The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference for Beginners to Professionalsby Brian Gorst – Paperback: 128 pages; Watson-Guptill; (Jan 1, 2004)Best Seller Oils are perhaps the most versatile of all paint mediums. Yet for many artists oil painting is either shrouded in mystique or conside...
A veritable bible for beginners as well as an invaluable reference for accomplished artists,The Artist's Manualis a hands-on guide to hundreds of techniques for painting and drawing. This easy-to-use manual clearly explains the artist's essential tools and material—how to choose them, how to...
she paints in shadows as her first step, the opposite of the accepted method. She finds that shades of purple blend and disappear, leaving vivid, natural colors. (Old Masters, she contends, similarly used sepia as an underpainting in oils.) Limited mainly to floral still lifes, this should...