Art Instruction Book - OIL PAINTING - Water-Mixable Oils - by Sarah Wimperis
A beginner’s guide to painting in this vibrant medium, Water-mixable oil paints offer all the qualities of traditional oils rich pigments, buttery consistency, long drying times but with one remarkable difference, there is no need for solvents.
This book will encourage and inspire beginners and provide them with all the skills and knowledge they need to produce successful oil paintings.
It starts with an introduction to the medium, and explains what water-mixable oils are.
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Followed by several sections on materials, preparation (how to care for your brushes, storing your paints, and so on), colour (selecting your basic, or capsule, palette), mixing the paints and preparing your surfaces.
With six projects, the first explains how to explore colour in order to paint in the style of Vincent van Gogh.
There are then five longer projects that touch upon the themes of abstraction, still life, landscapes, buildings, and working from a photograph, all of which capitalize on the rich qualities of the paints.
Each project is accompanied by a clear list of materials needed as well as top tips and skills practised. interjected with useful anecdotes and words of wisdom garnered from her experience working in this vibrant and exciting medium.
At the end of the book, the reader discovers how best to store and transport finished paintings, especially if the paint is still tacky to the touch, and how to frame a painting for impact.
Table of Contents
- Introduction 6
- The qualities of water-mixable oils 8
- Materials and tools 10
- The paints 10
- Brushes 12
- Application tools 14
- Surfaces 16
- A space in which to work 20
- Easels 22
- From the studio 24
- Maintenance of your materials 26
- Colours and mixes 30
- Mixing colours 32
- Mixing the paints 35
- Mark-making 40
- Brushes 40
- Other tools 42
- Seeing things differently 43
- Projects 46
- Exploring colour 46
- Painting from a photo 54
- Painting an abstract 64
- Still life 78
- Landscape 90
- Buildings 102
- Troubleshooting 116
- Aftercare 120
- Storing your paintings 120
- Transporting your paintings 121
- Using a mount to crop your paintings 122
- Frames 123
- Glossary 126
- Index 128
Publisher: Search Press
Edition: BC Paperback
Publication: 24 May 2023
Size: 216x280 mm
Illustrations: 500
Pages: 128