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| Watson-Guptill Oil Painting Basics Oil Painting Basics: An Artist's Guide to Mastering the Medium |
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| Packed with handy tips and solutions to common problems, this easy-to-use guide works through the basics of oil painting. Helpful chapters on materials and techniques plus step-by-step instructions for more than 10 full-scale works show how to produce impressive oil paintings simply and with flair. Timothy Easton's inspiring examples and concise explanations show how to capture a rich diversity of subjects from jaunty boating scenes to luminous fields of irises. With this book, you can practice basic techniques including scumbling, dry brushwork and impasto, learn how to structure your composition using perspective and linear movement, discover how to paint details from nature, and express the different light effects of shadows, reflections and highlights. Paperback book measures 7 3/8 in. x 9 3/4 in., 76 pages, 25 black and white illustrations, and 76 color illustrations. ISBN 0823027120. Watson-Guptill. |
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