation for unity, harmony, variation, hierarchy,
and proportion. A dynamic presentation on how the the art element: value, is
integral to the overall success of a traditional realist painting is also
covered.

 

 

 

Color Schemes & Harmonies, by Hall Groat II, Volume #5.

Published
by New York Art Collection.

ISBN# 978-0-9799476-4-3

 

American artist, Hall Groat II, in his unique
instructional DVD series demonstrates traditional oil painting color schemes
and harmonies. In volume #5 he presents two hours of fully
narrated demonstrations that introduce in great depth six unique color
schemesand harmonies, including monochromatic, analogous,
complementary,cool/warm, triadic and the tetrad harmony. In each of the
demon-strations Hall paints a different California Bartlett pear and applies
the six unique color schemes to six different pear paintings! He discusses the
fundamentals of simple color harmonies, opposing color harmonies and classic
balanced harmonies, and reveals the pros andcons of each! Each demonstration
includes spectacular close-up shots of various colors being mixed together on
the palette, and how the saturation and value of the colors are altered through
both cool, achromatic neutrals and chromatic neutrals. Prior to each
demonstration,Hall discusses how to specifically use the "color
wheel" to plan out variations of each of the color harmonies. During the
course of the demonstrations he references many of the basic concepts and
techniques that were introduced within volumes #1-#3!

 

 

Hall has taught art for over twenty years, and currently
is an Associate Professor of Art at a college in New York. ARTNews Magazine
critic, Gerard Haggerty, states that Hall Groat II’s still life paintings evoke
the big picture that we call art history, including painters like
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Edwin Dickinson, and his teacher Lennart
Anderson." Collectors of his work have expressed that the work is “Alive,
full of grace vitality and beauty, capturing light that is sublime in nature.”

Groat is included in important private and public collections worldwide. These
include actors, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, Clear Channel
Communications, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cellular One, Sheraton Hotel Corporation,
Binghamton University, Everson Museum of Art, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute
of Art, The State University of New York system, Roberson Museum and Science
Center and Washington Jefferson College.

 

 

 

 FURTHER EDUCATIONAL LINKS:

ARTIST PROJECTS:

HALL GROAT II
BLOGSPOT:

http://hgroatii.blogspot.com/

 

SLIDE SHOW OF HALL GROAT II PAINTINGS:

http://www.slide.com/r/qJjF0byBsz814oaGv8GSqzJe7NCmxyKH?previous_view=TICKER&previous_ac tion=TICKER_ITEM_CLICK&ciid=360287970293878650

 

BASEBALL PAINTINGS

http://baseballs.blogspot.com/

 

 HALL GROAT SR. BLOGSPOT:

http://www.hgroatsr.blogspot.com/

 

HALL GROAT II
WORK SOLD—CREATED

PRIOR TO 2005:

http://groatiisoldpaintings.blogspot.com/

 

PODCAST ON
PAINTING:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=traditionalart

 

ARTIST WEB SITE:

http://www.nyartguide.net/groatii/index.html

 

 

 

 ART STUDENT
BLOGSPOT:

http://bccpaint.blogspot.com/

 

PRINTS OF HALL GROAT
II PAINTINGS:

 http://www.imagekind.com/GalleryProfile.aspx?GID=ea7f1fb2-3468-4de2-b0cf-c90a15422b8e&P=

 

 

 

 

American artist, Hall Groat
II, offers a public program called "A Painting A Day" during the
"History and Art Day" held at the Roberson Museum and Science Center
on Friday, October 26, 2007. INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENT “A PAINTING
A DAY”

 

 

“Hall, this is wonderful. --Great experience for the children.
They will remember you.



I enjoyed the little comment at the end about the children being smarter than I
realize. lol



I see you had your wonderful dvd tutorial set available.”

 

 

GOOGLE FILM:

HISTORY & ART DAY AT ROBERSON MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER | HALL
GROAT II

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2360842661383117163&pr=goog-sl

 

YOUTUBE FILM:

"A PAINTING A DAY" at Roberson Museum and Science Center

http://youtube.com/watch?v=giWYOGdII0w

 

 

In 2006 Hall Groat II became involved with the new
international Postmodern paradigm called "A Painting A Day" which
originated in the United States in 2004 through the confluence of various
cutting-edge cyber elements, including popular auction sites, blogs, youtube
and message boards through Google Groups. This initial model has evolved into a
global view of fine art, nurtured by the Internet's public domain status and
free from the influence of traditional institutions.

 

COMMENTS FROM ARTISTS AND TEACHERS

REGARDING HALL
GROAT II’S

INSTRUCTIONAL
PAINTING DVD’S

 

Good Morning Hall,

 

Just to let you know I received my DVD order yesterday.   For now, this is

just feedback on DVD one and four.

