Collins Learn to Paint – Oils for the Beginner - Softcover

Crawshaw, Alwyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0004133447 ISBN 13: 9780004133447

Publisher: Collins, 1998

Synopsis

This beginner's guide to painting with oils is part of a series which offers step-by-step demonstrations, easy-to-follow advice and hints, and tips and techniques from working artists.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Each title in the best-selling 'Learn to Paint' series is written by a professional working artist and offers the leisure painter a personal course of art instruction. Here 'Alwyn Crawshaw' clearly describes all the basic techniques of painting in oils, and provides many practical exercises and step-by-step demonstration paintings.

· advice on materials and equipment
· how to mix colours
· basic techniques and methods
· help with composition
· how to varnish finished paintings

About the Author:

Alwyn Crawshaw has written over 25 books on art instruction, all published by HarperCollins. He has a huge following among amateur painters and has made 8 successful TV series on Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel, as well as many videos on painting. Amongst other acheivements, Alwyn founded the Society of Amateur Artists, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a past president of the National Acrylic Painters’ Association. He regularly contributes to Leisure Painter magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0004133447
• ISBN 13: 9780004133447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64