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9788481852301

Start to Learn Oil: The First Steps to Get Started in Oil Painting

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  • ISBN13:

    9788481852301

  • ISBN10:

    8481852309

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-01-01
  • Publisher: Atrium Arto Editorial
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Summary

This book presents the basics of oil painting with succinct and concise technical explanations, backed up by illustrations and many step by step exercises. Illustrated in four-color throughout.

Table of Contents

Oil colors. The First Steps
6(12)
Paints
Opening the tubes
Putting the paint on the palette
Picking up the color
Trying out the color
The support and the space
Holding the brush
Halfway up
In the palm of the hand
Like a pencil
From the tip
Step by step exercises
Mixing colors
18(14)
A dense, opaque medium
Colors and the palette
Harmonious ranges
The warm range
The cool range
The range
Lightening and darkening
Lightening a color
Darkening a color
The color of the objects
Step by step exercises
Oil color Strokes
32(12)
Brushstrokes
Drawing lines
The first strokes
Strokes and masses
Different strokes for each zone
The first color masses
Contrasts and dense strokes
Pure colors and controlled strokes
The finish
Step by step exercises
The Properties of the Oil Color Stroke
44(10)
Thick on thin
Progressive thinning
Not using charcoal
Applying dense strokes
One stroke next to another
Quick strokes
Color masses
Covering all the surface
Detailed strokes and the finish
Step by step exercises
The Cool Range
54(12)
How oil colors dry
From thinned to thick
Denser layers
Detailed strokes
The stroke direction
Color masses
Superimposing strokes and tones
Doing color masses
Balancing complementary colors
Using colors for the planes
Step by step exercises
More About Oil Color Strokes
66(12)
The stroke form
Blending colors
Touches with the brush
Progressive color changes
Dragging the brush
Using several brushes
Brushes for covering different zones
Texture strokes
Strokes with small brushes
Successive brushstrokes to paint a plane
Blending in the first step
Going over one stroke with another
Drawing properties of the stroke
Step by step exercises
Color Masses in the Picture
78(12)
Superimposing colors
Color masses without detail
Direct mixing on the picture
The importance of the oil color ground
From general to specific
Forms lose detail in the color masses
Opacity means light can go on top of dark
Detail at the end
The form is drawn as you paint
The drawing marks the form
Do not be afraid to paint
Step by step exercises
Light and Shadow in Oil Painting
90(12)
Light tones and dark tones
Study the model
Coloring with charcoal
The first strokes
Separating tones
Differences between the shadows
The compositional study
Contrast
Differences between shadows
The final contrasts
Step by step exercises
Colorism. Complementary Colors
102(12)
The optical effect
Complementary couples
Complementary contrasts
Planning the picture
Chromatic contrasts
Small points of complmentary light
The color base
Greens and reds
Contrast and tone with complementary colors
The form is reinforced by the background
Alternating color masses
Controlled use of complementary colors
Correcting colors
Balancing complementary colors
Step by step exercises
Staining the Planes
114(12)
Plane definition in oil colors
The initial treatment
The principal plane and the background
Recourses of plane separation
Increasing the contrasts in the principal plane
The form contours and color change
Fading out the forms in the background
Relationship between the light and plane depth
The lights and the foreground
Color masses in the middle ground
Separation using highlights
Color in landscape planes
Oil colors easily insinuate forms
A photographic effect
Step by step exercises
Mixing Directly on the Painting
126(12)
Text mixes
Easier to darken than to lighten
Using the brush to mix colors
Dragging the brush over the fresh color
Control the paint load
Darkening bright colors with complementary
colors
Paint, mix, and draw at the same time
Colors from the same range
Effects of painting directly
Step by step exercises
Color Values
138(10)
A few notes on the materials
Trying out the brush
From chiaroscuro to intense color values
The light zones and the shadow zones
Blending two tones in the same direction as the plane
Caressing the color
Adding other tones
The final blending
Brightness and tones in the color values of the figure
Dark priming and the drawing
Flesh and color values
Softening the finish
Step by step exercises
Oil Colors: Light on the Objects
148(10)
How the colors change with the light
The position of the object and the light direction
Distance between the object and the light source
Brightness and color saturation
Striking highlights
Blending bright colors
Accelerating the drying
Cobalt siccative
Applying glazes
Step by step exercises
Glazes
158
The classic procedure
Why glazes are used
What is necessary to paint with glazes?
The importance of the drying
Glazes by dragging
The initial color
Dark transparencies
Applying a half-tone glaze
A sensation of volume
Isolating the brightest zones with glazes
Glazed contrasts
Glazes and color
Painting dark zones to mark out light areas
Color as the ground for the glaze
Glazes which nuance the background
Alternating glazes and opacity
Unifying the glazes
Step by step exercises

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