The complete oil painter The essential reference source for beginning to professional artists
Book - 2003
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- Published
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New York :
Watson Guptill
[2003]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- "A Quarto book."
- Physical Description
- 128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780823008551
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Materials and Equipment
- Oil paints
- Pigments
- Mediums
- Supports
- Grounds
- Brushes
- Palettes
- Chapter 2. Approaches to form and Color
- Illusionistic form
- Form through line and color
- The elements of color
- The color wheel
- Color mixing
- Color palettes
- Expression
- Elements of design
- Design in practice
- Chapter 3. Techniques of Painting
- Methods of application
- Colored grounds
- Underpainting
- Fat over lean
- Removing wet paint
- Alla prima
- Wet into wet
- Broken color
- Glazing
- Pointillism
- Impasto
- Mixed media
- Overcoming common difficulties
- Chapter 4. Exploring Themes
- Still life
- Flowers
- Landscape
- Townscapes
- Portraiture
- Figure painting
- Abstraction
- Working from the imagination
- Chapter 5. Studio Practice
- The studio space
- Studio equipment
- Stretcher bars
- Stretching a canvas
- Sizing a canvas
- Preparing boards and panels
- Priming
- Applying a colored ground
- Varnishing
- Framing and presentation
- Suggested daily checklist
- Health and safety
- Glossary
- The past masters
- Index
- Credits