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Oil Painter's Solution Book Landscapes: XX Answers to Your Oil Painting Questions
Oil Painter's Solution Book Landscapes: XX Answers to Your Oil Painting Questions
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Author: Elizabeth Tolley
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book

List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 38766

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.1 x 1

ISBN: 1581808658
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.45436
EAN: 9781581808650
ASIN: 1581808658

Publication Date: September 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The must-have reference for every oil painter!

Spend less time reading and more time painting with award-winning artist and instructor Elizabeth Tolley as she answers over 100 of the most pressing questions artists have about painting landscapes in oil. The handy Q&A format covers everything from basic brush techniques to deciding what to paint first while on location. Learn how to:

  • Choose the right materials for you
  • Prepare indoor and outdoor workspaces
  • Design spectacular compositions
  • Select eye-catching color for visual impact
  • Paint with new brushstrokes and techniques
  • Evaluate your own work
Including 10 mini-demonstrations to help refine your technique and 7 complete step-by-step projects, the Oil Painter's Solution Book: Landscapes is one reference no painter can be without!

Popular Landscape Questions Include:

What type of palette should I use?
How do I divide space in my painting?
How does light change at different times of day?
Can I work back into a dry painting?
How can I see and correct mistakes?

Get the answers to all these questions and more!


Customer Reviews:   Read 9 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Excellent reference for my art library   August 24, 2008
Well written, illustrated and bound work on the art of landscape painting in oil. One of the best available for landscape artists of all levels.


4 out of 5 stars Oil Painter's Solution Book Landscapes   July 26, 2008
Elizabeth Tolley's "Oil Painter's Solution Book" was particularily helpful with information on the use of resin mediums and odorless mineral spirits. As an "old fashioned painter" using the traditional stand oil, damar varnish, and turpentine medium, this was an easy-to-understand and useful source.

The sprial bound book was so much better than the usual paper back or standard bound books. It opens flat for easier use when painting.

I would recommend this book for painters that are somewhat better than beginners or for "holiday painters" looking for information to help improve their work.

Seasoned painters may not find the book very useful, unless they are looking for specific information or the lovely images of Tolley's work.






5 out of 5 stars A Painter's Must-Have   July 23, 2008
Excellent and comprehensive. The author covers all of the basics you need to know as an artist and explains things in wonderful detail with illustrations. I can see that I will continue to use this book as a resource when I am trying to resolve an issue or just learn new ways of doing things. I would highly recommend for beginning painters. Experienced painters woould also treasure this book.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent reference book for an unseasoned artist   June 29, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I started painting with oils only a few months ago and have aquired several books regardihg oil painting in an effort to examine several points of view on the subject. This book, while it may not be the most helpful to me at this stage in my development, it is simply an excellent source of information for old and new artists alike. I would recommend adding this to any library of anyone just beginning a very complex hobby.


5 out of 5 stars Helpful book for oil painters   June 15, 2008
I was very pleased with this oil painter's solution book. It gave very clear and helpful answers to many of my questions about landscape painting, and the paintings themselves were quite beautiful.


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