 

Although I now own these DVDs, I took notes of what you were saying. The

booklet you included along with each DVD is fantastic as a student to

reference after viewing the DVD. 
Furthermore, I found the construction of

your paintings are what I have been trying to get over the last
year.  So,

seeing the success of your painting as you construct them have uncovered

some of the areas where I hopefully will improve immediately.  In addition

to DVD One being extremely helpful, the way the information was
delivered in

a instructor student manner, you were very clear and thorough throughout
the

DVD.

 

I have spent literally thousands of dollars on current and out of print
art

books, DVD's, oil painting workshops, airfares and hotels in the search
of

learning from the best.  Maybe,
if I had your DVD set before I spent all

this money, I would have been further along in my artistic endeavors and

still had most of my money.  But,
I suppose this is the price of learning.

 

DVD Four was very helpful in the way you mixed the different values and

showing these as you would work with them.  The terms you used and how you

explained are simple and without mystery plus I can refer to the
booklet.

If you are a beginner, intermediate or beyond and serious about
painting, I

highly recommend your DVD set to all. Because, in the end I believe we
are

all teachers in some degree, some are just better than others and one
size

does not fit all.

 

You’re the best instructor I have ever listened too and knows how to
explain

things!  You think and know who
your audience is.  Unlike most painters,
you

never showed tangents, nervous twitches, uneasy talk while explaining

information.  Frankly speaking, I
am very excited about going through the

rest of your DVD's and could go on but better stop here.

 

Pauline

 

Hi again,

Thank you for
solving the issue by sending me new DVDs. I really appreciate it. Regarding
your DVDs, they are great; I have certainly learned a lot from watching you
paint. What I enjoyed the most is your approach to painting, which is very
straightforward and direct. No complicated painting process etc.

 

You have clear-cut
principles and easy steps to follow, no messing about, just the essentials. And
your color is beautiful, very pure.

 

When it comes to
adding something to your teaching repertoire, I would surely love to see you
take on the masters and know your opinion on how they went about with their
pictures.

 

You see, I am
studying art history at my local university and I am therefore very interested
in past painting techniques. I also would be interested in seeing how you would
paint other things than stillife. You know things like the human figure,
landscapes and so on.

 

I also would like to
say something about the price of your DVDs. I have bought several other art
instructional DVDs on eBay and on other sites. And they are so expensive. Your
DVDs on the other hand is much less expensive and you get very much information
for very little money. As I said they are great.

 

But, anyway, please
make many more volumes, I will surely buy them.

 

 

All the best,

Jørgen Rodal

Norway

 

Mesmerizing art
demostrations. Great buy !!!Buyer:

napoleon0728 ( 65)

Oct-05-07
04:37 VOLUMES #1, #2, #3,#4,#5 --OIL PAINTING Hall Groat II
(#220153384090)

 

Well Done! The
only classic oil painting dvd's out there that I know of! Thanks!Buyer:

ericanthonyart ( 22)

Sep-26-07
19:42 VOLUMES #2, #3,#4, #5 - OIL PAINTING Hall Groat II (#220152834098)

 

Since I can't
come to NY these DVD's are the next best thing... Thanks Hall !!!Buyer:

artisticrelease ( 58)

Sep-24-07
17:54 VOLUMES #1 & #2 PAINTING DEMOS--2 DVD'S Hall Groat II
(#220150799325

 

 

wonderful video,
contains techniques not seen elsewhere. recommend! Buyer:

jewelrywoman ( 621)

Oct-31-07
19:15 VOLUME #5: Color Schemes & Harmonies - Hall Groat II
(#220153042304)

 

So good I purchased
them all!Buyer:

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Oct-27-07
10:08 VOLUMES #1, #2, #4 OIL PAINTING DEMOS Hall Groat II (#220161280870)

 

Fast delivery. A++++++
Seller. Super instruction! Thanks!Buyer:

lapainter ( 943)

Oct-27-07
10:07 VOLUME #5: Color Schemes & Harmonies - Hall Groat II
(#220153042491)

 

 

FABULOUS! THANKS SO
MUCH!Buyer:

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Oct-20-07 12:46 OIL
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Thank you! Just what I
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Oct-17-07
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work and generous teachingBuyer:

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Oct-11-07
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So good I purchased them all!Buyer:

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Oct-12-07 13:33 VOLUME #4: OIL PAINTING PRACTICES Hall
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Great DVDs! Exactly what I've been needing. Fantastic
instructor. Thanks!Buyer:

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Nov-22-07 16:21 OIL PAINTING DEMONSTRATIONS, 2 hours by
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I love your dvd's! Very insightful, came to me in great
shape, Thank you!Buyer:

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Great dvd's. He is a great artist and he breaks his
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