Gregg on October 14th, 2009

“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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Gregg on October 13th, 2009

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, [...]

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Gregg on October 12th, 2009

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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University Series 233 Short Handled Rounds…University is a range of good quality white polyester artists brushes with distinctive white tipped red handles. Stiff enough to use with oils and acrylics yet soft enough to use with watercolors and gouache University is a genuine all purpose range. The smooth fibers make smooth marks compared [...]

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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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Gregg on October 10th, 2009

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 [...]

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“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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Gregg on October 7th, 2009

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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Gregg on October 6th, 2009

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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Gregg on October 6th, 2009

Helen Van Wyk, one of the all-time favorite teachers of oil painting, was famous for her popular PBS television show, Welcome to My Studio. This book is a compilation of the most-asked questions from the late artist’s students over her 40-year teaching career. 125 illustrations, including 60 of Van Wyk’s paintings.
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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 [...]

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Studio Value Collection for Oil Painting This handy boxed set contains one 16oz bottle of Prima White Gesso one tube of 150ml Original Permalba White Oil Paint and one 16oz can of Odorless Turpenoid. It’s everything that you need to start an oil painting (except for the canvas of course!) This special pack is “value [...]

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Gamblin Galkyd Medium Thins oil paint and speeds drying time. Excellent for glazing produces an enamel-like finish. Thins with mineral spirits.
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Gregg on October 3rd, 2009

This set is ideal for beginners and professionals alike. It comes complete with six 12ml tubes of oil paint twelve large oil pastels three brushes two 6×9 inch painting boards one sketching pencil one eraser one sharpener one plastic mixing palette one plastic palette knife an [...]

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Gregg on October 2nd, 2009

*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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Gregg on October 1st, 2009

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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