Download or read book Charles Reid Master Class written by Charles Reid and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Reid is beloved as a teacher for his ability to guide students beyond the superficial and straight into the heart of what makes good painting good. In Painting by Design he explains how seeing your painting subjects in terms of light, shadow, shape, value, and color, will help you create striking works that embody effective design while capturing the intangible essence of the subject. A firm believer in drawing as an ideal tool for understanding a subject as an abstract form, Reid opens this book with lessons in contour and rhythm drawing, providing photographs for you to work from. Next comes a chapter on effective and reliable ways to treat color and value in your work. With clear and easy-to-follow pointers on working with oils and watercolors, Painting by Design explains how color functions as an important design element. Reid goes on to cover figure painting and the difficult art of rendering faces with realistic detail and expression, neatly demonstrating how the techniques and strategies learned in earlier chapters can be used to create specific effects. Finally, Reid shares his method of properly balancing a painting. Explaining how to combine what he refers to as "the effect" (sharp-focus, high-contrast compositional elements) with "the big blur" (softer edges, lighter values) to create interesting and dynamic artwork. Packed with assignments, detailed demonstrations, and illuminating examples, Painting by Design provides big-picture strategies and techniques alongside tips for identifying and addressing specific compositional problems. Ideal for any artist who wants to hone their skills and develop their sense of composition, Painting by Design stands out among Reid's impressive catalog of painting books. Readers interested in related titles from Charles Reid will also want to see: Flower painting in oil (ISBN: 9781626543805), Painting What (You Want) to See (ISBN: 9781626543782), Pulling Your Paintings Together (ISBN: 9781626543843), The Natural Way to Paint (ISBN: 9781626543829).
Download or read book Painting People in Watercolor written by Alex Powers and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh approach to portrait and figure painting in watercolor! In Painting People in Watercolor, Alex Powers provides a comprehensive guide on working with watercolor, mastering the principals of design, and understanding the fundamentals of portrait painting. Powers takes the inquiring artist beyond photorealistic painting and acquaints painters with the human form from a design perspective. Shifting the focus from subject matter to composition and aesthetics, Powers demonstrates how you can enjoy watercolor painting by expressively capturing character in faces and figures. An abundance of Powers's paintings illustrate the theories and techniques covered. The culmination of 23 years of Powers's painting experience, Painting People in Watercolor provides clarity and insight on successful watercolor painting techniques for novice to advanced students and doubles as a guide for teachers. 175 color plates; 100 black & white illustrations.
Download or read book Playing with Surface Design written by Courtney Cerruti and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to marble paper, stamp on fabric, or etch into wood, Playing with Surface Design: Modern Techniques for Painting, Stamping, Printing and More will provide endless inspiration.
Download or read book Introduction to Art Design Context and Meaning written by Pamela Sachant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a deep insight and comprehension of the world of Art. Contents: What is Art? The Structure of Art Significance of Materials Used in Art Describing Art - Formal Analysis, Types, and Styles of Art Meaning in Art - Socio-Cultural Contexts, Symbolism, and Iconography Connecting Art to Our Lives Form in Architecture Art and Identity Art and Power Art and Ritual Life - Symbolism of Space and Ritual Objects, Mortality, and Immortality Art and Ethics
Download or read book The Anarchist s Design Book written by Christopher Schwarz and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design and Colour in Watercolour written by Michelle Scragg and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading watercolour artist Michelle Scragg uses the popular medium of watercolour to produce paintings that have a strong sense of colour, in both her figurative and abstract work. But her work is also well designed and she shows how watercolour can translate very effectively into design for fabrics, furnishings, illustrations and other applications. The book comprises the following chapters: 1. Exploring Watercolour's Strengths: with skills, techniques and practical considerations 2. Bold Colour: from selecting colours to colour and composition 3. Expression and Design: Drawing and sketchbook work plus Effective Design, Fabric Design and Watercolour illustration. 4. Interpretation: from feeling and response to observation and imagination 5. Studio practice: how to adjust your work depending on the aims of the painting and the various practical issues, particularly when designing for fabric or furnishings.
Download or read book Fabric Surface Design written by Cheryl Rezendes and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents step-by-step instructions for creating surface designs on fabric using textile paints and printing ink, and includes tips on such techniques as stamping, silkscreen, image transfer, marbling, and Japanese shibori.
