At one point she explained how to remember the shape of a hatchet brush by thinking about Henry VIII and the wives who had their heads cut off. That’s the mnemonic. That’s what she landed on.
It’s no instructional fitness tape, but she does a pretty good push push push.
About This Tape
A Royal Langnickel and DecoArt joint production from 1998. Three complete painting demonstrations on one tape. Royal Langnickel made the brushes. DecoArt made the paints. Sandy Aubuchon demonstrated both while teaching Zhostovo, which is a Russian folk art painting style that originated in the Moscow region in the early 1800s, traditionally done on metal trays.
Sandy Aubuchon passed away January 10, 2002. She had been teaching internationally for over three decades and was recognized by the Society of Decorative Painters. Her Zhostovo book remains the primary English-language reference on the subject.
The tape is 120 minutes at runtime. Two full VHS sides. It does not fly by.
Lost Media
This specific title has no web presence. The Royal Langnickel and DecoArt partnership produced a number of instructional videos in the late 1990s, but this particular tape, with Aubuchon’s three-demo format, has not surfaced on YouTube, the Internet Archive, eBay, or any decorative arts community database. Given the niche distribution through art supply retailers and the passage of time since Aubuchon’s death, it is unlikely to appear without someone digging out a physical copy.
Streamed March 4, 2026 on Twitch.
