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Student Success Stories – Apple in Light & Shadow
Below is a gallery of students’ work that has been inspired by the apple painting in How to paint light & shade in Acrylics If you’ve completed the tutorial, drop me an email, and I’ll add it to the page!
Reed Sjogren – Reed painted this when he was 8! fab brushwork
Lynn Wise – there is a real sense of solidity with the strong form shadow and confident brush strokes.
Lisa Cooney. – great sense of light on the apple and lovely textural background
Jenny Bealey – love the variety of brushstrokes on the surface of the apple.
Jo Tondeur – This is Jo’s third-ever acrylic painting!
Paul Karstens – Lovely layered colours within the apple surface, and the red on the side of the apple has been nicely judged to bring a warm glow to the colours, nice work!
Ana Avanzini – Introducing the purple hues gives a new perspective to the composition, the flash of the ground colour in the background helps to balance out the colour scheme.
Catherine Lake – Love the combination of the type with the painted surface! the strong yellow, grey and white palette balances well together, it’s reminiscent of a cubist piece.
Judith Shore – Brilliant colours and a sense of light falloff. The stalk and flat top on the drawing really helps to depict the realism.
Luciane Oliveira – It feels like a world of texture exists within the apple! The smoked surface of the grey separates the main object and the intricacies of the apple surface.
Tony Musick – Fabulous expression with the background, the image has a graphic quality, reminiscent of layered printmaking.
Tamara Zurunic – with the simplicity of the background the shape of the apple comes to life, the surface has a layered watercolour effect to it.
Sue Callahan – This piece has such delicate handling to it, with the colours flowing into each other so nicely. This was Sue’s third-ever painting!
Sue Mahy – This piece has such delicate handling to it, with the colours flowing into each other so nicely. This was Sue’s third-ever painting!
Myrna Richards – The balance of tones really helps the highlight come to life and the lighter grey hues in the background help to bring the form forward to the viewer
Monica Walsh – Love how the ground colour has become an integral part of the composition, and the apple feels spotlit
Mary Tabor – Such energy in the brushworks, the cast shadow looks fantastic, I feel there is a whole scene happening around the edges of the frame
Margo Armstrong – Love the colours in the apple, the painting has managed to capture a lovely surface quality and the details in the apple stalk add to the realism of the piece
Joe Pellerin – Fantastic observation in the form shadow, a really well-observed painting of the subtle transitions of the light.
Jerry Malec – the subtle shifts in colour across the apple surface brings that three-dimensional quality to the piece, and the ‘flat top’ observation on the drawing of the apple aids in the realism of the ’round’ apple
Janine Von Zeuner – Fabulous textural qualities and impasto marks, real confidence in the brush handling.
Wanda Jones – nice use of the cast shadow shape to ground the apple and give us that sense of a strong directional light source. This is the first time Wanda has worked on a toned ground.
Inna Balanica – This apple has such weight to it. By combining the cast and form shadow the apple sits solidly on the table surface within the depth of the scene.
Ina Jones – there seems such depth within the surface of the apple, it has a real energy to it
Emily Willy – this piece has a great colour balance between the greys and the muted green on the apple. The subtle red around the apple lifts the colour and brings the subject towards us, lovely job.
Derek – amazing drawing and sensitivity in creating the angle of the form shadow. The delicate dashes of colour on the right-hand side really give us that apple skin texture.
Dana – This is Dana’s first acrylic painting ever! lovely sense of form, the cast shadow looks great and a real vibrancy in the colour palette.
Claudia – This is one of Claudia’s first attempts painting with acrylics! Great to see how the different layers have all come together and the light hitting the apple works brilliantly.
Barbara Ende – Love the broken edge quality around the apple and the play of different textures. This was Barbara’s first painting, since then she’s worked on larger scale pieces, landscapes and has been selling her works, great work Barbara!
