Classics of Painting Techniques Translation Series -- Detailed Explanation of Oil Painting Technique Difficulties

Author: [USA] Greg Croy
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Publish Date: 1997-05-01
Features: Brief Introduction
Brief Introduction: When learning oil painting, if you can ask the right questions and have someone help you solve your difficulties, you will progress faster. In this book, renowned American oil painter Greg Croy combines a large number of exquisite works to precisely and thoroughly address nine recurring aspects of his painting career—concepts, forms, brightness, light, shadows, depth, volume, color, and pigments—with the various challenges they present. These challenges are not minor fixes but rather the difficult and essential problems that must be solved from sketching to completion when creating a painting. The painter uses his own efforts to tell you that effortless work is not the hallmark of true art. In fact, true art often results from overcoming various difficulties. The painter also uses his own success to encourage you that oil painting techniques can be learned through continuously solving problems, and they are not a gift from the gods. This book is suitable for professional painters, amateur painters, and students and teachers of art schools.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Concepts
Forms
Brightness
Light
Shadows
Depth
Volume
Color
Pigments