Record details

• ISBN: 081182537X
• ISBN: 9780811825375
• Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
• Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Starting to paint 14 -- Keeping a sketchbook 16 -- Collecting resources and references 18 -- Choosing your medium 20 -- Organizing your studio 24 -- Classic themes and approaches 26 -- Still life 28 -- Rooms and interiors 30 -- Buildings and townscapes 32 -- Painting outdoors 34 -- Landscapes 36 -- Water and seascapes 38 -- Figures and portraits 40 -- Wildlife painting 43 -- Imaginative painting 44 -- 2 What should I paint? 46 -- Curriculum 48 -- Painting three dimensions 50 -- Experimenting with paint 52 -- Interpreting color and pattern 54 -- Interpreting surface textures 56 -- Fish on a plate 60 -- Painting a bowl of fruit 64 -- Painting a vase of flowers 68 -- Painting a still-life group 72 -- Painting your room 76 -- Painting against the light 80 -- Painting a garden 84 -- Painting a landscape 88 -- Painting trees and foliage 94 -- Landscape on location 96 -- Painting skies and weather 100 -- Changing landscape 104 -- Capturing water 110 -- Painting a townscape 112 -- Painting space, depth and distance 116 -- Putting life into a painting 118 -- Painting a face 120 -- Working on the features 126 -- Painting a friend 128 -- Painting a person 132 -- Experimenting with poses 136 -- Figure painting in the studio 138 -- Painting hands and feet 144 -- Painting your pets 146 -- Getting your ideas onto paper and canvas 150 -- Composing a picture from imagination 152 -- 3 What are the Basics? 156 -- Color 158 -- Paints 160 -- Diluents 163 -- Mediums 164 -- Primers and grounds 165 -- Varnish and size 166 -- Brushes 167 -- Knives and accessories 169 -- Palettes 169 -- Canvas 171 -- Boards and panels 172 -- Papers 173 -- Painting techniques 176 -- Pastels 181 -- Drawing equipment 182.

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Painting > Technique.
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