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| Oil Painting For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Anita M. Giddings, Sherry S. Clifton
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 52838
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 303
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 047018230X
Dewey Decimal Number: 751
EAN: 9780470182307
ASIN: 047018230X
Publication Date: February 5, 2008
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Product Description
Nobody ever said that oil painting was easy. But it gets much easier and a lot more fun when you follow a step-by-step approach that starts you off on the right foot, helps you build your skills one at a time, and gives you plenty of exercises to develop your craft. That’s what you’ll find in Oil Painting For Dummies. Completely free of arty jargon, this full-color guide has all the hands-on instruction you need to master the basics. You’ll see how to plan a painting, build an image in layers, mix colors, and create stunning compositions. You’ll also find everything you need to know about oil paints, solvents, and pigments; brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces; and how to keep costs down at the art supply store. Discover how to: - Choose the right supplies
- Set up your studio and care for your equipment
- Handle your materials safely
- Develop your design and composition skills
- Make practice sketches and studies
- Use broken stroke, dry brush, glazing, scraffito and other brush strokes
- Try out different compositions
- Mix any color you want
- Simplify tricky still-life subjects
- Paint landscapes and common objects out doors
- Paint portraits and the human form
Complete with handy color chart, basic materials list, and a very useful viewing square, Oil Painting For Dummies is the fun and easy way to discover your inner artist!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 A bit boring October 26, 2008
I've found much more interesting books out there on oil painting. Yes this one does cover the subject well but for a book on oil painting it may be best to buy it at a store so you can actually get one that fits your painting style.
 Don't feel like such a dummie now August 11, 2008
I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. I felt as though I learned something the minute I opened this book. It is easy to understand and I am very happy with the my results. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is new to oil painting because everything makes sense. It is written so that even a novice like me can come up with a finished project. Love the book. Well worth the money.
For Dummies May 26, 2008
I am currently working through this book and it is wonderful... a step-by-step guide that is simple, yet advanced.
Very good, but not enough about water soluble oil paints May 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent book; I'd give it 4 stars for traditional oil painting. I'm knocking one star off because there is very little about water soluble oil painting, which is an important topic these days.
I wish they had included more about water mixable oil painting facts and techniques. One example would be to warn people that you have to settle on one brand since they are not compatible as they are with traditional oil paints. Also, what about explaining about mediums to use? It's not the same as with traditional oil paints. So I have to go through this book ignoring the talk about how to mix with mediums and thus I have to find that information elsewhere, which interrupts the flow of working through this book.
A couple of minor suggestions also:
Include a checklist of the projects for readers to track their progress.
The painting on page 15 showing the various stages of the painting process - explain more in detail, pointing out examples on the painting itself, maybe with arrows and circles on the painting explaining the different parts.
I sure wish they would come out with a "Soluble Oil Painting for Dummies" book or incorporate it into this book, especially about how to use water soluble mediums.
But otherwise this is an admirable book. I'm glad they wrote it.
 Not so Dumb After All! April 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have read through half of the book and, even though I have some experience with oils, am learning something new or different in each section. It is easy reading and is designed to allow you to read each section independently in any order. However, reading it straight through exposes some redundancy - not necessarily a bad thing. The color mixing study, in the end, helps you to understand how to mix colors to create highlighting and shading. But the mixing proportions are not defined clearly enough - so the exercise does not yield accurate results. The author does not explain that the same color in different brands are not truly the same and produce different results. But you get the idea.
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