Oil Painting Step-by-step - Softcover

Gregory, Noel; Horton, James; Sanders, Michael; Lang, Roy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844486656 ISBN 13: 9781844486656

Verlag: Search Press Ltd, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

From the beginner to the experienced artist, all oil painting enthusiasts will benefit from this practical and comprehensive guide. Starting with advice on materials, color, composition and painting from photographs, it goes on to describe basic and more advanced techniques
- wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, scumbling, dry brush, sgraffito, impasto and glazing
- and the wonderful effects they can produce. Easy to follow lessons explain how to paint landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, animals, still lifes and flowers, and each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the 4 artists. 160 pages. More Info: SEARCH PRESS-Oil Painting Step-By-Step. This comprehensive guide to painting with oils draws on the expertise of four respected artists and includes a rich variety of styles and techniques. Easy to follow instructions show how to master methods such as wet on wet, scumbling, sgraffito, glazing, and using water-mixable oils to create landscapes, seascapes, skies, still life, and flowers. Thirteen demonstrations and over 300 step-by-step photographs make this an excellent reference book for both beginners and experienced artists. Authors: Noel Gregory, James Horton, Roy Lang, and Michael Sanders. Softcover, 160 pages. Imported.

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I'm pretty sure that this is a bind-up of eight short guides that have been previously published - I certainly recognise Roy Lang's Sea & Sky in Oils, but publishers are getting a lot better at the stitching-together trick these days and it's really quite hard to see the joins here. At a mere GBP12.99, though, it's hardly worth quibbling in the face of the huge variety of material you get. Because everything runs together so neatly, it's best to look as this as a compendium of single-subject demonstrations, albeit a themed one. Turning the pages more or less at random reveals all sorts of useful information on subjects such as on skies, light, reflections, choosing a subject, underpainting and glazing, as well as a good selection of demonstration paintings on subjects including flowers, landscapes and water. The individual volumes were definitely something to work through, but I rather favour serendipity here. Just let the book fall open and read from there; it's full of wisdom and good advice. * artbookreview.net *

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This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all oil painting enthusiasts, from the beginner to the experienced artist. Starting with advice on materials, painting from photographs, colour and composition, it goes on to describe basic and more advanced techniques such as wet on wet, wet on dry, scumbling, dry brush, sgraffito, impasto and glazing and the wonderful effects they can produce. For those wanting to avoid the use of smelly additives like turpentine or white spirit, there is a section on water mixable oils. For readers who would like to see quick results, there is a section on instant oil painting, or painting in an intuitive, spontaneous way. Easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations show the reader how to paint landscapes, sea and sky, still life and flowers, and each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the four featured artists, in a rich variety of styles.

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• Verlag: Search Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1844486656
• ISBN 13: 9781844486656
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160