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Van Wyk's Color Recipes by Helen Van Wyk
 In this light and lively guide, Helen Van Wyk, one of America's most beloved art teachers, shares her trademark color mixing recipes for oil painting. Covering all kinds of subjects, including florals, landscapes, portraits and still lifes, these highly praised recipes feature Helen's famous step-by-step instruction and friendly encouragement Ñ a winning combination for her thousands of loyal fans. Helen Van Wyk may well be considered the most popular oil painting instructor in recent times, and is best known for her long-running PBS series "Welcome to My Studio." Her unparalleled instructional books continue to teach and inspire artists of all skill levels. 144 pages paperback with 250 color images. |
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Painting Landscapes in Oils Achieving Depth & Distance By Kitty Gorrell
 Follow Kitty as she shows you how to paint 10 picturesque scenes from rich, rolling farmlands, to meandering streams and meadows. There are great tips and step-by-step instructions that will have you painting wonderful landscapes in no time at all!
This book shows how to achieve realism in landscapes by using the right colors and values for all seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. Each lesson is designed to show relative distance within paintings with colorful diagrams, photos and comparisons.
143 pages paperback. |
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Oil Painting Techniques: Learn How to Master Oil Painting Working Techniques to Create your Own Successful Paintings by David Lewis
 Oil Painting Techniques edited by David Lewis - Ten top artists show how to master the art of mixing colors and brushstrokes; how to render complete landscapes and countrysides, seascapes, sharp focus still lifes and the most intriguing of all, the human portrait and figure. 144 pages paperback with 200 color plates. |
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Oil Painting Secrets by Linda Cateura
 The classic oil painting style is presented in lessons based on the teaching of David A. Leffel of the Art Students League.
Among the topics covered are massing values, chiaroscuro, color and value, handling edges, and much more.
144 pages paperback with 150 color and 20 b&w illustrations. |
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Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light & Color by Kevin Macpherson
 Many artists aspire to create a vibrant, impressionistic style of painting. Master painter Kevin Macpherson has developed an effective approach to capturing nature's glorious colors and luminosity in oils, and here he shares his techniques in complete step-by-step demonstrations.
Following his use of bold, direct brushstrokes and careful composition, artists will learn to work in a loose, painterly style as they create spectacular oil paintings with rich, glowing tones. Kevin Macpherson studied with some of the country's best representational painters at the prestigious Scottsdale Artists' School, where he is now a teacher. If you've ever seen "Passport & Palette" on television, then I'm certain you will have seen Kevin demonstrate his techniques - he's truly an amazing artist and instructor. 144 pages paperback with 166 color images. |
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Land & Light Workshop: Capturing The Seasons In Oils By Tim Deibler
 All artists can capture the stunning beauty of the seasons with Tim Deibler at their side. He teaches readers how to understand light and truly see their subjects in step-by-step lessons that include:
* Ideas and exercises for mastering the four keys to any successful painting— shape, value, color and edges
* Side-by-side comparisons of the same scene painted in all four seasons
* Tip boxes in every section that provide quick and useful bites of information
* Five practical, hands-on strategies for starting any painting
It’s never been easier for beginning and advanced landscape painters to make their work more captivating! Tim Deibler is an accomplished artist whose work has appeared in the coveted Art for the Parks Top 100. He’s represented by several galleries. 128 pages hardcover with 20 b&w illustrations and 220 color illustrations. |
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Capturing Radiant Light And Color In Oils And Soft Pastels By Susan Sarback
 Oil and pastel painters will learn new ways of seeing and painting light and color. Readers will expand their color perception and learn to bring this new awareness into their paintings. The author uses the full-color seeing method, a way to see and paint color as affected by the surrounding light. The book contains examples and demonstrations of landscapes and still lifes so readers will learn how to interpret this method of seeing to any subject. 128 pages paperback with 300 color illustrations. |
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Problem Solving For Oil Painters by Gregg Kreutz - Recognizing What's Gone Wrong and How to Make It Right
 An experienced teacher tutors painters on how to (critique and correct their most frequent mistakes on canvas. This tutorial identifies nine common trouble spots in oil painting, and helps readers locate their problem areas. Illuminating, fully illustrated answers to questions about form, focus, composition, light, perspective, and color guide readers to finding, fixing, and avoiding such problems on future projects. New Yorker Gregg Kreutz teaches painting and is the author of the successful hardcover edition of Problem Solving for Oil Painters. 144 pages with 130 color and 40 b&w illustrations. |
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Oil Painting for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter by Steve Allrich
 This simple yet richly informative book presents the special materials and techniques unique to the oil painting medium. All the essential components of good painting--from basic materials and tools to the fundamentals of drawing, composition, values, and color mixing--are covered in easy-to-follow lessons. 144 pages paperback with 125 full-color illustrations. |
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The Oil Painting Book by Bill Creevy
 Without equal anywhere in print, this is the most complete, up-to-date assemblage of information on the full scope of oil painting materials available today, and how to use them to derive best results from the medium. This indispensable encyclopedia compares leading brands of oil paints, including such recent innovations as oil sticks, alkyds, and water-miscible oils; describes mediums, solvents, and varnishes; and discusses brushes, palettes, and other tools. Both traditional and unconventional techniques are demonstrated, including alla prima, wet-in-wet, drybrush, knife painting, impasto, glazing, and scumbling. Bill Creevy, the author of The Pastel Book, divides his time among painting, writing, and graphic design. His work has been seen in many solo and group shows in New York, Connecticut, and Louisiana. 176 pages paperback. |
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Oil Painting Workbook By Stan Smith
 This complete painting course for the beginner in ten easy-to-follow lessons is designed to make oils accessible to everyone. Principles and approaches are explained in a simple and logical way using practical examples, step-by-step demonstrations and illustrated with finished paintings. The book demonstrates the versatility of oil paint and how to take advantage of its slow drying time, which means that the paint remains flexible and mistakes can easily be rectified. Fundamental techniques are explained in a straightforward fashion, although readers are also encouraged to experiment, leaving room for artistic integrity. 128 pages hardcover with concealed spiral and 150 color illustrations. |
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