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A troubleshooting guide for portraiture. Portraiture is often seen as the last frontier of representational art as every detail has huge consequences upon whether a portrait looks like the person depicted. The beginner need not venture far before encountering a possible minefield of problems....

The first step in Chinese brush painting is learning the technique. From the days of their common origin, Chinese painting and Chinese writing have been allied arts. They use the same equipment and share aims, techniques, and standards. This instructional book for Chinese brush painting on bamboo includes...

You Can Paint With Oils! An easy and fun introduction to landscape painting. Discover Oil Painting is a complete course on painting landscapes in oils. This fun and easy guide is loaded with time-honored methods, techniques and tutorials along with ways to tweak those ideas to suit your own...

Become a Landscape Painter There's a world of difference between painting what you see and conveying what you feel. Expressive Oil Painting shows you how to create engaging landscapes that capture a sense of light, depth, movement and above all, your own unique impressions of the world around...

Producing still life art is a popular pastime, for not only is the artist in control of the environment but also the subject matter. But a creative block may occur when it comes to rendering convincing orange peel, getting smooth effects for highlights, working under shifting lighting conditions or...

Acrylic Painting Step by Step guidelines To Learn FAST How to Paint with Acrylics Artist’s acrylic paint is a synthetic media which got to be broadly accessible in the early 1960s. The paint is made by blending color and acrylic binder with water, forming a lasting clear film when dry.  Acrylics...

Packed with beautiful illustrations and expert instruction, The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic is a comprehensive and indispensable resource for all aspiring painters. Designed for beginners and intermediate artists, The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic offers valuable drawing and painting...

Whether you are brand new to painting, or have experience with oils or watercolors, this book gives you all the helpful tips and techniques to get the most from painting with acrylics. Compared to other paints, using acrylics is somewhat new. They were more often used in industry until water-based acrylics...

Painting boats with watercolor can be exciting and challenging. Discover how to: - - simplify drawing boats. - harness the energy in the water. - use the character of wharves and jetties where boats are found. - use the figurative element for scale. - exploit the energy of your brush mark. - use the...

Basic Acrylic Instruction-Amazing Results! This resource is packed with the best of Lee Hammond's lessons and tips on working with acrylics, including more than 80 step-by-step exercises and demonstrations that will have you creating amazing paintings in no time flat. Success is easy-just follow...

How To Oil Paint - HowExpert Press & Manaal Javed If you are creative and you love to paint, then this guide can help you learn to express yourself through oil painting. New painters need to know the secrets of how to paint in the oil medium, and this guide will help your artsy soul to learn...

There is nothing more rewarding than painting with acrylics at home or in a studio. You can become fully absorbed in a whole new world that is never ending. One good painting leads to another when learn the ropes. It is a relaxing pastime that creates permanent artworks that can grace your home or...

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Art - Painting, grade: A, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (Department of Art and Archeology), course: History of Korean Art, 5 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In the Chos?n period (1392-1910), Korean landscape...

This workshop manual will catapult your results to pro status! Yes! You REALLY can paint like this! In a Real Art Lesson, you'll be right there, looking over my shoulder while I create 2 great paintings. (Learn how to paint realism in oils with artist Delmus Phelps) Thousands of people...