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OIL PAINTING (ART) sa BOTANICAL DRAWING & PAINTING -- OIL PAINT sa LANDSCAPE & NATURE DRAWING & PAINTING -- OIL PAINT sa OIL PAINT (ART) sa PORTRAIT DRAWING & PAINTING -- OIL PAINT sa STILL LIFE DRAWING & PAINTING -- OIL PAINT xx DRAWING & PAINTING How to care for oil paintings. Covers environmental considerations, routine care, cleaning, lining, and securing a qualified restorer. The impressionism of Frank Benson and how to employ his techniques to create sparkling color without sacrificing form. Includes tips on working procedure, palette colors, tone gradations, brush strikes and the handling of light. Painting into wet varnish to create a luminous inner light in oil paintings. Details preparing a rigid painting board, toning the surface and painting in layers. Includes suggestions on choosing a varnish and adapting the technique to alla prima painting. Using oil painting techniques with quick-drying alkyds. Tips on surface preparation for alkyds. Tips on reworking areas or making minor corrections on an oil painting that has been coated with varnish. How to create an underpainting for oils using acrylic paints and gesso. Tips on using red clay or pencil to make preparatory drawings for an oil painting. Textures in oil. A layered approach in oil painting that adds character to brick, wood, concrete and metal. Expressiveness in oil painting brushwork. Two solutions for striking a balance between monotony and chaos. Advice on painting over a primed canvas coated with safflower oil to create crackle. A technique for loosening up (sparking up) works in oils. Sketches with Conte crayon are overpainted with tinted gesso and transparent, liquid glazes. How to use oils and still meet quick deadlines. Techniques include the use of Bristol Board, ballpoint pen for transferring the sketch and a spray of fixitive between layers of color. Three other ways to effectively hasten the drying time of oil paint are also noted. Recapture Renaissance realism in oil paintings. A four-stage process for setting up the darks first, adding a toning layer, bringing up the lights with tempera, and finishing with color. Ten techniques for handling oil paint to create well-crafted works. Palette knife painting. How to control the edges, thickness and shape of knife strokes. Three ways to paint thin lines when working in oil. Using an acrylic underpainting and a limited palette to simplify and speed up painting in oils. Techniques for adding both the look and feel of texture to a painting. Painting "over the edge" in oils to create accuracy, volume and a natural look. Seven points for accurate oils. How to bring a painting closer to nature. Give oil paintings an emotional edge. Building mood from a Mars violet base. Advice on how to get a heavier, richer paint surface with stronger impasto in oil paintings. How to remove bloom on a varnished oil painting. The basics of oil painting. A guide to the tools and techniques needed to get started. A guide to traveling with oils. A description of equipment, organization and methods for creating and protecting wet canvases while you travel. Putting sparkle into oils. How to brush oils over a toned canvas to get the glowing look of light. Build a rich oil surface. How to give an oil painting a new dimension by juxtaposing different surface qualities. Constructive copying. How to decipher the work of the masters and improve your own painting by copying masterpieces. Mixing colorful grays in oil. A guide to painting sparkle into the gray areas. Advice on reworking varnished oil paintings. How to rework too-hard edges in oil to soften them. Keeping a painting fresh. How to make the accidents in oil painting work for you. Some exercises that help you practice being loose. How to apply oil paint to achieve crisp edges. Five steps to solid oils. The basics for paintings that capture the look and spirit of a subject. Hatching vibrant oils. How to build brilliance into artwork with small lines of color. Capturing the big look. How to put life into an oil painting by recreating the freshness of the sketch. Advice on using grisaille (an achromatic underpainting technique) in oil painting. Three ways to see and paint shapes and color in oil. Creating images by (1) "thinking" abstractly, (2) finding a catalyst, and (3) painting relationships instead of things. How to paint in both oil and acrylic by manipulating layers of translucent color so the finished work has the aura of an old photograph. A seven-step system for oil painting that involves the use of sweeping strokes with oversized brushes and templates to create accurate shapes. How to produce paintings that "glow." Exercises in monoprint, watercolor and oils demonstrate how to "pull light" from a dark ground. How to rework a small section of a finished oil or acrylic painting. Differences in working on a painting less than a year old and on one older than a year are explained. The pros and cons of painting oils into wet varnish or of using a layer of retouching varnish to "wet" colors on a painting to ease color matching from session to session. The techniques of "scumbling" and the Classic Multiple Layer Method are explained. Advice on glazing with oils. Some basics for getting a subject in an oil painting to look three-dimensional. A review of the "layers" in an oil painting and what each one contributes to a work's permanence. An eight-step oil painting process for observing