Download or read book Simplifying Design Color for Artists written by Linda Kemp and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you become a better designer and colorist, you become a better painter. Painting doesn't have to be complicated to be good. In fact, it shouldn't be. Artist and best-selling author Linda Kemp (Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines) bypasses all the complexities of design and color to focus on a fresh, simplified strategy for success that features negative painting--a method that uses the space around your subject to help define it. Improve your painting step by step with projects and exercises that will help your work stand out from the crowd. With Simplifying Design & Color for Artists, you'll learn: • Strategies for creating simple yet effective compositions, focusing on the relationship between shape, space, and color. • Useful tips on color--how to simplify it, mix your own, and work with value, hue and intensity. • Techniques for designing with shape: size and edge, layering, and building dimension and movement. • 18 step-by-step projects in watercolor and acrylic. The approach may be simple, but your art will be spectacular!
Download or read book What We See When We Read written by Peter Mendelsund and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. “A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.” —The New York Times What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page—a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so—and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved—or reviled—literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature—he considers himself first and foremost as a reader—into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.
Download or read book Gustav Klimt written by Gustav Klimt and published by Tate. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) remains one of the most popular artists of the early 20th century. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Tate Liverpool, a highlight of that city's 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations and the first such show in the UK, Gustav Klimt explores the life and work of an intriguing figure at the heart of the cultural transformation of Vienna around 1900." "Central to the book is the first thorough examination of the relationship between Klimt's paintings and the work of his close friend the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann. Reaching beyond the two-dimensional arts, it hails the advent of an all-inclusive design culture that embraced interiors, furniture, clothing and jewellery. Essays by leading scholars and curators consider key works, events and developments: the founding of the Viennese Secession, the inaugural display of the Beethoven Frieze, and a series of collaborative ventures in the creation of total domestic environments for the pursuit of 'modern life', among them the Villa Waerndorfer in Vienna and the Villa Primavesi in rural northern Moravia. In addition, Klimt is assessed as both an accomplished erotic draughtsman and a seductive landscape painter."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Pulling Your Paintings Together written by Charles Reid and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how to integrate all the elements of a painting into an artistic whole, with examples in pen and ink, watercolor, and oil.
Download or read book Painting What You Want to See written by Charles Reid and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever wanted to control your art so that you can paint anything—and paint it well—this is the book for you! The mediums are oil, watercolor, and contour drawing but this is a book about making good paintings, not learning a particular medium. The subject matter is broad, ranging from still lifes to figures and portraits, to landscapes. Again, the point is that if you can paint, you can paint anything! But you must never feel compelled to paint what is before you. You must feel free to paint not what you see, but what you want to see—the way you want it to look—and this book shows you how. Paint What You Want to Seeis a complete course in painting and "seeing." It even includes critiques of student work and problem paintings—you learn where the paintings went wrong and how they can be improved. There are also numerous assignments to practice at home, with examples of how to do them, and valuable lessons on the essentials of values, color, and composition. You will learn how to make a contour drawing, how to layer your washes until you get the right value, and how to use "local value" and color-values to make strong statements. You will also learn how to mix subtle colors such as greens, grays, flesh-tones, and darks; paint with analogous and complementary colors; paint light, shadows, and negative shapes; and see tubed paint in terms of value. Lessons on composition include directing the eye with edges; vignetting; placing darks and other colors; advice on handling patterns; integrating subject and background; subduing or emphasizing contours; and hints on loosening up your painting style. The book concludes with a review of famous artists' painting, with suggestions on applying their "lessons" to your own work. Painting What You Want to Seeis for artists of all levels of ability, particularly for intermediate and advanced students who already know how to paint and want to make better, more expressive paintings. The instructions are clear and simple, with numerous examples, excellent illustrations, informative captions, and many useful assignments to help you develop your own style. Except for sections on drawing and values, the entire book is in color. All in all, a most extraordinary book!
Download or read book Applied Art written by Pedro Joseph Lemos and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decorative Painting written by Tahira Lewis and published by Northlight. This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read-to-use templates accompany each project making it easy to transfer designs onto furniture, walls, floors, platters, clocks in need of a personal decorative touch.
Download or read book Lectures on Painting and Design written by Benjamin Robert Haydon and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Book of Maritime Design written by Nicki Marshall and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a vast collection of nautical imagery that doubles as a history of maritime illustration throughout the ages. Arranged thematically, the more than 1,600 line drawings encompass shipbuilding designs, navigational instruments, lighthouses, trade and smuggling, guns and armaments, famous ships and seafarers, and exotica. This is an indispensable resource for artists, designers, and naval enthusiasts. Includes 16 full-color pages.
Download or read book Lectures on Painting and Design Fuzeli Wilkie Effect of the societies on taste A competent tribunal On fresco Elgin marbles Beauty written by Benjamin Robert Haydon and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
