How to Paint Like the Old Masters
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 082302671X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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PAINTING THE MASTERS---EXAMINING THEIR STYLE Robert Williams In this book, the author, Joseph Sheppard, a leading contemporary artist, shows in full detailed color demonstrations a variety of oil painting techniques perfected by the old masters of the 16th and 17th century, the golden age of oil painting.The techniques Sheppard describes are those of Durer, Titan, Veronese, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Hal. This is an excellent book if you have a little bit of painting This is an excellent book if you have a little bit of painting experience and are looking to 'carve out' the shadows and highlights. Goes through a step by step account of each master's style. I definitely recommend this if you are a painting or an art student.. Excellent but might not be the whole story The first thing that struck me as I browsed the book is the woeful quality of many of the images, with some being out of focus. This problem is also apparent in the other two books by Watson Guptill that I think compliment this one well. Kreutz "Problem Solving for Beginners" and Cateura "Oil Painting Secrets from a Master". If you are lo
With today’s resurgence of interest in Old Master techniques, this unique, practical, and inspiring book is sure to teach countless artists exactly How to Paint Like the Old Masters.. Generations of artists have learned from How to Paint Like the Old Masters, the classic volume that explores the techniques used by the great artists of the 16th and 17th centuries. Author Joseph Sheppard traces the artist’s working sequence, colors and mediums, surfaces and tools, as he creates a new painting. Now Watson-Guptill proudly presents the 25th Anniversary Edition. Each chapter is devoted to a different Old Master—Dürer, Titian, Veronese, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Hals, Rubens, and Rembrandt—and is divided into two sections