Working Out a Painting

Working Out a Painting by Colleen Browning. Published by Watson-Guptil Publications, New York, NY, 1988. 1st Stated Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Gift dedication to orig owner inside front cover. 144 Pgs. ISBN 0823029948. LCCN 88-17280. Techniques For Transforming Your Oils. This fully illustrated guide to oil painting has been arranged to identify and offer solutions to problems inherent in the painting process. Line drawings are used to illustrate errors that may later affect the entire painting, and other sections of the book cover the essential details painters should know before they begin to paint. The text explains how compositional elements of shape, size and color can convey either visual confusion or harmony, depending on how they are used. The author explains the composition of a good oil painting by taking a simple portrait through five mature solutions and by showing the day-to-day development of two more complex works. Description text copyright 2013 BooksForComfort. Item ID 28006.