WMHT Favorites: Helen Van Wyk and Tommy Makem


Tommy Makem
'America's favorite Irishman,' Tommy Makem, has long been a favorite of WMHT members and viewers. Click on a Makem program to the right to begin browsing concert DVDs and programs. Makem's audio CDs are also available in shopwmht.org.





Helen Van WykFor many years, WMHT had the pleasure of bringing you the one-of-a-kind art instruction of Helen Van Wyk. While Van Wyk's simple, straightforward teaching style is no longer on the air, many of her DVDs are available via shopwmht.org. Click on a program to the right to begin browsing, or explore each series of Helen's popular art instruction series, 'Welcome to My Studio,' below. Each series from this PBS program is a virtual master class by consummate artist and extraordinary teacher Helen Van Wyk. All of these series DVDs are available here at shopwmht.org.

'Welcome to My Studio' Episodes, By Series


• Series One
• Series Two
• Series Three
• Series Four
• Series Five
• Series Six
• Series Seven
• Series Eight
• Series Nine
• Series Ten
• Series Eleven

Welcome to My Studio Series ONE with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
How to Begin Your Painting, The Highlight, A Portrait, Complicated Textures, The Beauty of Metals, Backgrounds, The Focal Point, Modeling and Blending, The Techniques of Old Masters, Helen’s Favorite Painting Lesson, Making Edges Move, Cast Shadows, and A Planned Progression of Application. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series TWO with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
Demonstrating Dimension, A Brush with Excitement, Orchestrating the Portrait, A Colorful Class, Shades of Gray, Crowning Glory, The Subject is Roses and…Silver, Still Waters, A Fitting Subject, White On White, Drawing the Drapes, Book Learning, and The Eyes Have It. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series THREE with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
Painting An Ellipse, Transparent Glass, The Color of Shadows and Snow, Blending Flesh Tones, Understanding Color and Its Complement, The Impressionistic Style, The Advantage of An Underpainting, Making and Correcting Shapes, Paint Your Pet, The Shine Shows Shape and Dimension, Paint and Character, The Importance of Perspective, and Factors and Composition. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series FOUR with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
A for Abstraction, B for Basics, C for Color, D for Dimension, E for Efficiency, F for Focal Point, G for Greens, H for Helen, How Can I?, I for Italy, M for Mediums, P for Portraits, S for Still Life and T for Texture. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series FIVE with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
A Basic 1-2-3 Approach, Painting with Only Three Colors, The Three Properties of Color, People Places and Things Part One, Part Two and Part Three, Shape Tone and Color, The Three Properties of Drawing, The Three Properties of Composition, The Six Features of the Face, The Three Painting Mediums, Reflective Semi-reflective and Non-reflective Textures, and Three Steps to Blending in Colors on Non-reflective Textures. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series SIX with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
A Man Named Wentworth Parts One to Five, Big Sam Parts One to Three, Rembrandt Part One and Two, and Self-Portrait Parts One to Three. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series SEVEN with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
An Oceanscape, Landscape, Let The Sun Shine In Parts One and Two, Melancholy Dolly Parts One and Two, Orange and Yellow, Passionate Reds Parts One and Two, Spools of Color, The Color of Snow, and The Color of White Part One and Two. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series EIGHT with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
White Daisies Parts One and Two, Zinnias Parts One and Two, Dried Flowers Parts One and Two, Roses Parts One and Two, Tulips Parts One and Two, and Mums and Fruit Parts One to Three. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series NINE with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Neutral Red, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Light Red, Alizarin Crimson, Thalo Blue, Thalo Green, Thalo Yellow Green, Burnt Umber, and Burnt Sienna. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series TEN with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
Silver and Roses, Perspective in Landscape, Black Vase, A Portrait’s Dimension, The Old House, The Basics of Flowers, Brush Strokes, Shaping with Paint, Constructing Objects, Clear and Colored Glass, Beauty of the Mass, Box from Madeira, and Baskets and Bears. Purchase DVD.

Welcome to My Studio Series ELEVEN with Helen Van Wyk (DVD)

This DVD set includes thirteen 30-minute lessons:
Still Waters, The Beauty of Metals, Crowning Glory, F for Focal Point, The Importance of Perspective, Cadmium Red, Self Portrait, A Basic 1-2-3 Approach, The Color of Water and Sky An Oceanscape, Thalo Green, The Eyes Have It, Shape Tone and Color, and The Old House. Purchase DVD.