The Oil Painter's Ultimate Flower & Portrait Companion

The Oil Painter's Ultimate Flower & Portrait Companion
Author: Patricia Moran
Publisher: International Artist Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Flowers in art
ISBN: 9781929834037

This guide gives novice oil painters clear, basic instruction for creating vibrant compositions of two favorite subjects. Moran discusses what materials they need and how to observe value, perspective, line and shape. Providing visual examples and hands-on exercises every step of the way, this guide helps artists grow accustomed to working with oils, from creating tonal scales to mixing colors. Artists will then apply what they've learned following 6 flower painting demonstrations and eight portrait painting demonstrations, including specialized instruction for capturing texture, skin tones and reflections.

A Year of Programs for Teens

A Year of Programs for Teens
Author: Amy Alessio
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838909035

Offers a collection of activities for every month of the year, including a photography contest and a "Love Stinks Chocolate Fest" for February.

The New Color Mixing Companion

The New Color Mixing Companion
Author: Josie Lewis
Publisher: Quarry Books
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1631595490

The New Color Mixing Companion is a modern, hands-on guide to working with color featuring approachable projects that each explore a different aspect of color mixing. In The New Color Mixing Companion, artist and popular Instagrammer Josie Lewis (@josielewisart) offers easy lessons and exercises on how to mix color and create exciting palettes. This comprehensive guide starts with a crash course in essential terminology and visual vocabulary, then shows you how to go beyond the wheel and basic theory with hands-on projects that illustrate and illuminate a variety of color elements and techniques. The materials used—including watercolor and acrylic paints, and found or purchased collage papers—are accessible, inexpensive, and readily available. Plus, this art guide includes easy-to-use templates featured in many of the projects; their modern geometric layouts yield stunning color arrangements. With The New Color Mixing Companion, artists, crafters, and designers of all skill levels will learn to take color in a whole new direction!

Alla Prima II Companion

Alla Prima II Companion
Author: Katie Swatland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2014-06-01
Genre: Painting, American
ISBN: 9780977829613

Alla Prima II Companion is a comprehensive guide outlining Richard Schmid's material, tool and techniques written from the perspective of his student Katie Swatland. The book offers full explanations of all painting preparations, with step-by-step images illustrating each process. Both Katie Swatland and Richard Schmid offer painting demonstrations with sequential images showing the developmental stages of Richard's paintings.

Eyewitness Companions: Art

Eyewitness Companions: Art
Author: Robert Cumming
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2005-10-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0756648440

This title covers all of the key movements in Western art history, from Classicism to conceptual art - and profiles more than 780 of the world''s greatest artists. Specially commissioned illustrations and photographs, written by experts in each field, using the award winning design of the Eyewitness Travel Guides, Eyewitness Companions are the ultimate visual handbook to a wide range of subjects! Text previously published in ART: A Field Guide