Creative Oil Painting: A Step-By-Step Guide and Showcase Techniques from 15 Master Painters

Creative Oil Painting takes you inside the studios of fifteen master artists as they paint gorgeous landscapes, still lifes, figures, and photo-realistic images. Detailed photos and clear instructions make you feel as if you are looking over the painters' shoulders. Learn the secrets of each artist's approach to oil painting: Watch Randall Lake's method for making objects more lifelike, follow Sharon Burkett Kaiser's process for achieving color harmony, explore Joanette Hoffman Egeli's helpful theories of color temperature, emulate T.M. Nicholas's famed brushwork techniques, or gather inspiration from eleven other featured artists.

--Palette colors are illustrated for each work.

--Painting materials and surfaces are listed

--Gallery chapters of work by the artists are also included.

Explore the unending possibilities of oil painting with this thought-provoking guide.

M. Stephen Doherty is Editor-in-Chief of both American Artist and Watercolor magazines. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from Cornell University. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Dynamic Still Lives in Watercolor, Developing Ideas in Artwork, and Business Letters for Artists. Doherty recently presented solo exhibitions of his paintings and prints at Ferris State University in Michigan and they Bryant Galleries in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi.