In this comprehensive course of instruction well-known painter and teacher, Alwyn Crawshaw, helps you to master the popular art of oil painting. Everything the beginner needs to know about the exciting medium of oils can be found in this practical and inspirational oil painting course.
There are 29 lessons and readers are encouraged to work through each one in turn, in this way gradually improving their technique and gaining confidence. 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.
Once readers are familiar with all the different oil painting techniques and have developed their practical skills, they are shown how to tackle the specific problems of painting outdoors. For example, Alwyn explains how to portray trees, water, sky, buildings, boats, animals and people convincingly. He also demonstrates how to work successfully from photographs.
Particularly useful are the revealing sections on 'what went wrong'. These consist of a number of different painting exercises which illustrate all the common pitfalls - and, most importantly, show how to avoid them. The final section of the book contains a series of step-by-step painting demonstrations, together with full instructions, and an inspirational gallery of finished oil paintings.