Discusses materials and techniques useful in drawing or painting indoor scenes, with sections on light, shadows, reflections, and close-ups

Painting Interiors

Arts & Photography

Rodwell, Jenny

History & Criticism

Watson/Guptill

Provides an overview of watercolor painting, discussing tools, supplies, and techniques

Painting in Watercolour (Beginner's Guides)

Painting

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

Pastel paints require no mixing, offer permanent colour, can be used alone or in conjunction with other media, and are appropriate for any scale of painting. This introductory guide to their use is aimed at beginners who wish to develop their skills quickly and easily. It is illustrated on every spread, with many pictures taken specially for the book. It covers all the appropriate techniques and includes a number of step-by-step projects designed to give confidence and inspiration to the beginner.

Painting in Pastels (Studio Vista Beginner's Guides)

Still life painting is particularly suited to the slow drying qualities of oils. With eight easy-to-follow projects and practical advice on useful techniques, this guide shows the beginner how to find and develop a creative personal style.

Painting Still Life in Oils (Studio Vista Beginner's Guides)

Painting Portraits in Oils (Beginner's Guides)

Cassell Illustrated*

Painting still life in oils (Beginner's guides)

Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub

Colour pencils are a comparatively new, exciting and still-evolving medium. This book shows the reader how to establish expanses of colour and create texture with an array of techniques. A variety of different projects demonstrate how to make expressive pictures using delicate strokes and chunky colour with the aim of encouraging the artist to put coloured pencils to their full and varied use. Topics covered include advice on choosing coloured pencils; how colours work and mix; the use of coloured papers; choice of scale with coloured pencils; cross-hatching, glazing and other colour-mixing techniques; blending, burnishing and shading; lights, whites and darker tones; making solid colour; creating textures and patterns; the advantages of watercolour pencils and pastel pencils.

Coloured Pencil Drawing

Drawing

As in any other kind of painting, observation, preparation and practice are the essential ingredients for good results in portrait painting. This book shows how to start developing your portrait skills, explaining how to see faces as an arrangement of forms, shapes, colours and tones, and then how to paint them in oils. The six step-by-step projects, by different artists, demonstrate how to achieve realistic portraits using a wide assortment of materials.

Portraits in Oils (Studio Vista Guide)

This is an amalgamation of "Painting in Watercolour", "Painting Landscape in Watercolour" and "Light in Watercolour". It reveals the key techniques of watercolour painting and demonstrates how to achieve successful results. Coverage includes mixing colour, laying washes and controlling light.

The Watercolour Painter's Handbook

Monahan, Patricia

Introduces oil painting materials and techniques, and offers advice on painting still lifes and portraits

The Oil Painter's Handbook

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