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The Beginner's Guide to Oil Painting: Simple Still Life Projects to Help You Master the Basics Paperback – 9 May 2022

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The Easy Way to Get Started with Oil Painting Craig Stephens has a simple motto for painting: With a brush, some paints and a willingness to learn, anyone can do it. With that mindset, Craig takes his most essential lessons, boils them down to their basics and teaches you everything you need to know to start oil painting, without any fuss or highbrow. Thanks to his experience teaching painting to high school students for over two decades, Craig is an expert at helping those with no experience pick up a brush and make beautiful art they are proud of. With his direction, you'll create dynamic, vivid paintings and learn to capture your world in ways you never thought possible. Each project in this book is designed to highlight the important elements of using oil paints, helping you to practice new skills and get comfortable with the medium. And thanks to Craig's helpful step-by-step directions that pair a picture with each stroke, you'll get great results. Hone your color-mixing eye as you blend the vibrant greens and subtle yellows in the Freshly Cut Avocado piece. Practice painting unique textures, like the small craters in the Simplified Strawberry or the glossy skin on the Smooth and Shiny Plum. Learn all the ways to capture natural light, like transparency in a glass of Refreshing Lemon Water or dazzling reflections on a Chrome Coffee Creamer. Oil painting is a timeless art form, and with Craig as your teacher, you'll create 22 beautiful pieces for your walls and learn all the foundational skills you need to enjoy this hobby for years to come.

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"The Beginner's Guide to Oil Painting is perfect for anyone who wants to learn oil painting but doesn't know where to begin. Craig taps into his decades of teaching experience and articulates with clarity how successful paintings are created." --Terry Miura, professional artist and illustrator

"This easy-to-follow book walks you through the perfect place to begin with oil painting: the simple still life. Through step-by-step instruction, you'll learn to create beautiful and harmonious paintings." --Todd M. Casey, author of The Art of Still Life

"This book teaches you everything you need to know about capturing color and light with oil paints." --James Gurney, author of Color and Light

About the Author

Craig Stephens is a professional painter. He taught art at the high school level for over two decades and now teaches painting courses online. His works can be seen in the Sparrow Gallery in Sacramento, California, and online at his website, craigstephensart.com. Craig and his family live in Auburn, California.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1645674940
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1645674948

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Angela robbins

Excellent teacher, modern subjects

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Best Beginner’s Book I have Ever Found

Reviewed in the United States on 30 April 2022

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I have read a lot of books that are supposed to be for the beginning oil painter, and they always leave me hanging. This book is clear and concise. The author takes one through about 21 small 5” x 7” paintings designed to be completed in the Alla Prima style, with a painting a day. My schedule doesn’t allow a painting a day but I am still happy with my success. The painting exercises start with a few value studies of geometric shapes before moving into color studies of things like fruit, a silver pot, a sneaker etc. This book doesn’t confuse the beginning oil painter with a lot of principles, you just get to paint.

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Igga's Girl

Excellent book for beginners!!

Reviewed in the United States on 28 April 2022

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I am so impressed with this book! Compared to all the other oil painting books I own- this one is for amazing for beginners and intermediate painters alike!

Other art books contain so much extra information that it’s hard for a beginner to know where to start. (I’m speaking from personal experience!) But, this book is different. It’s like having your own personal teacher walk you through step by step.

The book progresses in such a well-thought out manner, introducing ideas and concepts in very digestible steps. The pictures and descriptions are so very helpful. And best of all, there are numerous exercises to work through that are easy enough that you’ll actually want to do them!

If you are a beginner painter, save yourself so much frustration and get this book first!!!

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anonymouswasawoman

One of the best books out there!

Reviewed in the United States on 5 May 2022

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Whether you’re a beginner looking to finally learn to paint in oils, or a more experienced painter wanting to brush up on alla prima painting skills, this is the book for you. Clear, concise exercises and examples show you it how it’s done. It starts with an overview of supplies and setting up the workspace using simple materials, and you only need to buy a few colors and a couple of brushes. Craig shows you how to mix colors and render simple forms, then moves on to more complex subjects. He emphasizes the importance of practice to get better at painting, just like anything else, the more you paint, the better you get at painting. I’m a professional artist and have been painting for 40 years, if I was teaching again I would have this as my textbook.

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Still Life !

Reviewed in the United States on 22 June 2022

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I love this book! I am not a beginner oil painter. I bought this book because I want to practice every day. The projects are just perfect! I will post pictures once I get them done. For me, this book is a guide to oil painting, color mixing and just what I was looking for. Highly recommended!

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