Book Description
Briefly traces the history of oil painting, introduces basic materials, tools, and techniques, and offers step-by-step exercises
Author : José María Parramón
Publisher :
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780823004959
Briefly traces the history of oil painting, introduces basic materials, tools, and techniques, and offers step-by-step exercises
Author : S. Allyn Schaeffer
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780823005048
Introduces the tools, materials, and techniques of pastel drawing, and presents a series of demonstrations with photographs of the original scene for comparison
Author : Mark Willenbrink
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 50,86 MB
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 1440337616
Everyone can draw and paint, including you! Even if you have never drawn or painted before, you can start creating your own beautiful artwork. Let the Willenbrinks show you how! Beginning with materials and basic techniques, these pages will teach you everything you need to know to get started in drawing, watercolors and oil painting. Follow along with 75+ demonstrations and mini-demonstrations as you learn how to draw and paint a wide variety of subjects: people, landscapes, buildings, still life and more. Every essential art topic is covered, from sketching and shading to composition and color. Simple step-by-step instruction and many enormously useful lessons and tips will have you making your own masterpieces in no time! You may be an absolute beginner, but great results are absolutely within reach!
Author : Douglas R. Graves
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486293226
Handy, well-illustrated guide shows how to paint the nude figure in easy-to-follow series of 24 fully illustrated projects. Materials and equipment; anatomy; hues, tones and values; focus on painting major body parts. Over 190 illus., 33 in full color.
Author : Gregg Kreutz
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,55 MB
Release : 1997-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780823040971
Finally - a book to help you solve all your painting problems! Inside you'll learn how to study a painting and correct problematic areas. Study topics include: Ideas - Is there a good abstract idea underlying the picture? - What details could be eliminated to strengthen the composition? - Does the painting have a focus? - Are the unessential parts subbordinated? - Does the painting "read"? - Could you finish any part of the painting? Shapes - Are the dominant shapes as strong and simple as possible? - Are the shapes too similiar? Value - Could the value range be increased? - Could the number of values be reduced? Light - Is the subject effectively lit? - Is the light area big enough? - Would the light look stronger with a suggestion of burnout? - Do the lights have a continuous flow? - Is the light gradiated? Shadows - Do the shadow shapes describe the form? - Are the shadows warm enough? Depth - Would the addition of foreground material deepen the space? - Does the background recede far enough? - Are the halftones properly related to the background? Solidity - Is the underlying form being communicated? - Is the symmetry in perspective? Color - Is there a color strategy? - Could a purer color be used? - Do the whites have enough color in them? - Are the colors overbended on the canvas? - would the color look brighter if it were saturated into its adjacent area? Paint - Is your palette efficiently organized? - Is the painting surface too absorbent? - Are you using the palette knife as much as you could? - Are you painting lines when you should be painting masses? - Are the edges dynamic enough? - Is there enough variation in the texture of the paint?
Author : Gregg Kreutz
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 0804185441
An essential guide to the oil painting techniques that will allow artists to master a variety of subjects, including figures, portraits, still life, landscapes, and interiors. Many painters limit themselves to one type of subject matter, but in Oil Painting Essentials, artist and art instructor Gregg Kreutz shows how a multi-genre approach can dramatically improve your painting skills. Arranged by category, each chapter covers both the essentials specific to that subject matter and those that apply to all genres. Through step-by-step lessons and examples from his own oil paintings, Kreutz shows how you can strengthen your skillset for one genre by painting in another. This comprehensive exploration of the conceptual and practical issues behind oil painting provides all of the tools and encouragement you need to successfully take on any type of oil painting.
Author : Jeremy Galton
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 33,68 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780806989099
Find out what you can do with oil paints. Make brushwork more expressive and add shadows. Try a full complement of creative techniques. Breathtaking examples of finished paintings, analyzed in detail, guide you through a range of themes, including architecture, figures, and landscapes.
Author : Carol Marine
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 0770435343
A unique system for jump-starting artistic creativity, encouraging experimentation and growth, and increasing sales for artists of all levels, from novices to professionals. Have you landed in a frustrating rut? Are you having trouble selling paintings in galleries, getting bogged down by projects you can’t seem to finish or abandon, or finding excuses to avoid working in the studio? Author Carol Marine knows exactly how you feel—she herself suffered from painter’s block, until she discovered “daily painting.” The idea is simple: do art (usually small) often (how often is up to you), and if you’d like, post and sell it online. Soon you’ll find that your block dissolves and you’re painting work you love—and more of it than you ever thought possible! With her encouraging tone and useful exercises, Marine teaches you to: -Master composition and value -Become confident in any medium including oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolors, and other media -Choose subjects wisely -Stay fresh and loose -Photograph, post, and sell your art online -Become connected to the growing movement of daily painters around the world
Author : Edgar Alwin Payne
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Composition (Art)
ISBN : 9780939370115
7th Edition, 8th printing of the original 1941 publication, many added color plates and addenda by Evelyn Payne Hatcher, the artist/author's daughter. A must for art collectors, artists, teachers and art dealers.
Author : Robert Hagan
Publisher : International Artist Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Painting
ISBN : 9781929834297
Regardless of previous experience, readers are instructed in the ways to create sensitive, impressionistic paintings almost immediately, by using Hagan's placement theory and simple colour system. The book offers eight demonstrations and advice on pulling elements together from references.