The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques: A Unique Step-by-step Visual Directory of All the Key Oil-painting Techniques, Plus an Inspirational Gallery Showing How They Can Be Put into Practice - Brossura

Galton, Jeremy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0855329602 ISBN 13: 9780855329600

Casa editrice: Search Pr Ltd, 2001

Riassunto

Oils are ideal for the beginning painter. With this volume of Running Press's Encyclopedia of Art Technique Series, the artist learns how to build forms and textures, discover the secrets of mixing oil with other media, follow step-by-step demonstration, and much more. More than 200 full-color photographs.

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L'autore

Jeremy Galton is a successful artist who works in oil, gouache and acrylic. He divides his time between teaching and painting, has written several art instruction books and has contributed to a number of magazines. In addition to exhibiting his work regularly, he undertakes commissions and has won numerous awards. His paintings feature in a large number of private collections in the UK and abroad.

Product Description

This inspirational book demonstrates the classic way of building up a painting and offers practical advice on canvases, boards and painting mediums. It encourages the artist to explore new techniques and approaches and shows how brushwork can be made more expressive. The book gives hints on how to get the best out of a landscape, portrait or still life subject and there is a gallery of paintings by well-know artists showing the craft of painting exploited in individual ways.

Book: Search Press. Paperback. 192 pages. Colour throughout

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Search Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0855329602
• ISBN 13: 9780855329600
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192