The New Oil Painting : Your Essential Guide to Materials and Safe Practices
Here is everything you need to know about getting into oil
painting-and maintaining a safe, solvent-free oil painting practice-in a
slim, sophisticated guide.
Oil painting is an exciting and
adventurous medium, but aspiring artists can feel daunted by complex
setups and the thought of using harsh chemicals. All of that changes
now. The New Oil Painting walks you step-by-step through oil
painting fundamentals-which materials you actually need, how to mix
paint, how to set up your painting space-and, most revolutionary of all,
how to eliminate harmful solvents from your work and replace them with
safe, effective substitutes. This instructional handbook is organized
into chapters with helpful diagrams throughout illustrating various
techniques and tools. Whether you're a true beginner or have been
painting with oils for years, you will find that this book has
everything you need to build a new, thriving, solvent-free practice.
Product details
- Paperback | 176 pages
- 127 x 178 x 22.86mm | 340.19g
- 24 Jun 2021
- Chronicle Books
- San Francisco, United States
- English
- 1452184798
- 9781452184791
