The marine-life artist and environmental conservationist– best known for his epic series of 91 life-size murals — takes viewers step-by-step through the creation of his vibrant photorealistic paintings.
Join Wyland, one of the worlds most recognizable artists and designers, whose vision is to create global awareness for the ocean’s magnificent marine life through paintings, sculpture, public art and education and ocean exploration. In each episode of this series, the renowned marine artist teaches viewers how to paint his favorite subjects from whales and dolphins to rivers, oceans and wetlands.
Wyland’s Art Studio takes viewers step-by-step through each of Wyland’s paintings, from backgrounds to “ghosting” to blending techniques. Throughout the series, Wyland discusses concepts such as value painting, perspective, drawing, color theory, color mixing, texture, rhythm, emphasis, scale, form and others to help viewers get started on their first painting.
Using eco-friendly nontoxic art materials, Wyland hopes to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of life on our blue planet. Each episode ends with ecological tips on ways individuals can make a difference in saving our planet.
Series 100
Episode 101: Kissing Dolphins
Art Lesson: Balance. Balance provides careful consideration to the placement of objects according to their weight. The elements of line, form, color and texture all help determine an object’s visual weight, which is the amount of space it appears to occupy.
Episode 102: Ocrcas
Art Lesson: Perspective. Learn about vanishing points, horizon lines, and linear perspective. Linear perspective is a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface.
Episode 103: Sea of Cortez
Art Lesson: Drawing from photography. Drawing is the depiction of shapes and forms on a surface by means of lines, colors and shading. Wyland will explore how to draw and paint what you see, not what you think you see.
Episode 104: Sea Turtle
Art Lesson: Color Theory. Learn a working knowledge of color theory, including: primary and secondary colors, complementary colors, warm and cool colors.
Episode 105: Classic Seascape
Art Lesson: Consistency and Color mixing. By using primary colors (red, yellow and blue) while painting this classic seascape, Wyland will demonstrate how water dilution levels and various color and paint mixing techniques work together to create proper paint consistency.
Episode106: Sea Otter
Art Lesson: Texture and Blending. Texture is the way in which an artist depicts the quality or appearance of a surface. In this painting Wyland will explore painting the various textures of the Sea Otters and their surrounding habitat.
Episode 107: Turtles
Art Lesson: Rhythm. Wyland demonstrates how rhythm is visually communicated in his turtle composition.
Episode 108: Shark
Art Lesson: Emphasis. Emphasis is the focal point of the painting. The focal point should be obvious as you look at the painting; it is the area to which your eye is attracted.
Episode 109: Whale Tail
Art Lesson: Form. Helping artists to understand the nature, structure, or essence of a thing, considered apart from it’s content, color, texture, or composition.
Episode 110: Gray Whales Below The Surface
Art Lesson: Proportion, Scale and Unity. Size relationships are defined by proportion and scale. Proportion refers to how the elements within an object relate to the object as a whole. Scale relates to the size of an object when compared with the size of the space in which it is located.
Episode 111: Emperor On The Ice
Art Lesson: Asymmetry. Asymmetry is used in art to describe a relation between two things where the first has a relation to the second, but the second cannot have the same relation to the first.
Episode 112: Pelican Flight
Art Lesson: Contrast. Contrast is an effect created by placing or arranging very different things, for example colors, shades, or textures, next to each other. In this painting Wyland creates different colors and textures between the sky and water providing a special contrast.
Episode 113: Sea Change
Art Lesson: Value painting. Learn about tints, shading and use of monochromatic colors. Wyland will demonstrate how to paint using 1-2 colors.
Series 200
Episode 201: Sea Turtle Silhouettes
Discover Wyland’s techniques to create simple shapes and forms from the undersea world.
Episode 202: Manatee
Learn how to use light, shadow, and hues to create 3-dimensional effects.
Episode 203: Dolphins Flight
Paint the playful dolphins emphasizing motion and character.
Episode 204: Sunset on the Mangroves
Learn Wyland’s techniques for painting a vibrant sunset and background imagery.
Episode 205: Riverflow
Develop an eye for composition and perspective while painting a mountain river scene.
Episode 206: Moonlight Celebration
Paint a simple yet detailed scene using minimal colors.
Episode 207: Open Seas
Develop skills to paint transparent and textured water in this open ocean scene.
Episode 208: Big Surf Wave
Learn Wyland’s techniques for painting one of nature’s most difficult scenes to recreate.
Episode 209: Sea Lions Kelp Forest
Create this beautiful kelp forest scene using Wyland’s technique, drawing and painting in the same motion.
Episode 210: Maui Breaching
Bring out the beauty of the Hawaiian islands using vibrant colors and movement.
Episode 211: Sunset Coconuts
Paint the tropical evening sun behind a silhouette of palm trees.
Episode 212: Full Moon Paradise
Create a tropical nighttime scene featuring a brilliant moon and swaying palms.
Episode 213: Crossing Seas
Create the clear pristine ocean using special painting techniques, focusing on color and contrast.
Details
LENGTH: 39 x 30 Minutes
FORMAT: Series
CAMERA: HD
INTERNATIONAL TRACK: No
TEXTLESS: No
CLOSED CAPTIONS: Yes
ASPECT RATIO: 16:9
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2007
RELEASE YEAR: 2008
SUPPLIER: Martin/F. Weber Company
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
RIGHTS TERRITORY: Worldwide, exclusive of USA and Canada
NOTES: Series 300 to be released in 2009
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