About My Book
George Allen Durkee
Expressive Oil Painting, published by North Light
Books, is loaded with big,
colorful images, but it's not about me. It is about how you can paint
better paintings - how you can express your deepest
feelings for Nature.
How do you know what to paint first, second and . . . then what? I show you through a series of nine step-by-step landscape demonstrations what to do, and why. You already know that it's not enough to simply paint things the way they actually look. Painting is catching the essential truth of a subject the way only you experience it. But how?
Sure, you need the right tools and materials. I cover that in the first chapter. Then I get down to the bedrock basics you need to know. Like how to see in the way an artist sees. Because vision is such an ordinary part of human experience, we may think that because we look, we see. Not so! I show you what specifically to look for so you can translate your unique vision onto your canvas. My method of drawing in perspective will give you such a complete understanding that you will never have trouble with perspective drawing again! I'll give you a simple, straightforward, easy to grasp way to mix any color you want without struggle, and also explain how to compose your paintings to express your personal view of the world.
I wrote the book I would like to have found in a bookstore. It is logically organized with a wealth of pictures and diagrams and a minimum of text. It will help you quickly learn the principles that are true for all painters and encourage you to apply them in your own way so your work will reflect the world you live in and who you are within it. Hey, buy the book! One helpful idea is worth the price, and it's chin deep in ways to make your paintings reach out from the wall and lay a hand on your viewer's heart. You can buy it from any major bookseller, but if you get it from me, I'll sign it for you. CLICK HERE
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