The Practice of Oil Painting and Drawing

Thisinstructivevolumeintroducesnotonlythetechniquesofoilpaintingbutalsotheunderlyingprinciplesoffiguredrawing.WrittenbyadistinguishedPre-Raphaelitepainter,portraitist,andbookillustrator,thetreatmentbeginsbyexplainingtheconstructionofthefigure,head,andlimbs.SucceedingchaptersillustratetheseteachingswithexamplesofimagesbytheOldMasters,includingpaintingsfromtheItalian,Dutch,Spanish,French,andBritishschools.TheBirminghamDailyPostpronouncedthisvolume"probablythemostusefulhandbookforartstudentsthathasyetbeenpublished."Studentsateverylevelofexpertisewillbenefitfromitsdiscoursesonlightandshade,monochromestudy,stilllifeincolor,paintingfromlifeinmonochrome,coloringamonochrome,andpaintingincolordirectfromlife.Thirty-twofull-colorpagescomplementthisneweditionofatimelessguide.