How to Paint from Start to Finish Tips and Techniques for Practicing Painters

This book is like having an instructor at the artist's side. It covers drawing, & painting in oil, acrylic & pastel. The author sets forth a method of drawing & painting where eight alternating layers of sketching & laying in value lead to a finished work. The method works regardless of subject matter or style, & has proved to be effective through many years of teaching both beginning & advanced artists. The artist learns to draw with a beautiful stroke, improve edges, correct proportion & perspective, & create value as the work progresses. When a succcessful drawing is completed, a successful painting follows. The painting is worked in the same method as the drawing. Illustrations show the underpainting colors to be used to replace the values in the drawing. A vibrant, spontaneous painting is produced through the painter's control of the medium. The materials chapter gives extensive information on supplies--canvas, brushes, paper, oils, acrylics & pastels, how to make pastel sandpaper, & how to mix your own painting medium, & more. To order: Send $11.95 plus $2.00 s/h per copy (Colorado residents add 6% sales tax) to ArtMarq, 3344-D Hickok Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80526, or call (303) 226-1374.Marquardt, Barbara S. is the author of 'How to Paint from Start to Finish Tips and Techniques for Practicing Painters' with ISBN 9780962963803 and ISBN 0962963801.