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Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner

Author : Claire Watson Garcia
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0823099474
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner by : Claire Watson Garcia

Download or read book Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner written by Claire Watson Garcia and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author’s successful courses and workshops, Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner really does start at the beginning, helping new painters find "what works" while providing information on all the necessary tools, tips, and techniques they’ll need to create a representational painting. The chapters follow a progressive sequence that teaches basic skills through practical, accessible exercises–how to handle a brush, achieve the right paint consistency, mix color, and create dimension–building a solid foundation that readers can rely on as painting projects grow more challenging. A special feature is the artwork and commentary of real students, which helps beginners set realistic goals and shows them how other artists at the same level of experience have worked through inevitable setbacks to achieve success.

Oil Painting For The Absolute Beginner

Author : Mark Willenbrink
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440310459
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Oil Painting For The Absolute Beginner by : Mark Willenbrink

Download or read book Oil Painting For The Absolute Beginner written by Mark Willenbrink and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick-start guide to great results! Oil painting doesn't have to be rocket science, although some books on the subject make it seem that way. Filled with encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction, Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner is a no-fear, no-experience-required guide to enjoyable painting and happy results. Focusing on the needs of the first-time painter, this book covers everything from selecting brushes and setting up your palette to key principles of color and composition, presented in a way that moves you confidently from first strokes to finished paintings. • Mini demonstrations break down fundamental painting techniques in a clear, common sense way • 12 step-by-step painting projects progress from simple landscapes, still life and flower paintings to more challenging subjects, such as animals, seascapes and portraits • The bonus DVD-workshop features the author creating two paintings from start to finish You'll learn tricks for keeping the greens in your landscapes looking fresh, advantages to working with water-soluble oil paints, simple tips for dynamic compositions and other expert advice to make your introduction to oil painting the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

The Absolute Beginner's Big Book of Drawing and Painting

Author : Mark Willenbrink
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440337616
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis The Absolute Beginner's Big Book of Drawing and Painting by : Mark Willenbrink

Download or read book The Absolute Beginner's Big Book of Drawing and Painting written by Mark Willenbrink and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone can draw and paint, including you! Even if you have never drawn or painted before, you can start creating your own beautiful artwork. Let the Willenbrinks show you how! Beginning with materials and basic techniques, these pages will teach you everything you need to know to get started in drawing, watercolors and oil painting. Follow along with 75+ demonstrations and mini-demonstrations as you learn how to draw and paint a wide variety of subjects: people, landscapes, buildings, still life and more. Every essential art topic is covered, from sketching and shading to composition and color. Simple step-by-step instruction and many enormously useful lessons and tips will have you making your own masterpieces in no time! You may be an absolute beginner, but great results are absolutely within reach!

You Can Paint Oils

Author : Linda Birch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823059911
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (599 download)

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Book Synopsis You Can Paint Oils by : Linda Birch

Download or read book You Can Paint Oils written by Linda Birch and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only oil painting reference you'll ever need! This one-stop guide is packed with simple exercises and easy-to-understand techniques that will give even the most hesitant beginners the confidence they need to pick up a brush and get started.

Pastels for the Absolute Beginner

Author : Rebecca de Mendonça
Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1781268347
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (812 download)

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Book Synopsis Pastels for the Absolute Beginner by : Rebecca de Mendonça

Download or read book Pastels for the Absolute Beginner written by Rebecca de Mendonça and published by SearchPress+ORM. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the limitless possibilities of pastels with this beginner’s guide to creating modern, lively, and colorful pastel artwork. Artist and teacher Rebecca de Mendoça offers beginners a complete course in using pastels. Step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you to build the essential skills you need to paint a range of subjects, including landscapes, still life, portraits, and animals. Vital drawing techniques are explained and demonstrated, along with easy-to-follow explanations of color theory, composition, and the pastels themselves. This volume includes techniques for using both hard and soft pastels, eight skill-building projects, and a wealth of finished artwork to provide ideas and inspiration.

Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner

Author : Charles Evans
Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1781264155
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (812 download)

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Book Synopsis Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner by : Charles Evans

Download or read book Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner written by Charles Evans and published by SearchPress+ORM. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, accessible course in landscape painting with acrylics from a seasoned artist and teacher. Author Charles Evans’s no-nonsense techniques and engaging writing style bring acrylic painting within the grasp of anyone keen to dive into this versatile and popular medium. The book begins with excellent advice for the beginner, including easy drawing for painting, composition, easy perspective, light and shade, color, and how to use acrylics with different painting styles. There are six full step-by-step painting projects ranging from simple skies to snowy landscapes with horses, each of which is supported by additional exercises and techniques. The step-by-step projects allow aspiring artists to put into practice their new-found skills, and produce six stunning paintings of their own, in a range of styles. A pull-out outline drawing is provided for every project, and Charles shows how to transfer these onto the painting surface. Charles’s irreverent style makes learning to paint with acrylics easy and fun.

Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner

Author : Palmer
Publisher : Search Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 180093047X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner written by Palmer and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner

Author : Mark Willenbrink
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440311447
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner by : Mark Willenbrink

Download or read book Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner written by Mark Willenbrink and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open this book as an absolute beginner, and come away as a proud portrait artist. Mark and Mary Willenbrink's Absolute Beginner books have helped thousands of novices tap into their inner artists. In this book, Mark and Mary help the beginning artist take on portraits, showing that absolutely anyone can draw faces. Their encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction style makes learning fun—you'll be amazed by how quickly you achieve impressive results. Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner covers everything from warming up with sketches, and capturing facial expressions, to framing your finished work. Page by page, you'll build the skills and confidence you need to draw lifelike portraits of your friends and family. What's Inside: • A simple two-stage approach to drawing portraits: sketch a likeness, then build up values to bring it to life • Step-by-step instruction for drawing eyes, noses, mouths, hairstyles, hands, glasses and other tricky elements • 13 complete demonstrations featuring a range of ages and ethnicities • Tips for evoking more personality in your portraits by using props, costumes and accessories

Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner

Author : John Elliot
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780823033119
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (331 download)

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Book Synopsis Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner by : John Elliot

Download or read book Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner written by John Elliot and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the serious beginner, this volume offers step-by-step advice on painting in oil pastels. Lessons progress simply from easy subjects and techniques to the more difficult and complex. First, artists learn how to use oil pastels to create traditional paintings in still landscape and portraiture. Then the author explores 12 specific experimental techniques, including impasto, washes and monoprint; stencil and screen techniques; and methods for combining pastel with soft pastel and mixed media.

