Oil Painting with a Basic Palette [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Morgan Price (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999

Price teaches how a simplified palette can be used to create strong, vibrant paintings. Six painting demonstrations show all the lessons applied.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; 1st edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891348824
• ISBN-13: 978-0891348825
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #980,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oil Painting with a Basic Palette, May 4, 2000

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Emmy L. Murawski "LA Di Da Lady" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oil Painting with a Basic Palette (Hardcover)

This is a finely illustrated book for beginners through advanced oil painters who are interested mainly in landscape painting. Even the table of contents is illustrated with photos of her paintings and short descriptions for easy access to chapters. Demos are illustrated as well, including how to use and hold brushes, preparing surfaces. The book also examines the basic tenets of painting including value, composition and design, effects of light on color. This is a useful, lovely book to read and use in landscape painting.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simplify Your Painting, December 30, 2006

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Triple B (Virginia Beach, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oil Painting with a Basic Palette (Hardcover)

Too many colors on your palette? Are you a beginning oil painter? This is the book for you! Morgan Samuel Price lays out the theory and techniques of painting with a basic palette...a few primaries, a couple of earth tones, and that's it. Several lessons are presented for the reader to follow along with. This book will definitely improve your painting.

4.0 out of 5 stars The Book will get you to work soon enough, Brushes please!, August 30, 2011

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David G. Neris "Spurlte" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oil Painting with a Basic Palette (Hardcover)

I am new and retired and wanted to do the Tony Bennett thing. "It's all about the light." I don't know how to set up a palette and it was suggested I start out slow--with a basic palette.