Discover the essential tools, materials, and techniques needed to get started in painting.
The Artist's Toolbox series provides easy-to-use reference guides for beginning and aspiring artists. While many instructional art books gloss over important concepts, focusing instead on how to simply replicate a piece of art, the Artist's Toolbox series breaks down the whats, whens, whys, and hows of each relevant tool or technique, clearly demonstrating its purpose and how to employ it to achieve desired effects.
In Painting Tools & Materials, artists will discover the important differences in brush styles, sizes, shapes, and types; how each brush is used to create different types of strokes; and how different types of brushes interact with various paints and supports. Artists will learn how to properly load brushes with paint, how to shape brushes to create specific strokes and effects, when to choose synthetic-hair over natural-hair, and much more. Experienced art instructors focus on the key concepts and practical aspects of working with specific tools, materials, and mediums to impart a complete understanding for those seeking to learn the fundamentals of painting.
Author(s): Walter Foster Creative Team
Series: Artist Toolbox
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 114
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
Meet the Artists......Page 6
Chapter 1: Studio & Storage......Page 8
Easels & Working Surfaces......Page 9
Tool & Equipment Storage......Page 11
Comfort......Page 13
Studio Safety......Page 14
Chapter 2: Paints & Mediums......Page 16
Watercolor......Page 17
Acrylic......Page 23
Oil......Page 31
More Paints......Page 39
Mixed Media......Page 40
Pigments......Page 43
Chapter 3: Brushes & Techniques......Page 50
Brush Hair Types......Page 51
Brush Size & Anatomy......Page 52
Brush Shapes......Page 53
Brush Techniques......Page 61
Additional Techniques......Page 69
Chapter 4: Painting Concepts......Page 76
Color Theory......Page 77
Color Mixing......Page 79
Drawing Methods......Page 81
Painting Methods......Page 83
Chapter 5: Demonstrations......Page 90
Project 1: Rendering Sunsets Watercolor with Paul Talbot-Greaves......Page 91
Project 2: Creating Wet Reflections Watercolor with Maury Aaseng......Page 93
Project 3: Shaping with Shadow Acrylic with Varvara Harmon......Page 97
Project 4: Using an Underpainting Oil with Caroline Zimmermann......Page 101
Project 5: Painting a Landscape Oil with Jim McConlogue......Page 105
Project 6: Building a Guitar Mixed Media with Jennifer McCully......Page 111
