Books and Media - Oil Painting

Learn the secrets of composition and technique that seasoned artists use to create beautiful landscapes. These guidebooks, from the Walter Foster "How to Draw and Paint" series, have motivated thousands of aspiring artists.

Learn big techniques on a small scale. Joyce Washor offers all the guidance needed to succeed at creating small paintings. Learn how to scale down subjects to fit on small canvases, and how to frame and market finished paintings.

Techniques for painting trees, skies and water. Compiled from three best selling volumes. Has 135 step-by-step lessons and reference photos. Also 60 demos, 600 color graphics. Authors are S. Allyn Schaeffer and John Shaw.

This book is a valuable, practical color resource guide for any oil or acrylic artist. Follow four simple steps to mix more than 450 color combinations.

This book is a valuable, practical color resource guide for any oil or acrylic artist. It contains recipes for more than 500 color combinations, including master mixes for many skin, hair, eye, and lip variations. A plastic color mixing grid is included.

Learn the basics with this overview of oil painting — tools and materials, colors, techniques, light and shadow effects, landscape painting, figure and portrait painting, still-life, and much more. Editor — Marian E. Appellof. Paperback. 256 pages.

Learn oil painting techniques from these modern experts. Discover how they use light and dark values, and strong and weak colors, to create variety and interest.

Go on location with respected oil painter, Kevin D. Macpherson, and learn to translate field notes into fully realized studio paintings. Kevin offers insightful commentary on poetic landscapes that capture the spirit of being there.

This fundamental guide to creating oil paintings offers practical hints and tips on artist’s tools, techniques, and instruction in all aspects of oil painting. Topics covered include stretching canvas, color mixing, brushwork, composition and much more.

In this indispensable guide, award winning artist and instructor Elizabeth Tolley draws on her expansive knowledge and experience to answer 100 of the most pressing questions artists have about painting the landscape in oils .

Start with the basics, including the fundamentals of drawing. Easy-to-follow lessons and examples (with 125 color illustrations) cover the essential components of good oil painting. Basic materials and tools are also covered.

A comprehensive reference guilde to oil painting, describing the best tools and materials, and how to use them. From the Walter Foster "Artist Library Series," this guidebook is packed with information that will help artists learn more about oil painting.

Author Linda Cateura presents classic oil painting tips for intermediate painters, based on the teachings of one of the great names in contemporary American art, David A. Leffel.

Discover a wide range of painting styles and techniques for creating your own oil masterpieces. This Walter Foster "Artist Library Series" guidebook is packed with information to help artists, from beginners to advanced, learn more about oil painting.

This book provides tips and techniques for creating beautiful oil paintings. Easy-to-follow demonstrations and simple step-by-step instructions. Learn to mix colors, explore the fundamentals of color theory, and practice simple brush and knife methods.

Capture the beauty of nature and create beautiful landscapes in the magical medium of oil. Book by William Palluth.

Students can learn to thin and mix pigments with turpentine, use palette knives for mixing paints and for applying color directly to the canvas, and much more. The book's last page presents a description of the Spanish painter Francisco Pacheco.

This exciting new medium has arrived. This may be the first book devoted solely to water-soluble oil paints. Learn the unique characteristics and benefits. For painters of all skill levels. Mini-demos show each method, technique, and application.

Explore simple techniques and practical tips for painting dynamic landscapes outdoors. This Walter Foster "Artist Library Series" guide is packed with information that will help artists, from beginners to advanced, learn more about plein air oil painting.

Learn the basics of oil painting from this "how-to" book,created for aspiring adult beginners. Each book in the "Starting Out" series covers basic materials and techniques, and is suitable for an adult beginner. Author—Robert Moore.Paperback. 32 pages.

Develop better painting skills using this guide, created for aspiring adult oil painters. Walter Foster's works are favorites of artists learning basic drawing, painting,and studio techniques. Each book in the series covers basic materials and techniques.

Learn techniques for creating a still life painting in oils from Lola Ades, an expert in landscape and floral painting. Create shapes, choose colors, and show the interplay of light and shadow. Each book is lavishly illustrated.

These helpful books provide an at-a-glance look at hues achieved by mixing popular Winsor & Newton oil, acrylic, and watercolors. These books are invaluable tools for amateurs and professionals alike!

A handy visual guide to more than 2,000 hues and shades, this complete color reference reveals the 25 colors of paint that compose the most useful range of color. Invaluable for amateurs and professionals alike!

This DVD provides expert advice from Tim Deibler on getting your values correct, capturing light, plus painting reflections, shadows, and sunlit foliage. 83 minutes.

On this DVD, Carolyn Lewis shows the whole oil painting process, from priming the canvas to completing the final details of a painting. DVD. 65 minutes.

Quinten Gregory designed the Professional Realism series of videos for developing painters who want to improve to a more professional level. Each tape has many carefully analyzed scenes to show you what professionals need to know about each subject.

Bob Ross demonstrates in great detail the basics of his techniques for painting skies, mountains, trees, water, reflections, and much more.

The popular PBS TV series captured on paper - so you can progress at your own pace. Full-page color photos of the finished pieces are provided, along with details needed to complete each painting. Paperbacks, 64-84 pages.

Learn the Bob Ross floral method from Annette Kowalski in these detailed instructional videos.

Bob Ross's painting packets offer beautiful results, and fun, too. They are ideal for classroom use. Each design includes a glossy color photo of the finished work, easy-to-read instructions and a transfer sketch for success every time.

The Bob Ross soft painting technique is carefully documented by associate Annette Kowalski. Easy to understand, step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to create 13 gorgeous floral paintings. Paperback, 68 pages.

Create a gorgeous wildlife painting with one of these kits. Included in each packet is one a glossy colored photo, complete instructions, and an 18" × 24" (46 cm × 61 cm) transfer sketch of the painting design.

Take a 3-hour private lesson with renowned painter and lecturer, Bob Ross in the privacy of your home! Archived for the first time on DVD, Bob covers all the oil painting basics in detail including skies, mountains, happy little trees, and much more.

This book is designed to help you get started painting with oils. It includes step-by-step instructions and 60 painting projects. Author — Annette Kowalski. Paperback. 128 pages.