Discover Oil Painting

Author : Julie Gilbert Pollard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440341281

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Discover Oil Painting by Julie Gilbert Pollard Pdf

You Can Paint With Oils! An easy and fun introduction to landscape painting. Discover Oil Painting is a complete course on painting landscapes in oils. This fun and easy guide is loaded with time-honored methods, techniques and tutorials along with ways to tweak those ideas to suit your own painting personality. No matter what your experience (or lack of experience!) you will learn how to paint beautiful works of art in no time. • 21 step-by-step painting demonstrations tackle skies, foliage, wildflowers, water, rocks and more • Easy-to-understand lessons demystify composition, color, value, paint application techniques, and other key concepts • Expert tips and advice honed over nearly 35 years of professional teaching and painting With master teacher Julie Gilbert Pollard, you will walk through the painting process in manageable steps, from laying out a palette and overcoming the initial intimidation of a blank canvas, to designing strong compositions and achieving brilliant, yet believable color. Along this path to successful landscapes, you will find the stepping stones to losing yourself in the journey and discovering the pure pleasure in painting with oils and using your own creativity.

Author : Julie Gilbert Pollard
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440341427

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Discover Oil Painting by Julie Gilbert Pollard Pdf

You Can Paint With Oils! An easy and fun introduction to landscape painting. Discover Oil Painting is a complete course on painting landscapes in oils. This fun and easy guide is loaded with time-honored methods, techniques and tutorials along with ways to tweak those ideas to suit your own painting personality. No matter what your experience (or lack of experience!) you will learn how to paint beautiful works of art in no time. • 21 step-by-step painting demonstrations tackle skies, foliage, wildflowers, water, rocks and more • Easy-to-understand lessons demystify composition, color, value, paint application techniques, and other key concepts • Expert tips and advice honed over nearly 35 years of professional teaching and painting With master teacher Julie Gilbert Pollard, you will walk through the painting process in manageable steps, from laying out a palette and overcoming the initial intimidation of a blank canvas, to designing strong compositions and achieving brilliant, yet believable color. Along this path to successful landscapes, you will find the stepping stones to losing yourself in the journey and discovering the pure pleasure in painting with oils and using your own creativity.

Author : Walter Foster Creative Team
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781560107514

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The Art of Oil Painting by Walter Foster Creative Team Pdf

The reader is introduced to the techniques of oil painting.

Author : Virgil Elliott
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Oils and fats
ISBN : 0823030660

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Traditional Oil Painting by Virgil Elliott Pdf

"Traditional Oil Painting is that rare sourcebook that comprehensively covers the most advanced techniques and concepts of oil painting"--P. [2] of cover.

Author : Anita Hampton,John Loughlin,Tom Swimm,Caroline Zimmerman
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781610598705

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Oil Painting Step by Step by Anita Hampton,John Loughlin,Tom Swimm,Caroline Zimmerman Pdf

Aspiring oil painters can take a journey with four accomplished oil artists as they follow along with step-by-step demonstrations that feature a variety of techniques and a range of subject matter. Artists of all skill levels will appreciate the appeal of each approach as they learn to paint tropical seascapes, pastoral landscapes, dynamic still lifes, captivating animal portraits, and more. Oil Painting Step by Step walks you through concepts and techniques including underpainting, composition, plein air, and special effects, assuring you a solid foundation in this wonderful art form.

Author : George Allen Durkee
Publisher : North Light Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 1600611516

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Expressive Oil Painting by George Allen Durkee Pdf

Become a Landscape Painter There's a world of difference between painting what you see and conveying what you feel. Expressive Oil Painting shows you how to create engaging landscapes that capture a sense of light, depth, movement and above all, your own unique impressions of the world around you. Within Expressive Oil Painting, discover: Fundamental concepts of oil painting—including supplies, work habits, drawing, color and composition—explained in a friendly, straightforward way A diverse sampling of ideas and approaches for painting landscape elements, capturing mood, painting en plein air, simplifying the complexity of nature and determining reference values Nine in-depth landscape painting demonstrations illustrating techniques from basic to advanced Whether you're working on location or from reference photos, this book will empower you to pain "light on your feet," improvising according to the needs of each particular subject and the conditions of the moment. With nature as your inspiration and this book as your guide, you'll find your way straight to the heart of landscape painting, bringing greater sensitivity, intuition and authenticity to your work.

