Brushwork Essentials: How to Render Expressive Form and Texture with Every Stroke

Weber, Mark Christopher

ISBN 10: 1581801688 / ISBN 13: 9781581801682

Published by North Light Books, 2002

About this Item

Inscribed by Mark Weber on the front end paper.topher.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brushwork Essentials: How to Render Expressive Form and Texture with Every Stroke
• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581801688
• ISBN 13: 9781581801682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art Iinstruction

About this title

Synopsis

Knowing how to use a brush properly is essential for effective oil painting. Brushwork Essentials shows artists everything they need to know to render a variety of elegant strokes, along with other exciting techniques like paint mixing and brush shaping. Weber makes mastering each technique easy. He provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions, step-by-step demonstrations and complementary artwork that highlights each brushstroke as it appears on the canvas. Readers will also learn how to use different strokes to achieve specific effects, such as lighting, shadowing and more.

About the Author

Mark Christopher Weber is an award-winning artist whose work appears in many corporate collections including Shell Oil, Marathon Oil, Grand Canyon Association and the Federal Reserve Building. He is also represented in galleries in California, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Japan. Mark lives in Kansas City, Missouri.