Paint like the old masters using the first book in many years to comprehensively cover the techniques of traditional portraiture. Seven step-by-step demonstrations show how to layer oil paint over a ...

Birds are inspirational subjects for any artist: the variety of shapes, colours, sizes, movements and contexts means that anyone with an interest in drawing or painting from life will find birds challenging and ...

Alla Prima:  A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting by Al Gury Alla prima painting features direct, expressive brushwork and a painterly, atmospheric surface. The author guides you through the ...

The equivalent of a foundation course in traditional oil painting for beginning to intermediate level artists, this in-depth book uses the still life as a practical way to master oil techniques. The still ...

Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts & Techniques Landscape Painting Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice by Mitchell Albala. With a focus on the challenges of landscape ...

NEW Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice by Juliette Aristides. In atelier training, young artists build skills while learning from experienced masters. Juliette shows how ...

Inside an art gallery, it is easy to forget that the paintings there are the end products of a process involving not only creative inspiration, but also plenty of physical and logistical details. It is these ...

Embrace the spirit of creative play, break out of your comfort zone, and take your art to a whole new level. In her follow-up to the popular Art Revolution, Lisa L. Cyr delves deeper into an inspiring range of two- ...

Bold Strokes: Dynamic Brushwork for Oils and Acrylics Bold Strokes: Dynamic Brushwork for Oils and Acrylics by Mark Christopher Weber Loosen up, load your brush and see how to paint thick, exuberant strokes ...

All the information you need to express your creativity in the most popular painting mediums-watercolor, acrylic, oil, colored pencil and pastel. Learn how to choose materials, orchestrate color and value for ...

This guide is an essential, all-in-one tour through the world's most versatile medium. Use any of more than 100 strategies to break through the boundaries of conventional painting and redefine ...

A leading British artist shows how he builds his colorful, atmospheric paintings using collage, acrylic paint and other media, from vibrant urban scenes to winter landscapes. He starts with paper collage, ...

Painting Accessible Abstracts is an inspirational and practical book that will help artists to paint in a less figurative way. Laura Reiter demonstrates different ways to approach an abstract ...

Free Expression in Acrylics by John Hammond   Paint creatively, find your own style and reach new levels of competence and confidence with this versatile medium. This book covers all the basic techniques for ...

Adding color to a canvas is both art and science. In fact, it's a discipline that can be explored and learned through the practical application of techniques that Al Gury has developed during his nearly 30 years ...

Painting the Impressionist Landscape: Lessons in Interpreting Light and Color by Lois Griffel Learn to reveal the beauty of nature by using color to express light. The former director of the Cape Cod School of Art ...

New Acrylics: Essential Sourcebook by Rheni Tauchid. This in-depth resource explores the vast array of acrylic paints and mediums available today. It documents many paint and medium combinations, showing how such ...

The New Acrylics by Rheni Tauchid Today's acrylics are the most adaptable art materials of the modern age, with a remarkably permanent and abundant palette. This sophisticated book shows how to handle acrylics and ...

Jean-Paul van Boxtel combines his talents as an artist and a photographer in this sumptuously illustrated guide to painting with acrylics. Covering all the latest trends in materials and techniques, this ...

Many artists find the move into abstraction a difficult and uncertain one because they lack the proper guidance needed to take this bold step. In this inspirational work ...