www.boardsportsvideos.com SHORT DESCRIPTION: For over 20 years, Drew Brophy has been perfecting painting with water-based paint pens. As the world’s top surfboard artist, Drew has taught thousands of people how to paint with his techniques. Now, with this DVD by Seven Films, he can teach you, too. LONG DESCRIPTION: Seven Films announces the exciting release of Drew Brophy’s new tell-all DVD titled “Paint Pen Techniques with Drew Brophy.” What do surfboards, skateboards, guitars and shoes have in common? Drew Brophy has painted them all with water-based paint pens. And he shows you how in this new Do-It-Yourself DVD. For over 20 years, Drew Brophy has been perfecting painting with water-based paint pens. As the world’s top surfboard artist, Drew has taught thousands of people how to paint with his techniques. Now, with this DVD by Seven Films, he can teach you, too. “I expect to see an explosion of art on surfboards, skateboards, shoes — anything — following the release of this DVD” says Drew Brophy. “For years these techniques have been closely guarded secrets within a small community of artists. I hope that this DVD will inspire generations of young artists to customize their lives with their art and imagination!” Sponsors of the DVD include Converse, Sector 9, Surfline and Surfer Magazine. Drew shows, step-by-step, how anyone can paint using his techniques. In his easy to follow style, Drew covers creating unique compositions, preparing the surface, blending colors …
Wax / Batik Technique: Silk Painting with Jill Kennedy
DVD Title: Silk Painting with Jill Kennedy Jill Kennedy is the famous UK author of several books on her favorite art — silk painting. In this DVD she demonstrates 10 of her most called upon techniques for creating fantastic designs in silk. In this excerpt she demonstrates how wax often is preferential to gutta or other resists for it’s ability to contain or hold colors and be used in larger areas while providing similar effects to gutta’s ability to contain dye within regions. Here she emphasizes the ability to work with dyes immediately after application and demonstrates how fun it is to use traditional Indonesian tjantings and Japanese brushes to create “Pisces” or the “twin fish” design in the scarf she is working on.