Description
Book SynopsisLearn how to create your own Deep Impasto® masterpieces using a palette knife and oil paints with this book featuring tips, techniques, and 8 complete step-by-step projects.Professional artist Lisa Elley works from her studio in the San Francisco Bay Area with the purpose of inspiring and bringing joy to people through her art. In
Palette Knife Painting: Deep Impasto, Lisa shares her techniques with you through easy-to-follow
step-by-step projects.
Learn to paint:
- Art inspired by Vincent van Gogh
- Seascapes and landscapes
- A Tuscan vineyard
- Flower fields
- Wet-into-wet (alla prima)
- With texture
- And more!
Also included in the book are:
- Primers on the best palette knives and paints to use
- Color mixing and color theory instructions
- Beautiful, textured artwork that seems to l
Trade Review
"An ideal, comprehensive, and thoroughly 'user friendly' DIY course of instruction for artists of all skill levels looking to learn to paint and scrape with oil paint." * Midwest Book Review *
"Far from a how-to for beginners, this book includes projects that expertly teach processes, such as color blocking, blending, and multiple effects that can be executed with a knife." * Library Journal *
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
Why Paint with a Palette Knife?
Getting Started
Hokusai–Inspired Ocean Wave
Van Gogh–Inspired Poppy Field
Van Gogh–Inspired Irises
Piccola Casa (The Little House)
Summer Peonies
Birch Tree Forest in the Fall
Coastal Landscape with Wildflowers
Tuscan Vineyard Landscape with Sunflowers
Cleanup & Care
Signing Your Art
Varnishing
Presenting
Wiring a Painting
About the Artist
