Author: Jeremy Galton Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 9780806989099 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
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: Tom Browning Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media ISBN: 9781635618655 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
Browning's step-by-step approach helps artists strengthen their understanding of the fundamentals of oil painting. Includes thorough demonstrations exploring the entire painting process from conception through completion.
Author: Gerald W. R. Ward Publisher: ISBN: 0195313917 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 848
Book Description
"The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both traditional and nontraditional media, including ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, digital art, and more. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art and adding new entries, this work is a comprehensive reference resource for artists, art dealers, collectors, curators, conservators, students, researchers, and scholars." "Similar in design to The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, this one-volume reference work contains articles of various lengths in alphabetical order. The shorter, more factual articles are combined with larger, multi-section articles tracing the development of materials and techniques in various geographical locations. The Encyclopedia provides unparalleled scope and depth, and it offers fully updated articles and bibliography as well as over 150 illustrations and color plates." "The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques offers scholarly information on materials and techniques in art for anyone who studies, creates, collects, or deals in works of art. The entries are written to be accessible to a wide range of readers, and the work is designed as a reliable and convenient resource covering this essential area in the visual arts."
Author: Tessa Clark Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing ISBN: 9781560107606 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This information-packed and comprehensive visual encyclopedia is your key to mastering a whole range of artistic skills. Guided by the expert advice of top professionals, you'll investigate the practicalities of all the most popular painting and drawing mediums and explore the full gamut of subject areas, from landscapes and portraits to flowers and still life. An inspirational one-stop guide to mastering great art. Book jacket.
Author: Kathleen Staiger Publisher: Watson-Guptill ISBN: 0770434541 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
Everything 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: Harold Speed Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486132692 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 370
Book Description
Stimulating, informative guide by noted teacher covers painting technique, painting from life, materials — paints, varnishes, oils and mediums, grounds, etc. — a painter's training, more. 64 photos. 5 line drawings.
Author: James Elkins Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415921138 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
Here, 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: Marian Appellof Publisher: ISBN: 9780823016068 Category : Painting Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Collects excerpts from 14 books, thus presenting a compendium of approaches to materials and preparation, color, techniques, light and shadow, landscape painting, figure and portrait painting, and still life. The selections are all abundantly illustrated with reproductions (mostly of the authors' paintings) and photos showing techniques, and the illustrations are extensively captioned by the editor. No bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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