“The Pastel Painter’s Pocket Palette” includes pages of easy-to-follow color-mixing charts, special mixtures for greens and flesh tones, how to achieve brilliant colors, and more.
Customer Review: Would be great but…
This little book would be invaluable except for the fact that the colors are from the Daler-Rowney range of oil paints, which is a student grade [...]
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FREE SHIPPING on this item when you purchase 2 or more Canvas Prints from ClassicPix.com, any size — mix or match. This high quality, durable Canvas Print measures 24″ x 36″ and arrives ready to hang with all necessary hardware already fastened. The Canvas Print is stretched over a sturdy wood frame for maximum stability [...]
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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 artistic talent in anyone. Packed with practical information, helpful tips, [...]
Customer Review: it teaches you to paint
I really like this book because it is teaching you how to paint impressionist style.
It shows how you can any photo turn in to masterpiece of your own and not how to make a copy.
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Hand painted oil reproduction of a famous Kandinsky painting, Untitled. Today it has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail, color-by-color to near perfection. Its brilliantly colored geometric shapes and lines give it a very modern look. Why settle for a print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a fine gallery reproduction oil painting?
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Customer Review: it teaches you to paint
I really like this book because it is teaching you how to paint impressionist style.
It shows how you can any photo turn in to masterpiece of your own and not how to make a copy.
Yes, It’s [...]
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This high-quality 20X24 canvas meets the exacting standards of Winsor & Newton, a respected name in the manufacture of art materials since the early 1800’s. Stretched by hand onto kiln-dried beveled stretcher bars and staple free on the edges for display even without a frame, this 8 ounce cotton duck material will work perfectly with [...]
“Home Artist” is an accessible and easy to follow course for anyone interested in developing their artisitic abilties using different types of media. The book includes projects using pencil charcoal, pastel, watercolour, acrylics, and oil paints. There are also sections devoted to more general subjects, covering everything from preparing the paper or canvas, and mixing [...]
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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 [...]
20″ X 24″ Oil Painting On Canvas Hand painted oil reproduction of a famous O’Keeffe painting, Black and Purple Petunias. The original painting was created in 1925. Today it has been carefully recreated detail by detail, color by color to near perfection. Georgia O’Keeffe’s ability to capture [...]
20″ X 24″ Oil Painting On Canvas Hand painted oil reproduction of a famous Monet painting, Water Lilies (Yellow Hue). Today it has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail, color-by-color to near perfection. While Monet successfully captured life’s reality in many of his works, his aim was to analyze [...]
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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In this utterly original book, Anita Albus tells the story–in the birth and triumph of oil painting, the creation of perspective, and the very nature of paint itself–of how, when, and why the eye became king of all the senses. Albus’s subjects are the inventors [...]
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This high-quality 16X20 canvas meets the exacting standards of Winsor & Newton, a respected name in the manufacture of art materials since the early 1800’s. Stretched by hand onto kiln-dried beveled stretcher bars and staple free on the edges for display even without a frame, this 8 ounce cotton duck material will work perfectly with [...]
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.
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*Cats and dogs are two of the most popular animal subjects for painters, but good reference material is often hard to find. This book provides ideas and solutions for making better paintings *Quick visual resource for painting major breeds and mixed-breed looks *Provides [...]
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Modern abstract art painting HAND PAINTED OIL ON CANVAS. This is a Buddhist Sutra meditative chant. Chinese calligraphy paintings. Art of Chinese calligraphy is an abstract art. In ancient China, Chinese calligraphy paintings were the most highly appreciated Chinese artwork. Chinese painting and calligraphy was thought to be the highest and most refined form of [...]
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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 [...]
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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