Galton Jeremy - The encyclopedia of oil painting techniques -
Oils are ideal for the beginning painter. With this volume of Running Press's Encyclopedia of Art Technique Series, the artist learns how to build forms and textures, discover the secrets of mixing oil with other media, follow step-by-step demonstration, and much more. More than 200 full-color photographs.
Oil paint is such a responsive and versatile medium that no two painters need use it in exactly the same way, and since its invention in Renaissance times it has never lost its popularity with artists. Amateurs also find it appealing, not only because it is enjoyable to use but also because mistakes can be easily rectified, yet in many cases mistakes would not occur if the individual had a sound knowledge of technique.
In the A-Z section of the book, Jeremy Galton, a practising painter, explains how to build up a painting, how and when to work "wet into wet", and how to make your brushwork describe forms and textures. He also provides a wealth of stimulating ideas such as combining oil paints with other media, mixing paint with sand and sawdust and applying it with knives, rags or the fingers.
In the second part of the book, Themes, you can see the techniques in context. Illustrated with a gallery of paintings by well-known artists as well as informative step-by-step demonstrations, it shows how each person applies his or her knowledge of oil painting techniques to the interpretation of a subject, whether landscape, portrait or still life.
Oil paint is such a responsive and versatile medium that no two painters need use it in exactly the same way, and since its invention in Renaissance times it has never lost its popularity with artists. Amateurs also find it appealing, not only because it is enjoyable to use but also because mistakes can be easily rectified, yet in many cases mistakes would not occur if the individual had a sound knowledge of technique.
In the A-Z section of the book, Jeremy Galton, a practising painter, explains how to build up a painting, how and when to work "wet into wet", and how to make your brushwork describe forms and textures. He also provides a wealth of stimulating ideas such as combining oil paints with other media, mixing paint with sand and sawdust and applying it with knives, rags or the fingers.
In the second part of the book, Themes, you can see the techniques in context. Illustrated with a gallery of paintings by well-known artists as well as informative step-by-step demonstrations, it shows how each person applies his or her knowledge of oil painting techniques to the interpretation of a subject, whether landscape, portrait or still life.
Contains practical advice on canvases, boards and painting mediums
Encourages the artist to explore new techniques
A gallery of paintings by well-known artists show different approaches to subjects.
Contains practical advice on canvases, boards and painting mediums
Encourages the artist to explore new techniques
A gallery of paintings by well-known artists show different approaches to subjects
Jeremy Galton is best known for his still lifes, completed with meticulous attention to colour and drawing. For him, the beauty of still life painting lies in the means by which the artist draws our attention to even the most banal objects, things we have all seen but never really looked at before. His approach considers the particularities of his subject matter, where the results are not generalised transcriptions of any piece of fruit, or any flower petal, but recreations of exactly those that existed in front of him when painting. In this way, his work allows for extreme scrutiny, where closer observation of his pictures only reveals detail previously unnoticed.
Jeremy was originally encouraged to take up painting by Anthony Green and Sir Kyffin Williams. He studied Fine Art at the City and Guilds of London School of Art under Rodney Burn, Bernard Dunstan and Diana Armfield among others. He has held a number of one-man exhibitions and his work is continually viewable in group shows in galleries across the country. He is the author of five art books including the best-selling Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques which has been in print since 1991. As a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) he exhibits at the Mall Galleries in London on an annual basis. He has won numerous awards and his paintings feature in a large number of international private collections including those of a number of well-known corporate clients.
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