Ross Paterson is a renowned Australian painter who has a love of the landscape & a unique ability to interpret the distinctive character, light & atmosphere of his subject. Painting around his home in northern Victoria, he travels into the Australian bush to paint views of the dry, hot countryside. He also tackles a street scene in the old mining town of Rushworth as well as a rickety wooden bridge over a rapidly drying out creek. Finally, he paints a further street scene from a sketch, working in his studio. ...

Schmincke AKADEMIE ® Acryl color is made from the best artists' pigments in high concentration. Due to the high pigmentation the colour brilliance, intensity & opacity have been enhanced. Further advantages are the long processing time as well as the pleasant odour. This set contains 8 x 60ml tubes in 111 Titanium White, 223 Cadmium Yellow, 342 Madder Carmine, 448 Phthalo Blue, 551 Phthalo Green, 661 Yellow Ochre, 669 Burnt Umber and 771 Lamp Black. ...

Schmincke Akademie Acryl Heavy Body acrylic paints have a solid structure after drying. These acrylic paints are very pasty & easy to work with in different brush & painting knife techniques & are also fast drying, lightfast & nearly odourless & give an even satin gloss surface once dry. Suitable for painting onto Acryl papers, canvas, painting boards & wood as well as any other kind of grease-free surfaces. This set contains 8 60ml tubes in Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Carmine Red, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber & Lamp Black. ...

Working with Schminckes finest extra-soft pastels contain only the purest medium fine ground artists pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is nece ssary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture. Worm extruders form the pre-kneaded dough into round skeins, which are then detached by hand & cut in a wire-strung frame. The damp sticks have to dry for around eight days before they can be labelled & packed by h&. This is a costly & time consuming process, how ever it is the only way Schmincke can guarantee homogenous quality & smoothness in all the production cycles, in order that the artist can be assured that his favourite colour shade is consistant throughout our range of finest extra-soft artists pastel colours. This cardboard set contains 10 Schmincke Finest Extra-Soft Artists Pastels. This is an ideal set for those who want to start using this medium. ...

This book offers a unique combination of reference material & practical guidance for the painter in any media. It is divided into two parts: the first is a directory of all major painting techniques, & gives examples of their use, & of the particular media appropriate to them. The second section shows the applications of these techniques to a wide range of popular painting subjects. With step-by-step demonstrations & detailed close-up photographs on how to do everything from frottage to scumbling, to blending, backruns & masking out, this is an invaluable & inspiring sourcebook for painters of all abilities & media. ...

Take your paintings to a whole new dimension! In this workshop, Laurie Humble shares five essential techniques for enhancing your focal point & giving your art a realistic, three-dimensional effect. Start by brushing up on your composition know-how, then follow along with exercises on layering, creating contrast, hard-&-soft edges & more, as you paint a variety of subjects. Inspirational finished painting examples throughout will give you added insight & enjoyment. ...

Learn how to use what is perhaps your most powerful tool for emphasizing your focal pointthe unifying wash. Artist Laurie Humble uses exercises & finished painting examples to show you how to use small- & large-scale washes in your work. She then demonstrates how these washes can work together to add a depth to your paintings that will immediately make them more realistic & lifelike. ...

Whatever age or skill level, even if you think that you can't be taught, you can learn how to draw incredibly realistic children in basic black & white with time-tested drawing principles refined into a foolproof program. This title concentrates on the basics of drawing children in black and white, with available materials; a pencil & paper. ...

Carrie Stuart Parks' first book, Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces, gave readers all the tools they needed to render strikingly realistic faces & self-portraits. Now, she & her husband Rick bring their fun & easy techniques to painting with watercolours. Artists of all levels will be able to create true-to-life portraits of their friends, family & themselves with proven exercises, detailed step-by-step photos, & the secrets for painting realistic eyes, noses, mouths & hair. About the Author Carrie Stuart Parks has been a professional artist since 1976 & a forensic artist since 1981. In 1986, she attended an FBI class & became a composite artist, later developing a portrait-drawing course for all ages. Rick Parks spent thirteen years in forensic art for the FBI in Washington DC. He & Carrie formed Stuart Parks Forensic Associates in 1988. Rick & Carrie run a website at www.stuartparks.com ...