Product Description

Wiley Publishers-Oil Painting For Dummies. Have You Always Wanted To Paint With Oil? Now You Can! This Friendly Guide Gives You 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 The Right Composition. And You Will Practice Your New Skills By Painting A Variety Of Subjects; From Portraits; To Still Lifes To Landscapes. Plus This Book Is Packed With Full-Color Easy-To- Complete Projects And Illustrations. Authors: Anita Giddings And Sherry Stone Clifton. Softcover: 303 Pages. Made In Usa.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63787 in Books
• Brand: Wiley Publishing
• Published on: 2008-01-18
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .75" h x 7.95" w x 9.97" l, 2.19 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

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• New
• Wiley Publishing

From the Back Cover
Packed with FULL COLOR, easy-to-complete projects

The fun and easy way to discover your inner artist through oil painting!

Have you always wanted to paint with oil? Now you can! This friendly guide gives you 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 the right composition. And you'll practice your new skills by painting a variety of subjects, from portraits to still lifes to landscapes.

• Choose the right supplies

• Develop your design and

• composition skills

• Practice sketches and brush strokes

• Set up your studio and care

• for your equipment

• Work on a variety of compositions

About the Author
Anita Giddings and Sherry Stone Clifton are award-winning artist-educators who have made careers out of teaching beginning artists of all aspirations.