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Still Life Painting Atelier An Introduction to Oil Painting PDF

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Still Life with Fruit, 2004, oil on canvas, 20 × 16 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm), private collection STILL LIFE PAINTING atelier AN INTRODUCTION TO OIL PAINTING MICHAEL FRIEL WATSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS NEW YORK Copyright © 2010 by Michael Friel All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com www.watsonguptill.com WATSON-GUPTILL is a registered trademark and the WG and Horse designs are trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Friel, Michael. Still life painting atelier : an introduction to oil painting / by Michael Friel. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8230-3408-6 (alk. paper) 1. Still life painting--Technique. I. Title. II. Title: an introduction to oil painting. ND1390.F75 2010 758’.4--dc22 2009045469 Designed by Karla Baker Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8230-3408-6 eBook ISBN: 978-0-307-82878-1 COVER DESIGN: Karla Baker COVER ART: Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1998, oil on canvas, 36 × 27 inches (91.4 × 68.6 cm), private collection. v3.1 Musical Instruments, 1999, oil on canvas, 20 × 30 inches (50.8 × 76.3 cm), private collection TO MY WIFE, MEGANN DEVINE, AND MY PARENTS, CONSTANCE AND ROBERT FRIEL I would like to express my gratitude to my wife, Megann Devine, for contributing her editing skills, as well as for her support and patience during the writing of this book. I would also like to thank my editor, Alison Hagge, for the many improvements she made to the book while preparing it for publication; Candace Raney, for her belief in this book; Cary Cartmill and Ron Dalton, for their professional photography services; and the directors of Gage Academy, Pamela Belyea and Gary Faigin, for providing me the opportunity to develop and teach the instructional material presented in this book. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction PART I YOUR STUDIO A Dedicated Work Area Running Water Lighting Studio Equipment Studio Safety PART II YOUR MATERIALS Drawing Materials Paints Color Wheel Palette and Accessories Brushes Mahlstick Solvents Linseed Oils Bodied Linseed Oils Varnishes Mediums Supports PART III SETTING UP YOUR STILL LIFE Gathering Your Materials Assembling Your Objects Directing Your Lighting Positioning Your Easel Marking Your Setup PART IV STILL LIFE DEMONSTRATION PAINTINGS PAINTING WITH A LIMITED PALETTE Making a Thumbnail Sketch Creating a Preliminary Drawing Making Sure Objects Are Symmetrical Transferring Your Preliminary Drawing to the Canvas Establishing the Underpainting Adding Color to the Underpainting ALLA PRIMA PAINTING WITH A FULL PALETTE Painting Alla Prima PAINTING REFLECTIVE SURFACES Painting Reflections PAINTING TRANSLUCENT SURFACES Painting Glass PAINTING WITH A GRISAILLE UNDERPAINTING AND GLAZES Painting in Grisaille Applying a Glaze Scumbling Painting Smooth Surfaces Afterword Bibliography Index Bouquet, 1987, oil on paper, 30 × 23 inches (76.2 × 58.4 cm), collection of Constance and Robert Friel

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