Step-by-Step Leisure Arts
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He explains all his techniques clearly, from the initial planning and composition of a picture, to choosing colours, scumbling, glazing, impasto and more. Dry brush work, and wet-in-wet are included, with clear and helpful text accompanied by inspirational paintings and over 60 step-by-step demonstrations. Whatever your skill level, you will be able to develop your own style with this informative, richly-illustrated book.
Using this versatile and easy-to-use medium, Michael Sanders shows you how to master water mixable oils - with hints, tips and guidelines on glazing, blending, scumbling, stippling, impasto and more. The paints work just like conventional oils and their consistency, lightfastness, transparency/opacity and performance allow artists to use them for all oil painting techniques.
In this book, Michael includes simple step-by-step demonstrations to build up confidence and to help improve skills. He offers expert guidance on the medium, showing how to create successful, vibrant paintings full of atmosphere and interest. Landscapes, flowers, buildings and more are included, providing an ideal guide and an inspirational introduction to these envioronmentally friendly paints.
He goes on to explain how tone, colour and composition work in a painting and shows how to use gouache to paint a landscape, wild flowers and a Mediterranean river scene. Experienced painters and beginners to the art will be inspired by his clear advice and beautiful paintings to try gouache for themselves.