08.20.08

Meet Amanda, Shipments Enroute, August Blow-out Continues!

Posted in Announcements & News at 11:02 pm by darrell

I’m happy to introduce Amanda, our new office sales administrator.  She joined us nearly two weeks ago and has been undergoing training ever since.  So next time you call, be sure to say hello and welcome.  Amanda will be studying durring the next couple of years as a medical technician and has agreed to work for us, helping  ‘get those DVDs out.’

Welcome aboard Amanda.

It’s with a great deal of happiness that I announce we’ve been delivering packages of DVDs all week to our shipper.  And today, we completed reproducing the Falls of Thunder and tomorrow, we’ll be delivering hundreds of these packages to all who were part of our sales event.

We gave away Falls of Thunder to the first 100 participants who ordered our 14 DVD speccial  that ended August 10, 2008.  Since then I’ve received a constant stream of emails and phone calls asking when will the Falls of Thunder be available for purchase as a single item.

It’s now available for $19.95 at  http://www.darrellcrow.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=68

BUT WAIT A MINUTE.

We didn’t make just just one DVD available.

We made four new films available …..

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  1. Falls of Thunder
  2. Twin Falls
  3. Mountain Falls

These are our three Black and White paintings from left to right.  These videos are available now and are priced at $19.95 each plus S&H.

beautiful-daisies-2-w.jpg  We’re also introducing our floral painting, Beautiful Daisies which is a bouquet of daisies, wildflowers and a red poppy wrapped around a candle.  This painting is a beautiful display to set the right mood for the upcoming holidays.  This DVD lesson is also available for $19.95, but I’d rather send it to you without any costs whatsoever.  Wouldn’t this painting look great in your home?

It’s August, our Blow-Out Offerings are definitely not over…….

I’m going to make available Twin Falls, Mountain View and Falls of Thunder available to you for just $57.00 plus shipping.  And as a bonus, we’re going to be including a 1″ Alexander Brush as our way of saying Thanks…….  This alone is a $10.59 value.

And if you’re one of the first 50 to order………we’ll include Beautiful Daisies absolutely free.

So let me just review what you’ll receive …..

  1. Three Brand New DVDs never released or distributed…..  Falls of Thunder, Twin Falls and Mountain Falls
  2. A free 1″ Alexander workhorse foliage painting brush.  $10.59 value just for ordering this set.
  3. Be one of the first 50 to order this super August Blow-out Waterfall DVD offering and you’ll receive Beautiful Daisies absolutely free.

To order just go to http://www.darrellcrow.com and all of our instructions are on the home page, or you can just simply paste the following link into your browser.

http://www.darrellcrow.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=68

Have a great August!

SPECIAL NOTE:  IF YOU WERE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO IS RECEIVING OR HAS RECEIVED FALLS OF THUNDER AS PART OF OUR AUGUST BLOW-OUT SPECIAL, YOU MAY SUBSTITUTE ANY DVD BY DARRRELL CROW THAT WE OFFER FOR THE FALLS OF THUNDER.

08.17.08

Daily Painting - Step 1

Posted in Daily Paintings at 3:35 pm by darrell

rhino-w-1.jpg   This afternoon decided to tackle the Rhino.  This is a beast.  I remember watching Hattari as a much younger person and the rushing Rhino seemed like the most dangerous animal on the planet.  Second only to the Elephant in size, this kiddo can move…  You can just hear him singing “Dinner………Yippee” as he gathers up speed right at ya.

Step 1 is the underpainting with Burnt Umber and this is a 24″x36″ canvas.  Go ahead, double click on the photo.  Remember what Valerie says about the need for a gret underpainting.

Daily Painting — Mountain Falls

Posted in Daily Paintings at 3:12 pm by darrell

I got up early this fine Sunday morning (1 a.m.) and decided to grab the paints and render another black and white painting that’s been rattling around inside of me.

This painting takes me back to the Nevada-Sierra Mountains.  I graduated from High School in Reno and then went to my first year of college at the Nevada Technical Institute studying electronics.  While there I met a friend, Edgar Ovideo and we became the best of friends.  He was an international student from Ariquipa Peru.  On weekends, we’d toss the books into the back of the car and ……….ROAD TRIP!  We’d drive all up and down the mountains.  And Ed had one of those fancy 35 mm cameras and took lots of Black & White photos.  This painting is a rendering of half dozen of these old photos I still have.

