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Item Description Oil Painting A Direct Approach Joyce Pike North Light Books, 1988 Hardcover with dust jacket, 8-1/2" X 11", 152 pages Light wear on the dust jacket. Name penned on the endpaper. The book has no other significant flaws or markings. From the dust jacket: Here's how to create oil paintings that sparkle with clean, clear color, without muddy, overworked details —the kinds of paintings that have become Joyce Pike's trademark and have made her a successful artist and teacher. In her chatty, easy-to-understand style, Pike will lead you through every step of her direct painting method. She'll help you make important decisions before you pick up a brush, so you'll make every stroke count, keeping your colors clean, and avoiding the muddiness that can occur with layer upon layer of paint. Look over Joyce Pike's shoulder as she shows you how to establish value and color with a thin underpainting of acrylic, then use oils to loosely sketch in each object in your painting. She'll demonstrate how to block in an entire picture with just one layer of oil, then carefully apply each detail, then the finishing touches. By studying enlarged details of her paintings, and by following her step-by-step demonstrations, you'll learn how to apply Pike's direct approach to subjects in your studio, including still lifes and figures. Here Pike shares advice on how to select and arrange your subject, how to use a spotlight for dramatic effects, and how to compose a painting to tell a story or express emotion. Next go out of doors to paint landscapes and seascapes, and learn Pike's special techniques for mixing lifelike greens, for rendering the textures of rocks and the desert, for simplifying the perspective of boats and buildings, and for capturing the moods and motion of the sea. In all, you'll learn how to use pure colors and descriptive brushworks to create rich, radiant oil paintings. Shipping Domestic: Free International: $6.00 to Canada and Mexico. $8.00 to all other countries. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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