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How to Paint: A Course in the Art of Oil Painting

How to Paint: A Course in the Art of Oil Painting


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This work presents a course in the fundamentals of light, shadow, modeling and colour. Every chapter features assignments, as well as "right" and "wrong" illustrations to show readers the pitfalls of ignoring basic rules. The book has three parts. In the first, students work with simple line drawing materials and only black and white paint. Chapters cover structural drawing, perspective, shape, value, light, shadows and modelling the four essential forms (cylinders, cones, spheres, cubes). Only with a firm understanding of how light and shadow logically define form - mastering what Foss calls the "form-building formula" - are students prepared to work with colour. Part two introduces basic colour theory and shows how to build convincing form with colour. This section features colour mixing assignments and step-by-step still-life lessons using limited colour combinations. Part three provides advanced colour theory and shows how to work with an expanded palette, as well as how to solve more complex colour problems. Composition, design and specific oil painting techniques (washes, glazing, scumbling, underpainting, brushwork, knife painting) are discussed.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 The world in black and white: Basic structural drawing; linear perspective in square objects; learning shape awareness; the importance of values; translating values into light and shadow; modeling the four basic forms; various light directions; the behavious of cast shadows. Part 2 The world in limited colour: Bedrock basics of colour theory; functional colour in realism; complementary colour sequences; more light and shadow observations; colour perception and harmony; analogous colour sequences. Part 3 The world in full colour: complementary colour wheel and colour solid; composition; design; more techniques in oil painting; colour in landscape; practical concerns for the emerging artist.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780823024568
  • Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 254 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0823024563
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 1991
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Course in the Art of Oil Painting


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