Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques

Develop your skills by learning the many oil painting techniques that can be used to make your work outstanding. Applying one method alone is not enough to create an interesting piece--here you'll practice all of the key ones. Take the next step by looking at other artists' paintings that demonstrate these techniques. Along the way you'll improve using tips that will encourage your artistic growth. Make your brushwork more expressive, for example, and get the best out of a landscape, portrait, or still life. Painting involves skill as well as artistic vision--learn the basics you need to express yourself on canvas.Galton, Jeremy is the author of 'Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques' with ISBN 9780806989099 and ISBN 0806989092.