A comprehensive fully-illustrated guide to the popular painting media, with detailed illustrations of all the techniques, over 20 intensive projects, and 750 practical phtoographs.
Oil, acrylic and gouache painting made easy in a comprehensive, fully-illustrated step-by-step guide; describes all the materials and basic techniques such as mixing paint, brushstrokes, underpainting, working with alla prima, glazing, scumbling, impasto, drybrush and more, with tutorials covering popular subject areas from landscapes to still life, all shown in more than 400 photographs.