Painting with oils, acrylics & gouache : learn to build confidence and skill levels with 30 practical exercises

Painting with oils, acrylics & gouache Learn to build confidence and skill levels with 30 practical exercises

Ian Sidaway

Book - 2005

Advice is provided on choosing and using paintbrushes, palettes, different types of paper and canvas, working with paint additives and sealing work with different types of varnish. There is information on scaling up a photograph, making an underdrawing, blending colours on the palette, and applying paint with diverse brush strokes and different applicators to achieve a range of effects.

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Subjects
Painting > Technique.
Acrylic painting > Technique.
Gouache painting > Technique.
Published
London : Lanham, MD : Southwater ; Distributed by National Book Network c2005.
Language
English
Main Author
Ian Sidaway (-)
Item Description
"Previously published as part of a larger volume, The practical encyclopedia of acrylics, oils and gouache"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description
96 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781844762187
  • Introduction
  • Oil paint
  • Acrylic paint
  • Gouache paint
  • Paintbrushes
  • Alternative paint applicators
  • Palettes
  • Oil additives
  • Acrylic additives
  • Supports
  • Varnishes
  • Auxiliary equipment
  • Applying paint
  • Tone
  • Scaling up
  • Underdrawing
  • Underpainting
  • Toned grounds
  • Washes
  • Wet into wet and blending
  • Painting alla prima in oils
  • Glazing
  • Scumbling
  • Impasto
  • Removing paint
  • Drybrush
  • Gouache techniques
  • Index

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