Tatyana Petrenko – such subtle observations across the surface, excellent work
Ali Campbell – Fabulous ‘turning of the form’ and real subtle hues in the form shadow
Steve Cook – Well judged cast shadow and sense of light
Sarmed Mirza – Love the clear distinctions between the planes
Paul Tomlinson – the colourful background adds a new dimension to the piece
Paul Nash – Great energy in the surface of the apple
Nancy C Johnson – The subtle colour mixing in the background hues are gorgeous
Morana Kavgic – Such delicate handling of the cast shadow and gleam on the apple
Michael Kelley – Fantastic colours of the apple skin, and well-balanced inclusion of the red
Laundrea Lewis – The subtle observation over the surface of the apple is marvellous
John Powell – This painting has a great solidity and sense of three-dimensionality
Jo-Anne Botha – Absolutely love the freedom in these brushstrokes
Jeff Cote – The warmth in the form shadow works brilliantly well
Jan Rossington – Such movement within the apple, it has a real sense of dancing light
Gayle G – Great use of the ground colour to create glow from within
Debbie Aslan – Love the balance of the colour palette and the softness of the edge control
Claire Ballard – Such detailed observation of the stalk, feels like you could pick it from the canvas!
Cathy Jameson – The brushstrokes echo the shape of the form bringing your eye around the piece
Andrea Werner – Love the textural quality of the surface, and the confidence of touch
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Acrylic Secrets with Ginger Cook – Apple Blossom Creek
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M. Kolstad
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Video for Beginner
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2010
I have tried a few other instructional painting videos and this far surpassed my previous experiences. She does a great job of both explaining and showing. It is also nice there are students in the video. So, she has them try certain techniques and corrects their form. I highly recommend this video if you are just getting started with acrylic painting.
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A. May
3.0 out of 5 stars Good technique, bad lighting.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2008
She explained and demonstrated the techniques well, but the lighting made it very difficult to see the different shades of color.
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A. May
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2008
She explained and demonstrated the techniques well, but the lighting made it very difficult to see the different shades of color.
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BuriedSoul
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2011
I was really hoping for more considering the price. The dvd goes too quick, is not very informative at all and only goes through how to paint one scene. The fact is that it is mostly a promotional film as it shows students of this particular artist holding up their work which is the same picture painted ovr and over again.
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Iwona K.
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2009
I buy this for my mother for chrsitmas because she has recently started to become interested in painting. We put this into our relatively new theater system and attempt to watch video. this look like someone has taken cheap camcorder put on tripod and with this terrible sound quality created a movie. You can barely see what she is painting and can barely hear what she is saying unless you turn the sound way way up. At which point the scene transitions are SO LOUD that it shake the window. I rteturn this DVD and I am not happy with this at all. My mother did not even want to watch this because it was neraly impossible to listen to and bad to see. Between straining to hear and plugging ears fromt he terrible transitions to the poor quality of the video, i would rate this a 1 out of 10. I feel bad for this but it was not worth $5, not to mention $30. Sorry 🙁
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M. Kolstad
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2010
I have tried a few other instructional painting videos and this far surpassed my previous experiences. She does a great job of both explaining and showing. It is also nice there are students in the video. So, she has them try certain techniques and corrects their form. I highly recommend this video if you are just getting started with acrylic painting.
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Banana Man
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2008
I wasn’t very impressed by this DVD. To be honest, I think I learned more by watching Tim Gagnon’s time lapse video painting sessions on YouTube–and I didn’t have to pay a penny for that. Granted, Ginger Cook does provide useful information on how to prep a canvas, mix colors and which brushes to use to achieve various affects, but the entire two hour-plus lesson covers just a single painting. For thirty bucks I was expecting more. For instance, if want to learn about how to paint a mountain scene, or a seashore or a structure of some sort, this DVD is of little help. My advice: save yourself thirty bucks and check out YouTube instead.
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Sailormommy61
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020
A great teacher and artist
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IMow Texas
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2009
I’m so pleased with this video. I found the negative reviews listed here, were not accurate to my experience at all.
Ginger is an excellent instructor & obviously loves what she does. I researched Ginger & found that her art is EXTRAORDINARY. I aspire to have talent such as hers someday.
With Acrylic Secrets,I was able to paint the picture just like everyone else in the video. With the tips, tricks & instruction in this video, I was able to take a class right in my home. Since I am a stay at home mama, I rarely get out to take such a class. The local painting classes are much more expensive than this video! I would not have been able to “replay” a class either.
I have purchased other videos for such as Tim Holt, Tracy Bautista & others. I am pleased with my new adventures of at home instruction & would encourage anyone of any age to purchase this video if they are interested in painting. I think this video would be great for a classroom in public schools as well.
Thank you Ginger for a great class.
