Fill Your Oil Paintings With Light & Color

by Macpherson, Kevin D.

• ISBN13: 9780891346876
• ISBN10: 0891346872
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: North Light Books

Summary

You'll find out how to see the colors of your subject accurately; mix clean, fresh color (including sensitive, subtle grays) from a limited palette; use light and shade to create an illusion of reality and to add unity to your painting; build a strong painting from the start by seeing the world as a mosaic of simple, interlocking shapes; and paint landscapes in a small format to capture their dramatic, rapidly changing light and color. Step-by-step demonstrations show you how to express your new color sense outdoors and in the studio. Complete with professional tips and tricks for painting en plein air, this guide will help you see nature in a whole, new, colorful light...and show you how to put it down on your canvas with confidence.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(1)
The Well-Equipped Painter	10	(4)
Mounting Canvas on Board	14	(3)
Seeing Color Accurately	17	(12)
Mixing Clean, Fresh Color	29	(12)
The Light Family and The Shadow Family	41	(12)
Simplifying Shapes For a Good Start	53	(22)
Still Life Painting: Indoor Challenges	75	(14)
Plein Air Painting: Outdoor Observations	89	(16)
Pochade Painting: Small and Beautiful	105	(14)
Studio Painting: Expanding Your Horizons	119	(20)
Conclusion: New Beginnings	139	(1)
Recommended Reading	140	(1)
Index	141