The Beginner's Guide Oil Painting: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials

by Angela Gair

It’s the medium of the masters—so join the great painters from Rembrandt to Pollack. You can minimize your expense by starting out with only the essentials and by comparing grades of paint, brushes, palettes, supports, and accessories to find the best value for your needs. A gallery of paintings by contemporary artists will inspire you to cover each step, from brushwork to underpainting

Genres: Art

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1998

About the author

Angela Gair is a painter and writer. She studied fine art at Sheffield Polytechnic in England and then spent several years painting in Italy, Spain, France and Switzerland. An art teacher as well as a practising artist, she has also contributed to art education magazines and has written several instructional art books.

Reviews

[Mirian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide for the very beginner.

[Pete daPixie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's all dead easy in this book!