Joyce Ortner

New Brushes have Arrived!

New Brushes have arrived and are ready to ship! That is the good news, the bad news is the "Magic Brushes" have gone up in price. I tried several things but this is the best I can do if we want to have the quality of brush that we need to create beautiful Seascapes. My students that use these brushes love them, and tell me many times they are worth the price.

Here are a few tips to keep them like new:

Use smooth canvas, rough canvas is like painting on sand paper
Be gentle with them when you wipe them in paper towels, in the US, Viva is the best.
Do not rub them on the grate on the bottom of your thinner container, ever.
When you are finished painting, clean the paint out with oil, walnut oil, baby oil, works.
To be sure they will not harden, I use Turpenoid Natural by Weber.
Wash them with soap and water, Fels Naptha is an old traditional soap used by painters for ages, you will be amazed how much paint will still come out of you brush.
Squeeze all of the water out of the Ferrell, groom the bush with your fingers and lay flat to dry. Never put a wet brush standing up in a container when it is wet.
Remember the biggest problem with a bush will often be dried paint in the Ferrell.
Brushes are like the hair on your head and though we often paint with vigor, we must treat them with care.

New Price:
3/4 Magic Brush $29.00
1/2 Baby Magic $24.00
Other brushes the same

Discount for Buying the Set - The 4 piece set is $70.00 ($3.50 savings)

See Below to Order Brushes!

DVD - "Morning Tide"
2 disk set
$50.00

Follow along with me as I take you step by step through this gorgeous painting. I share many secrets and techniques in over three hours of instruction. It is like sitting right next to me so you can see every stroke. The original of this painting is 8' x 5'. Using the grid that I used on the large original, we do a smaller painting together, on a 12"x16" canvas. You will see how your can make your painting big for a future project. I will take you from the original sketch, to the small color oil painting that I did to establish the colors I would use for the large painting. Mixing the colors for this beautiful palette, will help you learn how to use complimentary colors to make this painting successful. You will understand the use of warm and cool colors to make the waves go in and out of the light. There are many demonstrations on techniques so you can make your painting beautiful, fun, and easy!

DVD - "Golden Twilight"
2 disk set
$50.00

You will love painting with these colors! The golden colors catch the glow often seen at Twilight. Have fun discovering how to create the beautiful colors from this limited palette of mostly Earth colors. You will be surprised how much people will like this painting. You will discover how easy it is to create the sunrays coming out of the clouds. You can do these as dramatic as you like. This painting will give you great practice putting motion in your water. It will be a good review of foam patterns. Notice the lacy top edge of each wave and swell. This is an important element to add to your seascape painting skills I can’t wait to see your “ Golden Twilight” painting of the sea!
As always, Happy Painting!

DVD - Seven Elements of Seascape Painting
3 DVD Set - 5 hours
$150.00

Join Master Seascape artist Joyce Ortner, as she takes you through each of the essentials of seascape painting in her exciting new series “Seven Elements of Seascape Painting.”

In this series Ortner shares with you the secrets that she has learned during her 40-year career as a seascape artist. Her comprehensive instruction covers seven segments of a masterclass painting of the sea, filmed separately so that the artist may focus on learning not only step-by-step but on one element at a time.

Capturing the transparent wave as a separate element, isolated from the confusion many students feel when confronted by the many elements they see before them, allows the painter to relax and see just that area and understand what makes “it work.” You can really see the value change--the importance of the dark and mid-value--that make the light coming through the wave so magical.

Consequently, you are taken through each of these elements one at a time to give you a clear understanding that will allow you to create your own wonderful seascape paintings.

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"The Seven Elements"

DVD - Anatomy of a Wave
1 DVD approximately 1-1/2 hours
$35.00

If you are only going to get one instructional video on painting the
ocean this is the one to help you get started with very little investment.

This lesson will teach you the basics of creating your own successful seascapes.
This simple painting will give you greater understanding of painting the sea.

Re-Edited DVDs - 3 hour two disk sets

This is a series of DVDs re edited from a previously released series that I took off the market because of problems with filming, sound, and cut off endings. But there is so much information in these three DVDs that I have had an over whelming number of people, literally from all over the world , urge me to re release them in the newly edited, complete version. From start to finish, nothing is left out. You will see my thought process and how I correct mistakes, how the painting is softened so it is ready for the second day of painting. Each painting uses a different palette so you lean how different colors work together.

These are very detailed lessons. Through each of these paintings there are many details and explanations, about color, light and shadow. How to paint rocks that look real. More work on foam patterns. How to achieve the effect of water coming forward on the beach.

By seeing all these techniques demonstrated over and over in the different paintings they will become a part of your own painting ability.

I am so happy to be able to offer them to you!

