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The Artist’s Garden in Oils: Eighteen Step by Step Guides: Step by Step Art Projects on Oil Painting: Flowers, Figures and More
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A step by step art book that explores the garden as a source of inspiration.
A typical haven yields more than one may first expect, from allotments, deckchairs and swings to pets, hanging baskets and fishponds. The only other essential ingredient is sunlight.
Taken from my art instruction book, Oil paintings from your Garden published by GMC Publications 2002, this book outlines eighteen oil painting demonstrations featuring such subject matter.
This book is divided into four basic themes: shadows, nonorganic, harvest and flora.
A preparatory section near the back of this book gives advice on oil painting materials and preparing the art surface.
All demonstrations have been completed with a mere ten oil colours, six brush types, artboards and a few additional materials which could be found in the home. This section can be previewed within my other art book, Landscape Painting in Oils – 20 Step by Step Guides, as it is located at the front.
Each demonstration is keyed according to difficulty. If the painting does not go to plan, a troubleshooting section at the back of this book can be referred to along with a glossary.
Each project within the demonstration section of this book is clearly set out. You will find:
An image of the finished painting, (which can be used as a visual resource during the demo). An accompanying challenge.
Between 7 and 9 step by step images of how the painting was completed.
A list of the oil painting materials used for the project.
Corresponding instructions to each image-in-progress on how the painting was done.
Tips along the way.
Essential oil painting techniques are explored, including scumbling, glazing, impasto and palette knife application.
The aim of this book is to encourage a new way of viewing the garden. With mobile objects, the shifting light and seasons, compositions in one’s back yard are waiting to be discovered.
My other oil painting demonstration book, Landscape Paintings in Oil – 20 Step by Step Guides provides further step by step guides if the artist wishes to venture further afield.
This book’s statistics: 20,600 words and 20 step by step demonstrations (each demonstration comprises on average 8 images) with 182 images in total throughout the book.
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The Artist’s Garden in Oils: Eighteen Step by Step Guides: Step by Step Art Projects on Oil Painting: Flowers, Figures and More
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A step by step art book that explores the garden as a source of inspiration.
A typical haven yields more than one may first expect, from allotments, deckchairs and swings to pets, hanging baskets and fishponds. The only other essential ingredient is sunlight.
Taken from my art instruction book, Oil paintings from your Garden published by GMC Publications 2002, this book outlines eighteen oil painting demonstrations featuring such subject matter.
This book is divided into four basic themes: shadows, nonorganic, harvest and flora.
A preparatory section near the back of this book gives advice on oil painting materials and preparing the art surface.
All demonstrations have been completed with a mere ten oil colours, six brush types, artboards and a few additional materials which could be found in the home. This section can be previewed within my other art book, Landscape Painting in Oils – 20 Step by Step Guides, as it is located at the front.
Each demonstration is keyed according to difficulty. If the painting does not go to plan, a troubleshooting section at the back of this book can be referred to along with a glossary.
Each project within the demonstration section of this book is clearly set out. You will find:
An image of the finished painting, (which can be used as a visual resource during the demo). An accompanying challenge.
Between 7 and 9 step by step images of how the painting was completed.
A list of the oil painting materials used for the project.
Corresponding instructions to each image-in-progress on how the painting was done.
Tips along the way.
Essential oil painting techniques are explored, including scumbling, glazing, impasto and palette knife application.
The aim of this book is to encourage a new way of viewing the garden. With mobile objects, the shifting light and seasons, compositions in one’s back yard are waiting to be discovered.
My other oil painting demonstration book, Landscape Paintings in Oil – 20 Step by Step Guides provides further step by step guides if the artist wishes to venture further afield.
This book’s statistics: 20,600 words and 20 step by step demonstrations (each demonstration comprises on average 8 images) with 182 images in total throughout the book.
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The Artist’s Garden in Oils - Rachel Shirley
Oil Painting Medic
THE ARTIST’S GARDEN in Oils: Eighteen Step by Step Guides
Step by Step Art Projects on Oil Painting: Flowers, Figures and More
Rachel Shirley
Published by Rachel Shirley
ISBN: 9781476340302
The Right of Rachel Shirley to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 Section 77 and 78.
Smashwords Edition License Note This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. Text, photographs and illustrations copyright Rachel Shirley 2011
All rights reserved The Right of Rachel Shirley to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 Section 77 and 78.
