Oil Painting Workbook: A Complete Course in Ten Lessons (Art workbook series)

by StanSmith (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.27

  A complete do-it-yourself painting course in only 10 lessons! Each one takes up an essential technique, illustrated with full-color examples, and presents exercises designed to help you master each skill in the shortest amount of time. Lessons introduce the full range of themes: color, form, composition, texture, still life, landscapes, figures and animals, and exteriors and interiors of buildings. Media covered include pencil, pen and ink, watercolor, and oils.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $5.69

  Oil paint is regarded as the medium for artists, but its reputation and importance in the art world often leads beginners and amateur artists to be too daunted to tackle it. Here, Stan Smith makes oils accessible to all in a course of ten lessons. He takes the reader on an easy path, explaining each principle and approach in a simple and logical way, so that each stage can be understood before the next is encountered. Each lesson opens with a set of aims followed by clear instructions, practical examples, step-by-step demonstrations (describing what is happening and why) and finished paintings to illustrate principles. Smith explains the versatility of oil paint, showing how to take advantage of its slow drying time - which means that paint remains flexible and mistakes can be easily rectified. He encourages the reader to experiment, leaving room for artistic integrity, whilst explaining the fundamentals in a straightforward fashion.