Oil Painting Essentials: Mastering Portraits, Figures, Still Lifes, Landscapes, and Interiors
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804185433 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Gregg Kreutz encourages learning to see with clarity and insight,and that’s exactly what this book achieves. This new book is rich and colorful with Gregg’s paintings,showing examples of what to strive for and what to avoid whenlearning to paint. The writing is wonderfully clear, providing manyinsights for solving the essential problems art students confront.”—DAVID A LEFFEL, artist and teacher. I’m an art observer,not an artist, but even I can follow—and admire—Kreutz’s logical,step-by-step approach to making paintings look better.”—PETER TRIPPI, editor-in-chief, Fine Art Connoisseur magazine“In Oil Painting Essentials, Gregg Kreutz expands on the teachingsand ideas that he brought forth first in Problem Solving for OilPainters
GREGG KREUTZ is an artist, instructor at the Art Students League of New York, and author of the classic instructional text Problem Solving for Oil Painters. He lives in New York City. His paintings have been shown in New York and in galleries across the country. Having worked as a painter and teacher for three decades, he is sought after for his nation
This comprehensive exploration of the conceptual and practical issues behind oil painting provides all of the tools and encouragement you need to successfully take on any type of oil painting.. Arranged by category, each chapter covers both the essentials specific to that subject matter and those that apply to all genres. Through step-by-step lessons and examples from his own oil paintings, Kreutz shows how you can strengthen your skillset for one genre by painting in another. An essential guide to the oil painting techniques that will allow
cheryl binnall said Great book. Great info and thorough. "A little disappointed in the book" according to MartoniA little disappointed in the book Martoni48 A little disappointed in the book. I thought it would be like his last book with more of an explanation on technique but it seems to be more of a philosophical concept on his paintings.. 8. A little disappointed in the book. I thought it would be like his last book with more of an explanation on technique but it seems to be more of a philosophical concept on his paintings.. This is an excellent companion to the original book Martin J. Crane I have a lot of books on painting and drawing, but I have always said that if I could only keep one, it would be Gregg Kreutz's "Problem Solving for Oil Painters." Now I have a problem--I have two oil painting books that I couldn't part with. This is an excellent companion to the original book, discussing concept and process essentials as