Oil Painting For Dummies

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Автор: Anita Marie Giddings; Sherry Stone Clifton

Название: Oil Painting For Dummies

Издательство: For Dummies; illustrated edition edition

Год: 2008

Формат: PDF

Размер: 9,1 Мб

Страниц: 321

Язык: Английский

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Nobody ever said that oil painting was easy. But it gets much easier and a lot more fun when you follow a step-by-step approach that starts you off on the right foot, helps you build your skills one at a time, and gives you plenty of exercises to develop your craft. That’s what you’ll find in Oil Painting For Dummies.

Completely free of arty jargon, this full-color guide has all the hands-on instruction you need to master the basics. You’ll see how to plan a painting, build an image in layers, mix colors, and create stunning compositions. You’ll also find everything you need to know about oil paints, solvents, and pigments; brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces; and how to keep costs down at the art supply store. Discover how to:

* Choose the right supplies

* Set up your studio and care for your equipment

* Handle your materials safely

* Develop your design and composition skills

* Make practice sketches and studies

* Use broken stroke, dry brush, glazing, scraffito and other brush strokes

* Try out different compositions

* Mix any color you want

* Simplify tricky still-life subjects

* Paint landscapes and common objects out doors

* Paint portraits and the human form

Complete with handy color chart, basic materials list, and a very useful viewing square, Oil Painting For Dummies is the fun and easy way to discover your inner artist!