The Encyclopedia of Oil Techniques

A new, up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive encyclopedia by professional and award-winning artist, Jeremy Galton.

Ideal for artists of all skill levels, this A-Z reference covers a multitude of topics concerning oil painting. The book is divided into two sections: the first provides step-by-step demonstrations that guide artists through a variety of techniques, from basic colour mixing through to creating special effects such as peinture a l'essence and sgraffito. The second part focuses on themes, illustrating how individual artists tackle a number of common subjects, including landscapes, buildings, portraits, still life, skies and water.

This resource provides a wealth of stimulating ideas to help artists both amateurs and veterans develop their own oil-painting style.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing acrylics
2. Techniques
3. Alma Prima
4. Blending
5. Broken Colour
6. Brushwork
7. Building Up
8. Collage
9. Colour Grounds
10. Colour Mixing
11. Corrections
12. Dabbing
13. Defining Edges
14. Dry Brush
15. Fat Over Lean
16. Finger Painting
17. Glazing
18. Grounds
19. Impasto
20. Imprinting
21. Knife Painting
22. Masking
23. Mediums
24. Mixed Media
25. Monoprinting
26. Palette
27. Peinture a L'essence
28. Pointillism
29. Scraping Back
30. Scrumbling
31. Sgraffito
32. Supports
33. Texturing
34. Tonking
35. Transferring Drawings
36. Underdrawing
37. Underpainting
38. Wet into Wet
39. Wet On Dry
40. Themes
41. Architecture
42. Figures
43. Landscapes
44. Skies
45. Still life
46. Water