and translating any subject in any painting style. Tip shows how to make a drying rack for oil paintings from a cardboard box with slots cut in each end. How luster, luminosity and iridescence contribute to the mood and setting in an oil painting. How to draw with oils as a way to generate spontaneity and creativity. Advice on surface preparation to ensure permanence when painting with oils on metal. Create highly realistic oil paintings with depth and luminosity by using a single, thin layer of transparent color and as little paint as possible. Oil painting basics. Information on materials, composition and painting techniques for the beginner. How to create a mood in oil paintings through the use of glazes. Tips on reducing brush "drag" while underpainting in oils. Suggestions for removing unwanted oil paint buildup. Making pictures tell a story. How to create stronger narrative paintings by the choice of interior scenes. Guidelines for avoiding cracking in oil paintings. Putting your colors to work. Four keys for transforming color-mixing theory into practical reality when working in oils. Lessons of the Impressionists. Advice on improving perceptions of color and how to apply oils using the "broken color" technique. A six-step guide to painting the Impressionist way is offered. Forty minutes to better oils. How to use preliminary sketches in planning an oil painting. Advice on applying a final coat (or sealer) over oil paintings. Creating parallel strokes of oil paint that let undercolors show through. Advice on brushmanship, brush shapes and bristle types. Color rub-in overpainting technique in oils explained. Tips for perking up dense, colorless shadows in oil paintings. Reworking dried oils. A description of problems that may be encountered. A summary of the types and causes of deterioration in oil paintings and restoration techniques. Advice against using paper for sgraffito painting technique. Exploring the mastery of Edouard Manet's work which bridged the gap between classical painting traditions and Impressionism. How to use the "gray mixing" process when working in oils. Glaze your way to deep, rich color. How to apply layers of semi-transparent oil paint on top of a dry underpainting. An explanation of a multiple-layering method to introduce full color over an oil grisaille (underpainting). An explanation of "blanching" and "blooming" in an oil painting, why they occur and what can be done to remove them. Clean color, clear light. How to use pure color in a oil painting to capture the movement of light over glass objects. Organizing oils for the outdoors. A list of equipment and other helpful hints. The simple truths about working in oil. An outline of the basic tools and techniques. Includes 20 tips for working safely with oils. Capture the colors of white. Tips for creating realistic white objects with oils. Getting the scoop on scumbling, a technique that can work in oil, watercolor or acrylic in which a semi-transparent layer of color is brushed over a darker layer of dry paint. Experience impasto. Two approaches to this texture-producing technique in oil paintings. Balancing art and accuracy. How to create accurate, but lively historical scenes in oil. How to even out matte and glossy sections in an oil painting and adjust the overall gloss. Advice on using mediums in oil painting for fat-over-lean painting. Gearing up for the great outdoors. An introduction to the supplies needed to paint in oil or watercolor outdoors. Restarting an oil painting after a year. How to prepare the surface so the new paint layer will bond properly. The many moods of light. Techniques for defining major light and dark shapes and using color to define depth and form in an oil painting. Tips on the "fat-over-lean" oil painting technique. Painting the Bob Ross way. An introduction to the wet-on-wet technique for oils. Mixed-media magic. How to combine acrylics with oils on the same surface to create exciting possibilities. Painting perfect lines. How to use a ruling pen to create lines with either oil or acrylic paints. Making the switch to oils. How to transfer acrylic painting skills to the oil palette. An oil painter's guide to preparing wooden surfaces for decorative painting. Covers sealing, sanding, staining, adding accents and spray finishes. Oil painting essentials. Five painting strategies for mastering the medium of oils. Tips on correcting common oil painting mistakes (using too much paint, going outside the lines and using the wrong color.) An explanation of how to dry brush using either acrylic or oil paints. Common problems and how to avoid them noted. Restoring oil paintings. The structure of an oil painting, how to line a canvas, stretching and cleaning, and applying a varnish coating. Tip: Use petroleum jelly to keep screw caps from sticking to tubes of oil paints. Tip: How to clean an old oil painting of grime, grease, and smoke by using half an onion. "Fishing Buddies" picture is painted in oils and features a boy and his dog fishing from a bridge into a canal. Intermediate painting level. Tip suggests how to depict stucco walls with cracks and bricks showing and with a rough texture. "English Cottage" oil painting. Includes instructions for decorating the mat with a tree and flowers in one corner. "Singing in the Rain" picture painted in oils features a duck spashing in a tub of water at the bottom of a downspout. | |||||||||
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