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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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 [...]
Continue reading about Creating Impressionist Landscapes in Oil
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 [...]
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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*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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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 [...]
This reference book for art students, teachers, and professionals presents examples of finished paintings, as well as color charts that demonstrate color mixing as it applies to watercolors, acrylics, and oils. Students learn how to choose and mix colors to produce the maximum color range from the minimum number of paints. The book starts with [...]
With the Quick Reference Series, painters who need fast instruction and inspiration finally have the perfect resource. And with Trees & Foliage, they now have the broadest collection of sample trees, shrubs, leaves, and grasses available on the market. Regardless of experience, readers will benefit from:
* Easy-to-follow directions with over 350 color photos providing step-by-step [...]
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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 [...]
Internationally acclaimed oil painter Robert Hagan reveals his personal easy-to-learn techniques for creating sensitive, impressionistic paintings. In his no-nonsense way, Hagan demystifies the oil painting process. Artists, no matter their level of experience, will be able to create enchanting paintings almost immediately using Hagan?s unique “placement theory” and simple color system [...]
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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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 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 [...]
This latest addition to the popular Painter?s Quick Reference series tackles a perennially favorite subject matter–landscapes. With instruction for acrylic, watercolor and oil painters, this guide: -Gives readers countless ideas for gorgeous landscape elements, from the perfect trees and shrubs to clouds, skies, hills, mountains, flowers, water and more [...]
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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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According to Helen Van Wyk, the number three is fundamental to many of the arts. In music, for example, many compositions are made up of three movements; in drama the number of acts written by playwrights is usually three. It is also so in painting, Helen says in this enlightening video. She goes on to [...]
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In complete step-by-step demonstrations painted in oils on canvas, popular painter Dorothy Dent shows you how to create romantic country scenes in all seasons. From pastoral farmlands to breathtaking mountain vistas, woodland streams to historic old mills and coastal lighthouses, clear photos show how to achieve consistent highlights, shadows, light and dark contrast and textures [...]
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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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