Art School Introduction: Oil Painting Portraits

by RaySmith (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.11

  Intended for enthusiastic beginners and practising artists alike, this book shows you everything you need to know about still life. Easy-to-follow projects instruct you in essentials, such as how different type of materials work, and aim to inspire you to tackle more complex techniques. This book is one of a series of titles which range from acrylic figure to oil portrait and from pastel life to water-colour landscape. It offers close up step-by-step photographs which show still life being created before your eyes and it lets you into the secrets of how professional artists produce their work.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.25

  Unlike most other how-to art books, the precise focus of this series's tuition benefits both the beginner and those with more experience. Each book takes the aspiring artist through a series of projects based on a specific medium or a favourite subject of their choice. This book focuses on oil painting, specifically portrait painting, taking readers through all the steps in creating a successful portrait, from brushes and supports, transferring an image, and getting a likeness, to a self portrait study, a group portrait and finally a gallery of modern examples.