Author : Anita Marie Giddings,Sherry Stone Clifton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781118051993

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Oil Painting For Dummies by Anita Marie Giddings,Sherry Stone Clifton Pdf

Nobody ever said that oil painting was easy. But it gets much easier and a lot more fun when you follow a step-by-step approach that starts you off on the right foot, helps you build your skills one at a time, and gives you plenty of exercises to develop your craft. That’s what you’ll find in Oil Painting For Dummies. Completely free of arty jargon, this full-color guide has all the hands-on instruction you need to master the basics. You’ll see how to plan a painting, build an image in layers, mix colors, and create stunning compositions. You’ll also find everything you need to know about oil paints, solvents, and pigments; brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces; and how to keep costs down at the art supply store. Discover how to: Choose the right supplies Set up your studio and care for your equipment Handle your materials safely Develop your design and composition skills Make practice sketches and studies Use broken stroke, dry brush, glazing, scraffito and other brush strokes Try out different compositions Mix any color you want Simplify tricky still-life subjects Paint landscapes and common objects out doors Paint portraits and the human form Complete with handy color chart, basic materials list, and a very useful viewing square, Oil Painting For Dummies is the fun and easy way to discover your inner artist!

Author : Suzanne Brooker
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780804137553

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The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting by Suzanne Brooker Pdf

A landscape painting guide for oil painters that breaks landscapes down into component elements from nature, and showcases tools and techniques used by classic and modern oil painters for bringing these scenes to life. Landscape painting is one of the most popular subjects for painters working in the medium of oils--from classic masters to contemporary artists. In The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, established Watson-Guptill author and noted instructor/painter Suzanne Brooker presents the fundamentals necessary for mastering landscape oil painting, breaking landscapes down into component parts: sky, terrain, trees, and water. Each featured element builds off the previous, with additional lessons on the latest brushes, paints, and other tools used by artists. Key methods like observation, rendering, and color mixing are supported by demonstration paintings and samples from a variety of the best landscape oil painters of all time. With The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting, oil painters looking to break into landscape painting or enhance their work will find all the necessary ingredients for success.

Author : George Allen Durkee
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440317279

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Expressive Oil Painting by George Allen Durkee Pdf

Become a Landscape Painter There's a world of difference between painting what you see and conveying what you feel. Expressive Oil Painting shows you how to create engaging landscapes that capture a sense of light, depth, movement and above all, your own unique impressions of the world around you. Within Expressive Oil Painting, discover: • Fundamental concepts of oil painting—including supplies, work habits, drawing, color and composition—explained in a friendly, straightforward way • A diverse sampling of ideas and approaches for painting landscape elements, capturing mood, painting en plein air, simplifying the complexity of nature and determining reference values • Nine in-depth landscape painting demonstrations illustrating techniques from basic to advanced Whether you're working on location or from reference photos, this book will empower you to pain "light on your feet," improvising according to the needs of each particular subject and the conditions of the moment. With nature as your inspiration and this book as your guide, you'll find your way straight to the heart of landscape painting, bringing greater sensitivity, intuition and authenticity to your work.

Author : Julie Gilbert Pollard
Publisher : North Light Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 1600610587

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Brilliant Color by Julie Gilbert Pollard Pdf

Push Color Beyond the Ordinary Let go of what you see, and paint what you feel! Brilliant Color reveals a new way of thinking about color, empowering you to push the envelope beyond ordinary realism into bold landscapes full of life and energy. The transformation begins by learning to see color as value. Starting with short demos featuring diagrams, color wheels and side-by-side visual comparisons, award-winning artist Julie Gilbert Pollard shows you how to liberate your use of color to capture the lively essence of every landscape. It's not about complex color theory or painstaking attempts to paint exactly what you see. Rather, it's about pushing color to warmer or cooler extremes for stronger contrasts. Julie's signature style blends acrylic underpainting with water-mixable oils to produce striking luminosity in less time and fewer layers than traditional oil painting techniques. Ten complete step-by-step demonstrations show you how to paint gorgeous landscapes with an inspiring range of settings and seasons. Each in-depth demonstration features foolproof color mixing charts, reference photos, initial sketches, and numbered steps with detailed captions. Simply follow along and give it a try. In no time, you'll have what it takes to make your colors zing and your paintings glow.

Author : Richard Schmid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Painting
ISBN : 0966211707

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Alla Prima by Richard Schmid Pdf

Author : Kathleen Staiger
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780770434540

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The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted by Kathleen Staiger Pdf

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 : Jeremy Galton
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0806989092

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The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques by Jeremy Galton Pdf

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 : Lea Wight
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440352522

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Foundations of Classical Oil Painting by Lea Wight Pdf

Professional painting instructor Lea Colie Wight demystifies the formulaic process of oil painting into a simple approach to help you paint confidently and accurately in full color. Develop a core foundational skill set to develop your paintings and discover a signature way of working from life that can be applied to figure painting, portraits, landscapes and still life. Though the focus is on oils, the methods in this book can be applied to all painting mediums including as acrylic, pastel and watercolor. • Informative lessons and simple exercises help to build confidence and lay the foundations for successful oil painting • Learn a straightforward system for painting realistically with a focus on accurate color. • 4 full-length step-by-step demonstrations show how to paint a figure, a portrait, a still life and a landscape

Author : George Cherepov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Painting
ISBN : 0273008293

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Discovering Oil Painting by George Cherepov Pdf