This book is all about having a great time painting! The first book in a wonderful new series, Painting Basics makes painting landscapes easy! Readers will experience the joy of painting for pure pleasure as Jerry Yarnell guides them through each step of the 10 detailed step-by-step projects. No previous experience is necessary. All the artist has to do is follow along with Jerry to create a beautiful landscape in acrylics in 15 steps. The first book begins with a short introduction then guides the reader in the selection of the right paints, tools, and surfaces, along with just enough background information to make following Jerry's step-by-step instructions even easier and more fun.
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Terry Yarnell is the featured artist in the highly acclaimed PBS instructional series, "The Inspiration of Painting." His unique style and technique appeal to painters across the country.
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56 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
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For Any Experience Level,
This review is from: Paint Along with Jerry Yarnell Volume One - Painting Basics (Paperback)
I've painted on and off for several years. Until yesterday, my mom had never picked up a paintbrush in her life. We put this book in between us and neither one of us had any trouble following the instruction.Jerry Yarnell uses acrylic paints but we use oils and still found this book to be very helpful. He guides you step-by-step in everything from sketching your scene onto the canvas to adding the last highlight. He even tells you what paints to mix, brushes to get and strokes to use. The pictures in this book are incredible and you can paint houses, snow, landscape...even cows! I've truly found this book to be more useful than the professional painting class I'm currently in!
35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Great first painting book!,
By Tom Boudrot (Worcester, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Paint Along with Jerry Yarnell Volume One - Painting Basics (Paperback)
I have always had some artistic skill but I never painted a picture before picking up this book. I am amazed at the results. For the first two projects I bought cheaper canvas board instead of pre-stretched canvas because I assumed the first few paintings would be hit-or-miss at best. But the very first lesson I did from the book got scooped up by a brother-in-law and is framed and hanging on his wall! I've got more requests than I can fill now and some are hanging in a local restaurant (for sale!) A big thanks to Jerry and a hearty recommendation to anyone who wants to try painting in acrylics. He will walk you through everything from tools to paint to finishing touches. One dissapointment was no seascapes! I've had two requests for them. I recommend this book over Bob Ross'. There are no knives or tricks used here and the effects are more artistic.
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Excellent step-by-step instruction for landscape painting,
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This review is from: Paint Along with Jerry Yarnell Volume One - Painting Basics (Paperback)
If you are familiar with Jerry Yarnell from his PBS series, you will most likely enjoy this book. If you are a rank beginner, it might not be the best book, because you do not get to see a demonstration of just how it all works, but if you've seen even a couple of his TV shows or ever painted before at all, you can gain excellent insight into the basics of landscape painting. It is full of step by step instructions for painting a good variety of landscapes, from woods and water to deserts and stormy skies. It is short on words, big on pictures, telling you what to objects to paint, in what order, which brushes and techniques to use, with several excellent photographs per painting of each step involoved to produce each painting. I would hightly recommend this book to anyone interesting in landscape painting.
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Before you get started on the step-by-step instructions on the following pages, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with some of the terms, techniques and procedures that will be used. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flat sable brush, script liner brush, soft vine charcoal, haké brush, round sable brush, choppy strokes, sunshine color, comma strokes, liberal coat, add final details, burnt sienna, bristle brush, color illus, mix white, foreground rocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hooker's Green, Burnt Umber, Dioxazine Purple, Ultramarine Blue, Thalo Yellow Green New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Before you get started on the step-by-step instructions on the following pages, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with some of the terms, techniques and procedures that will be used. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flat sable brush, script liner brush, soft vine charcoal, haké brush, round sable brush, choppy strokes, sunshine color, comma strokes, liberal coat, add final details, burnt sienna, bristle brush, color illus, mix white, foreground rocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hooker's Green, Burnt Umber, Dioxazine Purple, Ultramarine Blue, Thalo Yellow Green New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Painting Beautiful Watercolor from Photographs by Jan Kunz in Back Matter
- How to Draw Human Figure by Victor G. Ambrus in Back Matter
- Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step by Terry Isaac in Back Matter
- Painting Fresh Florals in Watercolor by Arleta Pech in Back Matter
- Paint Along with Jerry Yarnell Volume Two - Painting Inspirations by Jerry Yarnell in Front Matter
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