The Artist's Handbook: A Step-by Step Guide to Drawing, Watercolour & Oil PaintingFrom simple first strokes to elaborate finished paintings, this complete guide leads the beginner through all the tricks and techniques an artist needs to know. The handbook features more than 250 pages of original, colorful, and simple projects. Novices will learn the underlying theory, master the basic principles, and benefit from helpful hints. |
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The Artist's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing, Watercolor and Oil ... Angela Gair No preview available - 2003 |
The Artist's Handbook: A Step-by-step Guide to Drawing, Watercolor, and Oil ... Angela Gair No preview available - 1997 |
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alizarin crimson apply areas blend bristle brush brown madder alizarin brushstrokes build burnt sienna cadmium red cadmium yellow canvas cerulean charcoal clouds cobalt blue coloured pencils conté crayons create dark tones darker detail drawing edges effect flat flowers foliage FOLLOWING COLOURS foreground French ultramarine frottage give gouache grey gum arabic hatching and crosshatching HB pencil Helpful Hint highlights indigo layers Leave to dry lemon yellow lightly line-and-wash drawing lines loose marks masking fluid medium mixture Naples yellow NEED Sheet oil painting OIL PASTELS orange outlines pale palette Pastel pencils pattern Payne's gray petals picture pigment pink Prussian blue purple putty eraser range raw sienna raw umber reflections round brush Rowney sap green shade shadows shapes sketch smudging stick strokes suggest technique texture thin tint touch trees ultrama varying vase vibrant violet warm wash WATERCOLOUR PAINTS wet-in-wet white paper yellow ochre