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Alwyn Crawshaw's Oil Painting Course
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Product Description
Top TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw helps the beginner to master the exciting medium of oils in the reissued paperback edition of this popular 29-lesson course. Starting with simple exercises on brush control and how to mix colours, Alwyn guides the beginner through all the basic methods and techniques of oil painting, explaining clearly each process and offering advice and encouragement at every stage. There are numerous step-by-step exercises and demonstrations throughout the book. Particularly useful for the beginner are the revealing sections on 'what went wrong', consisting of painting exercises which illustrate all the common pitfalls -- and how to avoid them. The book is divided into different sections, each dealing with a popular aspect of oil painting:* Getting started; Simple exercises; Working outdoors; Simplifying what you see; Painting from photographs; Demonstrations; Gallery
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #327101 in Books
- Published on: 2004-06-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
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About the Author
Alwyn Crawshaw has a huge following among amateur painters and has had 7 successful TV series on Channel 4. He was the Founder-President of the Society of Amateur Artists and regularly gives lectures and demonstrations to painting groups. He is author of 18 books on painting, all published by Collins.
Customer Reviews
Disappointing and non inspirational.
I had seen Alwyn Crawshaw's tv programmes and learnt something about using watercolour from them. Unfortunately, this book didn't help me get into oils at all. The exercises were just plain boring and uninspiring. I like this artist's style, it's quite expressive, but don't like his teaching methods.
Alwyn Crawshaw's oil painting course.
I had no idea what to buy or how to start. Never worked with oils before I needed to know the brush techniques, how to mix the colours, which brushes to buy etc. This book gave all that information in detail, with simple exercises showing how to simplify what you are painting, like water and clouds. Also explains how to get the shade in a picture, in fact lots more information in every day language. It has got me off to a good start, and i'm pleased with the results, money well spent buying this book.