Mountain Falls is a tribute to the Ed and all of the weekends we rode around together.

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08.16.08

Malware - Part II by Joe Kaczynski — The Infamous Trojan Problem

Posted in Teacher Reference, Articles at 12:08 pm by darrell


This article is presented as a community service to all of our students and about to be students.  We’ve undergone an extensive overhaul of all of our systems and we’re sharing our knowledge with you so that together we can fight the onslaught of malicious code being dispersed, mostly for fun.  It hurts all of us and we’re now set up to track each and every attempt to penetrate our systems.  We turn our logs over to the proper authorities whether the FBI, Interpol, or any other legitimate law enforcement agency.  You should be prepared to do the same thing especially if you’re in business for yourself.

 

I love the series of articles Joe has prepared, enjoy today’s.

 

Trojans - files carrying hidden malicious payloads

 

Part II of this series of Malware articles.

By Joe Kaczynski

 

A Trojan refers to a program that appears as something you may think is safe, but hidden inside is usually something harmful, probably a worm or a virus.

 

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Kiki — A Beginning Artist Shares His Cat Portrait

Posted in Daily Paintings at 5:34 am by darrell

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My dear Mr. Crow, I am one of your students that bought animal portraits and I am sending you the one I just finished up my cat, who is called Kiki.  Now that I’ve finished this portrait I am starting on your tall ship paintings.  Yours truly Norman Virglio.

Thanks Norman, You did an outstanding piece of work.

08.15.08

Daily Paintings — Twin Falls

Posted in Daily Paintings at 1:30 pm by darrell

I’ve spent most of the day filming an entire new sequel to the Falls of Thunder.   We call it Twin Falls.  I really like it.  Let me know if you like this painting better or not than Falls of Thunder.

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Basic Technique Sales Above 25…..We’re Going To Give Away 50 T-Shirts Today!

Posted in Announcements & News at 10:14 am by darrell

The response has been tremendous and so we’ve decided to add an additional free 25 T-Shirts.  That makes a total of 50 T-Shirts for the first 50 orders.

So far, everyone who has ordered will be receiving a T-Shirt.

I just love the idea of you all going to class wearing this art student T-Shirt.

We’re filming Twin Falls today, so I have to go back to the studio……

Basic Techniques of Oil Painting $99.95 Sale — Update

Posted in Announcements & News at 4:42 am by darrell

Just a quick update. We’ve gotten quite a few orders since last night at midnight, and the next seven orders will qualify for a free T-Shirt.

It is a beautiful T-Shirt.

And its got my name on it…..

And a picture of the most beautiful tall ship on it..

If you do not currently own a copy of the Basic Techniques of Oil Painting, now is the time to purchase. This is the best deal ever.

Thanks,

08.14.08

FRIDAY’S 24-HOUR BASIC TECNIQUES FOR $99.95 NOW UNDERWAY!

Posted in Announcements & News at 8:45 pm by darrell

I just wanted you to know that the 24-hour special for the Basic Techniques of Oil Painting is now underway.

Throughout Friday, August 15, 2008, you can order the Basic Techniques of Oil Painting for just $99.95 plus shipping.  This is half price from the single’s price of $19.95 for each disk and a 50% savings off our everyday kit price.

This is the time to save especially if you’re a new student just joining with us.

AND we have a special on the landscape brushes underway which you can read all about at http://www.darrellcrow.com.

AND IF You’re one of the first 25 to place an order with us, we’re going to send you one of Darrell’s Student T-Shirt that shows one of his Tall Ships, the Cutty Sark.

We’re Just 5 Hours And Counting!!! Special Additions To The Offer.

Posted in Announcements & News at 3:49 pm by darrell

I’m excited for all my new students who really want to learn to oil paint.

Tonight at midnight.

A 24-hour sale begins for the award winning, Basic Techniques of Oil Painting, 9 DVD Series plus a bonus 10th DVD.

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