Think Big Paint Small: Oil Painting Easier, Faster and Better

Description

Beautiful paintings have never been more easy to do! Create beautiful, frame-worthy art in no time now matter what your skill level.|There are a lot of big reasons to paint small. Smaller canvases allow you to create beautiful paintings with less expense, less mess, less space and less time. What could be better? Big Art Small Canvas gives you all the guidance you need to succeed at creating small paintings. It features more than 12 step-by-step demonstrations that show you how to paint a variety of still lifes and landscapes all on canvases measuring four inches or less! You'll quickly learn how to: select good supplies on a budget mix colours the right way, the first time scale down your subjects to fit a smaller area create dimension, depth and volume in your compositions paint realistic shadows and highlights capture a range of textures and reflective surfaces Each demonstration guides you from blank canvas to completed painting. You'll even find sound advice for framing, displaying and marketing your work. Great things really do come in small packages. Start maximizing the rewards of oil painting with Big Art Small Canvas!

Award-winning artist Joyce Washor exhibits regularly in the Hudson Valley and has many gallery affiliations across the U.S., including the Judi Rotenberg Gallery and the Taos Gallery. An active workshop instructor, she lives in Riverdale, New York.