ENCYCL OIL PAINTING TECHNQS

This book presents a step-by-step visual directory of key oil painting techniques. In the A to Z section of the book, Jeremy Galton, a practicing painter, explains how to build up a painting, how and when to work wet into wet, and how to make your brushwork describe forms and textures. He also provides a wealth of stimulating ideas such as combining oil paints with other media, mixing paint with sand and sawdust and applying it with knives, rags or the fingers. In the second part of the book, Themes, it presents the techniques in context. Illustrated with a gallery of paintings by well-known artists as well as informative step-by-step demonstrations, it shows how each artist applies his or her knowledge of oil painting techniques to the interpretation of a subject, whether landscape, portrait or still life.