Oil Painting For Dummies

Oil Painting For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470182307
Publication Date: 18 January 2008

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.

In this work, 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; and, 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!