"Old Man and the Sea"
3 hour two disk set
$50.00

"Storms Coming "
3 hour two disk set
$50.00

"Magic Moment"
two disk set
$50.00

Secret Pearls of Seascape Painting

A series of 10 minute lessons on painting the sea. You will be amazed at how much you will learn from these sharp focused tutorials. A library of these lessons will give you a quick reference for many special facets of seascape painting. Here is a list of DVDs that will be available.

Brush Strokes - NOW AVAILABLE! - $10.00
This is the basis of motion in your water.

Seagulls - NOW AVAILABLE! - $10.00
How to paint seagulls.

Available Soon:

The Analogous Color Wheel - Learn a color system that will give all you paintings a professional look and help you choose and mix beautiful color pallets. The first step in a fabulous Painting every time!
Sand - You will love this lesson on a fun technique to add tecture to your seascape. People will ask “Did you glue sand on your painting?”
Color Temperature - What is color temperature in a painting? Why is it important? How do you achieve it? This is a true secret to truly beautiful paintings.
Secret Colors - Five of my favorite Color Pallets with the color mixes for my most successful seascape paintings.
Simple Composition - Here are a few simple secrets to teach you about composition and how to use the principals of good composition in your seascapes.

Joyce Ortner "Seascape Magic" Brush (3/4 in)
$29.00

This brush is the result of several years of testing in the quest for the perfect
brush to make my technique in seascape painting as easy as possible for students.

This brush is handmade in the US. It is crafted with all natural hair imported from Europe.
The ends of the hair are not cut but are the natural hair ends. Notice the beautiful
chisel edge and wonderful spring.

Wishing you many hours of happy painting,

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Joyce Ortner "Baby Magic" Brush (1/2 in)
$24.00

This brush is a smaller version of the "Seascape Magic" brush.

Joyce Ortner "Filbert" Brush
$11.50

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Joyce Ortner "Detail" Brush
$9.50

Joyce Ortner Complete Brush Set
Seascape Magic, Baby Magic, Filbert, Detail Brushes
$70.00

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# 6 Classic Fan Brush
$15.00

# 12 Classic Fan Brush
$20.00

Instructional P a c k e t s
$10.00 each

These individual projects give you:

Written step by step instructions
A color picture to work from
A color chart with recipes for mixing your colors
A supply list
And a drawing to use as a pattern
Useful tips and Information

I know you will enjoy the written instruction in these packets.

Please note that they will be of much greater benefit to you if
you have painted with me or watched one of my DVDS.

There are so many things that are covered and explained in the live
presentation of painting that can not be captured In writing.

The packets then allow you to have a wide range of paintings to
work from and go hand and hand to widen you painting experience.

Enjoy!

The following packets are available. Click on each to view larger packet cover.

Analogous Color Wheel
$20.00

I was so excited to see that this color wheel was still being produced. I am happy to be able to share it with you. I had the honor to know and study with Hal Reed. He was an amazing man, considered by many to be a genius.

There are several reasons that I think this is the best color wheel for the artist practical use. First of all, it is based on an analogous color scheme. Many art scholars believe that historically, the most successful paintings are built around one dominant color, using the adjacent hues and the complimentary color, with the help of the beautiful neutral grays that can be mixed.

For example if you are painting a Blue Seascape the wheel shows the adjacent colors of Blue Green to Blue Purple and the complement color orange.

What makes it most unique and helpful for me is that it is based on the colors out of the paint tubes we use on our palette, not just printed basic colors you usually see in a commercial color wheel. Soon I will offer you a short lesson on DVD on how to use this color wheel to study color, mix color, and choose colors for your own paintings.
This will be in my new series “Secret Pearls of Seascape Painting”.

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Palette Knife
$5.00

Many students have asked about the knife I use to mix my paints
and where to find one. So, I thought I would make it available for you!

Joyce Ortner’s Artists Journal
$30.00

A Journal for every Artist Combining over forty years of painting and teaching
experience has gone into creating this Journal for every artist.

I wish I had this as a tool when I began painting. The Journal has a table of
contents and sections designed to record the things you learn, the notes you take,
the names and addresses of teachers, and art friends you meet along the way.

A place to keep favorite quotes and ideas for names of paintings.

Supply Lists ~ Resources , A Sketch Book

“Notes and color Mixes “ ~~~~ A place to keep the recipe for the colors you make
and a sample of the exact colors you mixed, so you can refer to it when you want to
do that painting again. This wonderful feature is over half of the entire journal,
printed on expensive, vellum paper that will let you put your oil paint sample right on the page.

A section to keep a photo of the paintings you sell, the price, your collectors
names and contact information ~~~~ so important to an Artist career.

These are all the things you need to take on your special journey through the world of art.

Sincerely,

Gift Certificates

Gift certificates are available in the amount of your choice.

If you wish to buy a gift certificate for amount not listed above, or that cannot be made by a combination of the above, please contact us directly at joyceortner@hotmail.com and we would be happy to assist you.

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