Oil on Canvas: The Ideas and Practice of Painting

Name: a fascinating book on how paintings are made
Item: Oil on Canvas: The Ideas and Practices of Painting
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by Keith Patrick

Keith Patrick looks at the mechanics of pain ting through the work of six well-known contemporary artists , including Ben Johnson, John Virtue and June Redfern. This book is both a manual for amateur... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0563383836

ISBN13:9780563383833

Release Date:January 2000

Publisher:BBC Books

Length:160 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 7.7" x 10.0"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography History & Criticism Oil Painting Painting

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a fascinating book on how paintings are made

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago

Each chapter starts with a historical introduction. Then a comtemporary artist explains how he/she prepared, executed and acheived the desired effect. Beautiful colour photos support the text. Perspective, brush strokes, colour,light, materials and tools and much more are covered in this book.

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