Some of the paintings completed step-by-step within this book
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Preliminary Demonstration: Exploring Light
The Demonstrations
Section 1: Shadows
Chapter 2 Apple Tree
Chapter 3 Cooling Off
Chapter 4 The Passageway
Chapter 5 The Lawn
Section 2: Non-organic
Chapter 6 Carport
Chapter 7 Garden Shed
Chapter 8 Playpen
Chapter 9 The Bike
Section 3: Harvest
Chapter 10 Strawberries
Chapter 11 Patio Set with Apples
Chapter 12 Sunflowers
Chapter 13 Greenhouse
Section 4: Flora
Chapter 14 St John’s Wort and Winter Berries
Chapter 15 Petunias
Chapter 16 Clematis Montana
Chapter 17 The Arbor
Chapter 18 A Final Challenge: Bubbles
Preparatory Section
Preparation part 1: Art Materials required for the Demonstrations
Preparation part 2: Supports for Oil Painting
Preparation part 3: Applying the Underglaze
Afterword
What went wrong?
Glossary
Other Books by Rachel Shirley
Introduction
Can a typical garden provide inspiration for oil painting?
Look hard and such a haven may yield more than one may first expect. Every garden is unique in character and has something to offer: lawns, greenhouses, pots, hedges, pets, flowers, patios, trellises, sheds, children, tools, vegetables, deckchairs, furniture, trees, swings, hanging-baskets, urns, bird tables, fishponds and sunlight.
Taken from my art instruction book, Oil paintings from your Garden published by GMC Publications 2002 (and which some images appear in my other Oil Painting Medic books), eighteen oil painting demonstrations featuring such aforementioned subject matter can be found within this book. A preliminary demo explores how sunlight can affect the colour palette according to how it falls.
This book is divided into clear sections according to theme: shadows, nonorganic, harvest and flora. A preparatory section near the back of this book offers advice on oil painting materials and how to prepare the art surface for painting. As can be seen, the artist need not shell out a lot of money to complete these demonstrations; in fact, all have been completed with a mere ten oil colours, six brush types, artboards and a few additional materials which could be found in the home. This section can be previewed within my other art book, Landscape Painting in Oils – 20 Step by Step Guides as it is located at the front.
for advanced. Projects have been keyed according to complexity rather than difficulty, so you may find a demonstration in a higher level, easier than another in a basic level. If the painting does not go to plan, a troubleshooting section at the back of this book can be referred to, along with a glossary.
Each project within the demonstration section of this book is clearly set out. You will find:
An image of the finished painting, (which can be used as a visual resource during the demo). An accompanying challenge.
Between 7 and 9 step by step images of how the painting was completed.
A list of the oil painting materials used for the project.
Corresponding instructions to each image-in-progress on how the painting was done.
Tips along the way.
Various oil painting techniques are explored, including scumbling, glazing, impasto and palette knife application.
The aim of this book is to encourage a new way of viewing the garden. With mobile objects, the shifting light and seasons, compositions in one’s back yard are waiting to be discovered.
My other oil painting demonstration book, Landscape Paintings in Oil – 20 Step by Step Guides provides further step by step guides if the artist wishes to venture further afield.
Preliminary Demonstration
Chapter 1: Two Studies of Light
The Challenge: this first challenge comprising simple objects from the garden is really in two parts: the rendering of backlit objects and the rendering of sidelit objects. As can be seen, the two identical compositions appear different due to the shape of the shadows and the colour themes. How can the artist capture the two qualities of light in oil paint?
Demonstration for Two Studies of Light
Material Used
Both projects require identical materials: primed MDF measuring 12x16in prepared with an acrylic underglaze consisting of dark colours such as brown and/or dark blue (see preparation part 3 at the back of this book on how to apply the underglaze). Oil colours: titanium white, ultramarine, pthalo blue, permanent rose, cadmium red, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow (pale), viridian, burnt sienna and burnt umber. Brushes: round sable nos. 3 and 6; artists’ solvent, a chalk pastel pencil, a ruler (optional) and rags.
Demonstration A: Objects in Backlight
This first demonstration takes a look at objects under backlight that will often feature high tonal contrasts (bright highlights and deep shadow). This means the palette will require dark colours as well as plenty of white. Such explicit tonal values might prove ideal for one’s first still life study of garden objects, as the tonal shapes can easily be defined.
1 I divided the artboard into quarters so that I could centre the composition on the board and ensure each quarter contained roughly the same amount of background. I then sketched
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