Description
Art Instruction Associates, Published 1981. Wraps with plastic comb binding, 118 pp.; 29 x 22 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, color plates, two-color line drawings, and color palette charts.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Stiff brown card stock covers with pale gray lettering and cream plastic comb binding. Bumping and creasing to edges and corners of covers, with heavier creasing along the top of the back cover. Mild shelf wear with some color loss and light toning to edges of covers; plastic comb binding intact and functional; pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked. A painting instruction manual by American artist Helen Van Wyk (1930-1994), known for her Casselwyk Book on Oil Painting and her PBS series "Welcome to My Studio." The book covers the principles of oil painting as applied to floral subjects, organized into twelve technical chapters followed by ten guided painting sessions ranging from alla prima to glazing over monochrome underpaintings. Contents: Introduction; The Nature of Painting and How It Relates to Painting Flowers; The Seven Components of Pictorial Expression; Painting Materials; A Palette, Paints and a Palette of Colors; Flower Arranging for Flower Painting; How Motivation Influences Pictorial Expression; Composition; The Five Tone Values; The Three Factors of Drawing; Color in Light and Color in Shade; Found-and-Lost Lines; Rhythm of Application; Introduction to Painting Sessions; Placing the Subject; A Basic Approach; Seeing the Subject in Mass Tones; The Importance of Overlapping; Glazing Over a Monochrome; Underpainting to Regulate Thickness and Thinness of Paint; Color and Complement in Practice; Flowers, Alla Prima; Lilacs, Their Color and Petals; The Color of White Flowers; To Sum Up.