REVIEW: Cesar Santos Secrets of Figure Painting DVD

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[@santocesart]

Thank you So much Jennifer! 😘 love your videos

[@mouhebkhateeb5609]

Cesar santos work always amaze's me hopefully we will see a dvd tutorial by you in the future . Your reviews is always helpful in making purchasing decisions .

[@1976kinan]

Thank you so much for the detailed overview...love Cesar Santos and his work...

[@steveclevenger5826]

I've been thinking about investing in one of Santos' DVDs, so I'm very grateful to stumble upon a review! Thank you.

[@d.o.nmuzic3802]

Hi Jennifer. Thank you for sharing so much 🙏 does Cesar provide a photo reference file that we can print and use for practice with?

[@leonelvilela5531]

Would you say these DVDs are for advanced painter/drawer only or it could be useful for any level?

[@jeffhreid]

I have Cesar’s portrait and figure drawing DVDs the information is applicable to any level of experience. Each technique is throughly explained so you can learn from what he is saying. Every step is shown and well filmed so you can see what he’s doing. The finished product is really well done.

[@jeffhreid]

Thank you for the review

[@stephengreico2810]

So do you recommend it?

[@jacksonbrown777]

I didn't like his paintings for several years,..but after seeing his personality and hard work ethic,and most of his artwork...now I think Cesar Santos is awesome.

[@georges4837]

bonjour Jennifer , dit moi le dvd est il en francais ou en sous titrée francais je te remercie pour tes videos

[@jeffhreid]

I have the portrait and figure drawing DVDs they are excellent. Expensive but well worth the price. First rate information and presentation.

[@MGSasi-do5st]

Is this available on line parchace Please give me details

[@pepitosantos4921]

I’m from the Philippines how can l avail those painting videos

[@JenniferMariePainting]

I believe Stream Line has all their workshops available in digital format.

[@FewFew77]

Does he show his painting process in real time or time lapse?

[@stephengreico2810]

Its 16hrs so I'd assume real time

[@jeffhreid]

Both. There is also a time lapse synopsis but the DVDs have each part in real time

[@deborahbarnes8475]

Thanks

[@jeffbond5483]

I understand he transfers a drawing to a canvas, and the drawing part is from another video using a photograph. I am wondering how he achieves the drawing. Briefly can you describe his process.

[@jeffhreid]

There is an entire DVD set on the drawing. It is very well done. 4 DVDs 18 hours or so. Excellent companion to the figure painting DVDs

[@ButchCurry]

Nice! Cesar's work is great; he's got a real studious approach but puts a lot of heart and soul into his work at the same time. If you've not seen Daniel Graves' 'Old World Portraiture' video, it's another really good one that's worth checking out.

[@pnartg]

It would be more helpful if you showed some video excerpts to illustrate the features of the Santos instructionals you're reviewing. Just waving a DVD in front of the camera while you talk tells us nothing. The fair-use provision of copyright law makes explicit exceptions for reviews, so you're safely within the law to include short excerpts of his DVD in your review.

[@yahushaking4367]

but in the demo he is using charcoal...

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

5:48 oiling out

[@logos513]

so you can learn considerably from watching some one else paint/draw?

[@JenniferMariePainting]

I feel like I learn a lot from watching others paint and draw. Though that is to say that I am also painting and drawing everyday myself. If I wasn't working myself for months I don't think I would get that much out of watching someone else work.

[@logos513]

@@JenniferMariePainting Fair enough...i understand, good answer!...not practical for me to go join an academic/classical atelier for four yrs right now...How about you and Ceaser colab on a dvd series that puts the viewer on a condensed four yr course from Bargue drawings to oil paintings...Id buy that one...is there anything like that out there? Do you know?

[@SF_Curious]

Realism was a technique that was mastered at the renaissance. It is been done and there is a lot to learn from however it is been done and does not brings nothing new to contemporary ART. If I am going to study realism I will study Caravaggio not Cesar Santos money making copy cat

[@jakeherrera732]

Casa Tequila SF good luck studying and asking questions from a dead guy

[@IsraelCrooks]

Lmao. Study both Are masters

[@jeffhreid]

That is a rude statement. Not surprisingly it comes from a fan of “contemporary art” whatever you think that means. Cesar’s work is very contemporary. This DVD is to help people learn the technique to represent the figure in paint.

[@pnartg]

Good luck studying Caravaggio's DVDs and instructional videos!
With the old masters all we have is the finished result. We have no way to know their technique and workflow and how they arrived at that result. Nor do we have any way to know what they were thinking or why they made the choices they did WRT canvas preparation, underpainting, colors or brushes, etc.