Walter Foster’s classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone. Packed with practical information, helpful tips, [...]
Have you always wanted to paint but did not know the first thing about it? Have you sketched thousands of pictures in your sketch book and wanted to put them on canvas? Now you can with the help of this book. We teach you everything to get you started in the wonderful [...]
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A comprehensive book on the fundamental of drawing and painting provides expert instructions and encouragement. With more than 800 full-color illustrations and step-by-step demonstrations, this guide provides thorough coverage of the materials and techniques for all the most popular drawing and painting media including pencils, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, oil, acrylic, and pastels. You?ll [...]
Based on the works of nearly 100 master painters — Isenburger, Chardin, Braque, many more — this gloriously illustrated manual focuses on the aesthetics of picture-making, chief among them composition. Watson stresses that while an artist’s skill is vitally important, a painting’s true power lies in its design and theme. Includes 135 paintings.
Customer Review: Excellent [...]
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A survey of techniques used by master painters is followed by the actual application of oils to canvas in this book, which explains how to mix colours, choose brushes and select a studio, as well as how to compose, evaluate perspective, translate lighting effects and interpret themes.
Customer Review: Great Techniques
Full of the basics of [...]
Handsomely illustrated, easy-to-follow beginners’ guide provides instructions for painting the head, torso, arm and leg, as well as step-by-step demonstrations for painting seven female figures. Additional advice on planning the painting, lighting the figure, sketching with oils, and figure drawing with pencil, charcoal, and chalk. A treasure for beginning figure painters and a source of [...]
Providing a handy visual guide to more than 2,000 hues and shades, this complete color reference reveals the 25 colors of paint that compose the most useful range of color. The time-saving guide takes the uncertainty out of mixing colors and enables artists to quickly and precisely match any tint they’d like to reproduce with [...]
Combining technical mastery with emotional impact to create a powerful, evocative scene is the ultimate goal of every oil landscape painter. Painting Mood and Atmosphere in Oils, the second title in North Light’s Land & Light Workshop series, helps painters achieve that goal with: -13 step-by-step demonstrations covering [...]
Customer Review: Ok, but better for the more advanced
If you’re seeking guidance on painting portraits, Sanden’s method, or using his portrait oils this is NOT the book for you. You’ll want his newer “Portraits from life in 29 steps.”
Unlike the newer book, there are no full portrait demonstrations in this book, only [...]
The painting knife is a very expressive tool, capable of creating fine works of art with varying degrees of texture. Whether alone or in combination with a brush, painting with a knife keeps the colors bright and adds an element of spontaneity. Her you’ll find all the tips and techniques hat will make knife painting [...]
Through an array of demonstrations and inspirational images, a respected and successful painter reveals all his secrets for depicting light and mood, and bringing out the rich color of oils. Many artists don’t realize exactly how to use oils to create colorful and expressive paintings. These pages show them the way, with practical advice on [...]
With No Experience Required: Water-Soluble Oils, novice painters immediately achieve amazing results with a paint that’s easy to use, simple to clean, and safer than traditional oils. The third book in North Light’s newest series lets beginners get started today using this popular medium. Artist Mary Deutschman provides: -An introduction to [...]
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Tribal art Warli paintings Asian decor come from Maharashra state in the western region of India. Nestled at the foot of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, India, is the settlement of an ancient tribe known as the Warlis. These tribal people, who survive on forest produce and worship nature, have carved an international niche for [...]
The Basics (Volume 1): The Great Watercolor Primer!
Covers Paints, suggested palette; brushes; paper; supplies; color mixing; basics of paint application; and more!
Intermediate (Volume 2): This will help you grow!
Covers different types of washes; composition; blocking techniques; painting on mediums other than paper; using Gesso, and more!
Advanced (Volume 3) The Things they never told [...]
The latest entry in the successful Serious Beginner Series. Now the world’s leading authority on oil pastel demonstrates, step by step, how you can become a master of this increasingly popular medium! Oil pastels are easy and flexible to work with, offering artists a virtually unlimited treasury of creative potential. They’re also considered a [...]
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Explore the simple techniques and practical tips for painting dynamic landscapes outdoors. When you are ready to take your hobby to the great outdoors, then you are ready for this comprehensive guide by Frank Serrano. Plein Air Painting in Oil will teach you everything you need to know to paint outdoors with oil, accurately portraying [...]
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North Light Books “Land & Light Workship: Capturing the Seasons in Oil”
Customer Review: Not very good art
Deibler covers the basics well, but his pictures clearly demonstrate that a lot more is needed than the basics. I suppose this is a matter of personal taste, but to me his pictures are cliched and obvious, his [...]
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Perfect for learning big techniques on a small scale *How to incorporate painting techniques onto a tiny canvas *Includes 12 step-by-step demonstrations The perfect book for any artist with limited space to paint, limited funds for supplies, or physical restrictions, Big Art, Small Canvas gives readers the techniques they need to create [...]
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With two popular mediums and a favorite topic, Dramatic Light is sure to become a staple on every artist?s bookshelf. This guide shows painters how to capture the elusive quality of light and make their work glow from within. Highlights include: -Instruction in both watercolor and oils -23 step-by-step [...]
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With two popular mediums and a favorite topic, Dramatic Light is sure to become a staple on every artist?s bookshelf. This guide shows painters how to capture the elusive quality of light and make their work glow from within. Highlights include: -Instruction in both watercolor and oils -23 step-by-step [...]
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