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, [...]
Customer Review: Great addition to my library!!!!
I AM NOT A BEGINNER BUT CAN SEE HOW ANYONE CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TERRIFIC BOOK. HE IS A MAREVELOUS PAINTER AND GREAT DETAILS ON HOW TO DO THIS. YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH FROM HIS ILLUSTRATIONS. I HAVE IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY AND LOVE TO USE HIS BOOK OVER AND [...]
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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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The first ever art book from DailyPainters.com! From around the globe, 146 artists gathered in cyberspace. We donned our best berets, and set out with our paintbrushes and easels in one hand, and our computers in the other. Our mission? To bring you the world, one brushstroke at a time. [...]
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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 [...]
A guide to painting realistic and expressive portraits in oils. The author creates seven life like portraits of a variety of people, using a step by step programme, and deals with topics such as the painting, proportion, and placement of features, as well as how to mix perfect skin tones.
Customer Review: good place to start
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Written in a clear style this detailed guide to mixing colour is full of recipes for getting just the right shade for all kinds of painting styles in oil based or acrylic media.’
Customer Review: A wonderful beginner’s book
As a novice, searching books for the best instructions, I feel as though I have found a gold [...]
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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 the artistic talent in everyone. Packed with practical information, helpful tips and fundamental [...]
Customer Review: A surprisingly good book
I ordered this book used. At first glance I was disappointed, but then I sat and read through it. It claims to offer a complete course on oil painting and it actually delivers.
This book is richly illustrated with color plates throughout. More importantly, the [...]
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 [...]
When it comes to capturing the beauty of the great outdoors, it’s the composition that really makes or breaks a landscape painting. Accomplished artist Barbara Nuss takes all the guesswork out of the equation with this indispensable guide. She shows artists how to simplify, arrange and refine what they see in [...]
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In this practical guide to color from one of America’s best known artists, color mixing is explained clearly. Oil and acrylic painters will learn how to put color theory into action. This book is a tremendous help to the artist struggling with color composition. 230 color, 15 black-and white illustrations.
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When it comes to capturing the beauty of the great outdoors, it’s the composition that really makes or breaks a landscape painting. Accomplished artist Barbara Nuss takes all the guesswork out of the equation with this indispensable guide. She shows artists how to simplify, arrange and refine what they see in [...]
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The allure of dramatic lighting in paintings is irresistible for both artist and beholder, but achieving the effect is another matter. In 10 full step-by-step demonstrations, five acrylic and five oil, Dorothy Dent reveals the techniques behind the magic of light-filled landscapes in a variety of light and weather conditions that are reminiscent of Thomas [...]
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Following the success of his first book, The Best of the Joy of Painting, Bob Ross gathered sixty more of his favorite paintings to create More Joy of Painting. Now available in paperback, More Joy of Painting presents each painting in full color, followed by detailed instructions and a series of black-and-white photos to [...]
Painting technique is a relatively neglected aspect of art history, although technique is vitally important in the development of painting styles and movements. In this volume, the techniques of 77 of the world’s greatest painters are examined in over 100 of their finest paintings. This comprehensive study shows the development of technique from the frescoes [...]
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Features the work of many bestselling North Light Books authors *No other current book focuses entirely on representing weather in landscape painting *Strong crossover potential for three popular media: oil, acrylic, and watercolor *Subject matter appeals to artists of all levels The most dramatic landscapes come to [...]
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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 [...]
Everett Raymond Kinstler Landscape Set…A native New Yorker who began his career at age 16 drawing comic books and hundreds of book and magazine illustrations as well as covers for paper back books. As one of the âgolden ageâ era of comic book artists his illustrations for magazines including The Shadow [...]
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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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