Painting with Oil

Author : Gabriel Martín i Roig
Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764158940
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (589 download)

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Book Synopsis Painting with Oil by : Gabriel Martín i Roig

Download or read book Painting with Oil written by Gabriel Martín i Roig and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the materials and techniques of painting with oils, discussing colors and color mixing, thinning pigments, glazes, and other topics, and includes a series of guided exercises.

Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels

Author : Tim Fisher
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1782215506
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Book Synopsis Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels by : Tim Fisher

Download or read book Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels written by Tim Fisher and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to paint with oil pastels in this accessible book for the absolute beginner. Learn to paint with oil pastels in this straightforward guide to this relatively unexplored medium. Tim Fisher demonstrates how to use the oil pastels on their own, or in conjunction with acrylic inks and paints and watercolours, on a variety of surfaces to create beautiful paintings that will maintain their vibrancy for years to come. This Beginner's Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels features six full step-by-step projects covering a variety of subjects from animal portraits to boats, harbours and reflections, and introduces the reader to mark-making with oil pastels and using solvents for a textured finish. The book also explains how to preserve, keep and frame your oil pastel works safely.

How to Paint

Author : Angela Gair
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1620082993
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Paint by : Angela Gair

Download or read book How to Paint written by Angela Gair and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical step-by-step guide helps beginners quickly achieve immediate and impressive results. Thirty-eight step-by-step projects each illustrate a different painting technique, using watercolors, acrylics, or oils. Readers learn to paint landscapes, still life, people, flowers, animals, buildings, and more.

The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted

Author : Kathleen Staiger
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 0770434541
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted by : Kathleen Staiger

Download or read book The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted written by Kathleen Staiger and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren’t afraid—maybe you just didn’t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted, author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step lessons that build to reinforce learning. Brush control, creating the illusion of three dimensions, foolproof color mixing, still-life painting, landscapes, and portraits—every topic is covered in clear text, diagrams, illustrations, exercises, and demonstrations. Staiger has taught oil painting for more than thirty-five years; many of her students are now exhibiting and selling their paintings. Everyone from beginning hobby painters, to art students, to BFA graduates has questions about oil painting. Here at last are the answers!

Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner

Author : Mark Willenbrink
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440323356
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner written by Mark Willenbrink and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever experienced the peace of walking through the woods or the excitement of a storm gathering on a beach? Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner will help you capture these moments in artwork and share them others. In their fun and friendly teaching style, Mark and Mary Willenbrink offer a great beginner's course on drawing nature, showing you how to realistically capture the world around you. All you need to get started are some simple supplies, basic techniques, and inspiration. From field to forest, beach or mountain, begin with a structural sketch, apply values and textures, and, before you know it, you'll be drawing everything you see. You'll even learn how to render favorite wildlife such as chipmunks, deer and eagles! • Follow along with easy step-by-step demonstrations to draw rocks, seashells, butterflies and even more developed nature scenes. • Gain a working understanding of key concepts such as perspective, value and composition. • Discover simple tools and tips you can use right away to improve your art.

Oil Painting For Dummies

Author : Anita Marie Giddings
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118051998
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Oil Painting For Dummies written by Anita Marie Giddings and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!

Portfolio: Beginning Oil

Author : Jan Murphy
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1633224279
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Portfolio: Beginning Oil written by Jan Murphy and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning Oil's collection of step-by-step exercises and practice projects will have you painting lovely works like the classic masters in no time. Beginning Oil is a well-rounded introduction to the art of basic oil painting. This introductory guide to the medium describes and explains everything you'll needed to paint your own oil masterpieces, including tools and materials, color essentials and theory, design and composition, still life painting, landscape painting, painting en plein air, and more. There's no need to be intimidated by the prospect of painting with this classic medium. In Beginning Oil, the techniques are clearly explained and beautifully illustrated on each page. You will master key concepts with ease, and then put them into practice quickly. Dry, repetitive exercises on blank canvases are a thing of the past with Beginning Oil. Let this collection of step-by-step exercises serve as your instructor as you learn by practicing each technique within a larger work, making oil painting approachable and accessible and, most importantly, fun! The Portfolio series covers essential art techniques, core concepts, and media with an approach and format that’s perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists. Also available from the series: Beginning Acrylic, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Pastel, Beginning Colored Pencil, Beginning Color Mixing, Expressive Painting, Beginning Color Mixing, Beginning Pen & Ink, and Beginning Composition.

Landscapes in Oils

Author : Noel Gregory
Publisher : Search Press
ISBN 13 : 9781844483648
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Landscapes in Oils written by Noel Gregory and published by Search Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For people who want to learn to paint landscapesnbsp;in oils but are hesitant about their draftsmanship or their drawing skills, this inspiring and practical guide provides reusable tracings to set up five different paintings. Step-by-step photographs show how tonbsp;fill innbsp;each canvas; and because the tracings can be used again and again, they offer vital practice and quick results for artistsnbsp;and amateurs alike.