- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Collins; New edition edition (1 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0004133641
- ISBN-13: 978-0004133645
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 20.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 239,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this practical guide well-known TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw helps the beginner to master the traditional art of painting in oils. All the essentials are covered in a comprehensive course of 25 lessons.
Starting with simple exercises on brush control and how to mix colours, Alwyn guides the beginner through all the basic methods and techniques of oil painting, explaining clearly each process and offering advice and encouragement at every stage.
The book is divided into different sections, each dealing with a specific aspect of oil painting, such as how to get started, simple exercises, working outdoors, simplifying what you see, and painting from a photograph. Within each section practical lessons cover a wide variety of painting topics.
There are numerous step-by-step exercises and demonstrations throughout the book and a gallery of finished paintings at the end provides additional ideas and inspiration.
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Top TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw helps you to master the traditional art of painting oils. He covers everything the beginner needs to know in this complete course of 29 lessons, with many step-by-step demonstrations.
The course is progressive and really does start with the basics. Readers are encouraged to work through each lesson in turn, in this way gradually improving their technique and gaining in confidence.
Contents Include:
• 29 self-contained progressive lessons
• Simple exercises on getting to know oil paints and brush control
• Advice on colours and how to mix them.
• Basic exercises on sketching, measuring and perspective
• Hints on how to paint from your photographs
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Alwyn has done it again, he has produced another essential guide in an artistic medium, this time oils. I have closely followed Alwyns books, videos and general teachings for over 10 years and found them invaluable so i was very interested to see what this offering was like when i started to take up oil painting. The book is set in the same manner as Crawshaws watercolour painting course and is composed of 29 self contained lessons so that even the total beginner can start using the paints straight away. The book begins with that most indespencible guide to the array of materials you need to begin oil painting such as brushes, paints, painting surfaces, mediums and easels then goes into brush techniques and control and what can your brushes actually do. There is a simple but still well explained colour theory lesson using only the three primary colours then goes into lessons on form and shape to achieve 3D effects in your paintings and tonal studies. In part two of the book starting at lesson 8 you actually begin to paint simple pictures using just three colours, the first is a simple parsnip, you just need to follow the simple step by step directions and viola you have your first painting that is guaranteed to be a success. Other objects to paint in this lesson are half an apple, a stetson and a fish. Part three of the book is how to work outdoors and this includes the importaint lessons on perspective,measuring and sketching. Part 4 of the book is about simplifying what you see for example, landscapes, foregrounds, trees, water, reflections, boats, skies,buildings and animals. Next Alwyn demonstrates how to paint from photographs and what to put in and more importaintly what to leave out. The final section of the book is full step by step demonstrations of actual scenes to paint. Demonstration 1 is a snow landscape, demonstration 2 is a seascape, number 3 is a half hour excersise of a group of people in a rowing boat and the final demonstration is a still life consisting of a bunch of flowers in a teapot. Finally the end of the book as usual is Alwyns personal gallery of oil paintings. In all i found this book a joy to read, Alwyns text is in a very informative and relaxed style you can easily read this book and totally enjoy it even without touching your paints. I found the 27 lessons easy to understand and i also found them to be logically thought out. I can wholly recommend this book to anyone who is remotely interested in trying oil painting.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Anyone can learn to paint with this book
14 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
Mr. Crawshaw is an artist/ author with a very conversational, encouraging tone. He makes you believe you can really learn to paint, and well. (This book is best for beginners in this medium, but has excellent hints and tips throughout for the more experienced soul.) This book guides you step by step through familiarity with the sometimes intimidating techniques of oil paint. Most every (short) chapter is chock full of practical hints and tips, and there is usually some sort of interesting painting exercise that turns out so good (if you do it) that you will be thoroughly hooked and inspired!!! i have checked this book out of our library four times, and I am finally on here to buy my own copy. there are oil paint smudges on the library book from me, and others, who have loved the book. this book also contains a lot of information on painting out of doors and simplifying what you see. this book will be loved especially by those that prefer an Impressionistic style. Love, love this book!
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