First Steps Painting Oils

by Louise Demore

Guides beginning oil painters through the process of creating their first strokes, and includes step-by-step demonstrations for creating still lifes and landscapes. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891346767
• ISBN13: 9780891346760
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Northlight
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

One of the best painting books!

I have been painting for a few years, and I love the way this book breaks down the steps of painting. It is helpful to know a little color theory before using this book, but if you are comfortable mixing your colors, you'll be having a good time immediately. DeMore even gives formulas for some of the color mixing she does, which is helpful if you are a beginner. This is a fun and knowledge-filled book. It also helped me to know that Louise DeMore hasn't been an artist since birth. She has a degree in mathematics. This gives me hope that even I can be a good artist, as I embark on my full-blown art career! The book is filled with wonderful advice on how to paint: that you should make mistakes in order to learn, that you should paint faster than you are comfortable with, and that you should have fun. It is absolutely wonderful! I keep reading it and reading it.

Great book for beginners

This book teaches the basic and simple oil painting techniques for any new inspiring painters. The book also helps you get right down to it. As a beginner I am well aware that one has to start something that is very basic and easy before getting into paintings that are more complex and detailed. Highly recommended.