Painting With Oils
by Michael Sanders
Most people's first experiences with paint involve watercolors of some kind, but these
unforgiving paints are not the best choice for a beginner. Much better to start with oils
- one wipe and you can start again, and if you have some pieces of hardboard and primer
you have some surfaces to paint on. If this sounds promising, this might be the book for
you.
You could hear me clapping loudly as I read what you actually need to start this hobby
in great (but briefly expressed) detail. The best choice of basic colors, basic set of brushes,
and even what you don't need are all included here. There are some good staged exercises
where you get to paint a variety of real subjects, plenty of mysterious terms explained
and how to start from scratch in each case. This is a real beginner's primer and by the
end I felt ready to uncap those paints and get cracking. I've got several books on this
subject, but to date this is the only one I've seen that really deals with the basics.
Highly recommended.
If you cannot find art supplies locally try searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers, and to buy books directly. |
The Book |
Search Press |
July 2005 |
Paperback |
1844480070 |
How-To Books/Painting |
More
at Amazon.com US
|| UK |
Excerpt |
NOTE: |
The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2005 |
NOTE: |
|