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Author: Marylin Scott
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Published: 2016-02
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0785833803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most classical of all painting mediums, this all-in-one guide will help you in selecting materials, equipment, and techniques.
Author: Marylin Scott
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Published: 2009-05-19
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1610583701
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA clear, beautifully illustrated reference guide to materials, color, techniques, subjects, and more. Oil painting can seem like a challenge when you start out, but you can learn how to use and enjoy one of the most satisfying painting mediums with this well-organized, handy guide. It contains essential information on the materials, equipment, and techniques for creating accomplished works in oils. Step-by-step sequences show how to paint a range of themes, from still life to portraits and landscapes, with advice on more difficult subjects. Packed with helpful illustrations and an inspiring gallery of artworks, The Oil Painter’s Bible also includes suggestions for presenting your finished paintings and how to go about getting your work seen and exhibited.
Author: Kathleen Staiger
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2013-05-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0770434541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEverything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren’t afraid—maybe you just didn’t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted, author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step lessons that build to reinforce learning. Brush control, creating the illusion of three dimensions, foolproof color mixing, still-life painting, landscapes, and portraits—every topic is covered in clear text, diagrams, illustrations, exercises, and demonstrations. Staiger has taught oil painting for more than thirty-five years; many of her students are now exhibiting and selling their paintings. Everyone from beginning hobby painters, to art students, to BFA graduates has questions about oil painting. Here at last are the answers!
Author: Marylin Scott
Publisher: Search
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781844480937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith over 100 step-by-step sequences demonstrating how to paint a wide range of subjects using watercolours, Marilyn Scott provides techniques from composition, brushwork and blending, to special effects like stippling and adding lustre.
Author: Mark David Gottsegen
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2006-04-01
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780823034963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuch more than just another guide to artists’ materials, The Painter’s Handbook is an amazingly useful resource, with information on everything from the canvas up: the canvas itself, plus paper, sizes and grounds, pigments and binders, solvents and thinners, varnishes and preservatives. Dozens of step-by-step recipes for make-it-yourself paints, pastels, varnishes, gessoes, sizes, supports, and equipment take this indispensable guide way beyond the competition. Authoritatively written by Mark David Gottsegen, chair of the federal government’s ASTM committee on artist’s materials, the revised Painter’s Handbook considers the enormous changes in the art-materials world since the first edition was published in 1993. New materials, new health issues, new information on outmoded and even harmful supplies and practices mean that every painter needs a copy of The Painter’s Handbook.
Author: James Elkins
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780415921138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking to transform their own experience.
Author: James Gurney
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2010-11-30
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0740797719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike many other art books only give recipes for mixing colors or describe step-by-step painting techniques, *Color and Light* answers the questions that realist painters continually ask, such as: "What happens with sky colors at sunset?", "How do colors change with distance?", and "What makes a form look three-dimensional?" Author James Gurney draws on his experience as a plain-air painter and science illustrator to share a wealth of information about the realist painter's most fundamental tools: color and light. He bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge for traditional and digital artists of all levels of experience.
Author: Michael Friel
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2014-12-16
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0307828786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe equivalent of a foundation course in traditional oil painting for beginning to intermediate level artists, this in-depth book uses the still life as a practical way to master oil techniques. The still life is a practical, forgiving genre as it does not require the likeness of a portrait or the accurate proportions of the figure and, unlike the landscape, it doesn’t change with the weather. Instead, it gives aspiring artists ample time to study and the opportunity to look closer. It can be used as a purely formal subject for drawing and painting techniques, or a platform for emotional expression using personal symbolism and imagery. However, though the still life is used throughout as a teaching tool, this is first and foremost a book about oil painting. It begins with simple compositions that build to more complex arrangements. Starting with essential information on how to best set up your studio—including lighting, equipment, materials (paints, solvents, brushes, mediums), and preparing your canvas and paper for oil painting—Still Life Painting Atelier then offers concrete lessons in a logical progressive sequence, with step-by-step illustrations, finished paintings, diagrams and tips. Chapters cover: • How to address composition through thumbnail sketches and line drawings • Using underpainting to study the characteristics of light and shade • The basics of color theory and color mixing • How to use a variety of brushes to create sharp and soft edges • Techniques that are helpful when painting metal and glass • How to apply glazing and scumbling to bring luminosity and texture
Author: Gregg Kreutz
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 1997-04-01
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780823040971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinally - 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: Todd M. Casey
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Published: 2020-02-18
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1580935486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA must-have reference book for today's artists and art students. Every artist needs to learn and master the still life. Written by a well-known artist and expert instructor, The Art of Still Life offers a comprehensive, contemporary approach to the subject that instructs artists on the foundation basics and advanced techniques they need for successful drawing and painting. In addition to Casey's stunning paintings, the work of over fifty past and present masters is included, so that the book will do double duty as a hardworking how-to manual and a visual treasure trove of some of the finest still life art throughout history and being created today.
