Big Art, Small Canvas: Paint Easier, Faster and Better with Small Oils - Softcover

Washor, Joyce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581807775 ISBN 13: 9781581807776

Verlag: Joyce Washor, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Great things come in small packages!

There are a lot of big reasons to paint small! Smaller canvases allow you to enjoy everything you love about oil painting with less expense, less mess, less space and less time so what could be better?

Featuring more than 12 step-by-step demonstrations that show you how to paint a variety of still lifes and landscapes - all on canvases measuring four inches or less!

You'll quickly learn to:

Select good supplies on a budget.

Mix colours the right way - first time!

Scale down your subjects to fit a smaller area.

Create dimension, depth and volume in your compositions.

Paint realistic shadows and highlights.

Capture a range of textures and reflective surfaces.

Each demonstration guides you from blank canvas to completed painting with sound advice for framing, displaying and marketing your work.

Book: North Light . Paperback . 144 pages . Colour throughout

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Think Big. Paint Small!

There are a lot of big reasons to paint small. Smaller canvases allow you to enjoy everything you love about oil painting with less expense, less mess, less space and less time. What could be better?

Big Art Small Canvas gives you all the guidance you need to succeed at creating small paintings. It features more than 12 step-by-step demonstrations that show you how to paint a variety of still lifes and landscapes—all on canvases measuring four inches or less! You'll quickly learn how to:

• select good supplies on a budget
• mix colors the right way, the first time
• scale down your subjects to fit a smaller area
• create dimension, depth and volume in your compositions
• paint realistic shadows and highlights
• capture a range of textures and reflective surfaces

Each demonstration guides you from blank canvas to completed painting. You'll even find sound advice for framing, displaying and marketing your work.

Great things really do come in small packages. Start maximizing the rewards of oil painting with Big Art Small Canvas!

Biografía del autor:

Award-winning artist Joyce Washor exhibits regularly in the Hudson Valley and has many gallery affiliations across the U.S., including the Judi Rotenberg Gallery and the Taos Gallery. An active workshop instructor, she lives in Riverdale, New York.

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• Verlag: Joyce Washor
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1581807775
• ISBN 13: 9781581807776
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144