Features 80+ lessons, exercises and demonstrations, including live instruction on the enclosed DVD Watercolor moves like no other medium. Just add water, and the pigment takes on a life of its own. This book makes learning to paint equally dynamic, with page after page of step-by-step demonstrations, plus more than 40 lessons on the companion DVD. Get off to a happy start with basics such as laying a wash, applying a glaze and keeping whites white....

Based on the author's successful courses and workshops, Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner really does start at the beginning, helping new painters find "what works" while providing information on all the necessary tools, tips, and techniques they'll need to create a representational painting. The chapters follow a progressive sequence that teaches basic skills through practical, accessible exercises-how to handle a brush, achieve the right...

Presents thirty five famous paintings from the history of art, with explanations that touch on salient aspects of the works and offer relevant background information.

Where do you find inspiration for an abstract painting? How do you start? What materials should you use? Are composition and perspective important? These questions and others are answered in detail in this impressive book, with a clarity that guarantees success. Provides guidance on how to see abstractly, how to create your own ideas and how to get inspiration from various sources such as painting-related and visual sources, memories, feelings, emotion...

"In Oil Painting Every Day you'll learn a fun, modern approach to oil painting that allows you to build a solid foundation of skills and techniques for painting contemporary landscapes, seascapes, florals, still lifes, portraits, and more."--Provided by publisher.