Artist's Painting Techniques

*1: The basics***1: Getting Started*2: Observational skills*3: Colour theory*4: Perspective and composition*5: Pencil-drawing basics*6: Using a pencil to create tone*7: Choosing a medium*8: Choosing a subject*9: Working outdoors*10: Mounting and displaying work*2: Watercolours***1: Painting with watercolours*2: Watercolour paints*3: Brushes*4: Supports and other materials*1: Beginner techniques**1: Colour mixing*2: Colour charts*3: Tone exercises*4: Warm and cool colours*5: Brushstrokes*6: Laying paint*7: Using runs*8: Modelling form*9: Simplifying a scene*10: Showcase painting*2: Intermediate techniques**1: Laying a flat wash*2: Laying a graduated wash*3: Lively darks*4: Aerial perspective*5: Edges*6: Highlights*7: Adding texture*8: Paper surfaces*9: Correcting errors*10: Reserving whites*11: Line and wash*12: Experimental techniques*13: Showcase painting*3: Advanced techniques**1: Planning a painting*2: Mood*3: Laying a double graduated wash*4: Laying a granulated wash*5: Monochrome*6: Glazing*7: Building layers*8: Adding details*9: Reflections*10: Opaque whites*11: Skin tones*12: Showcase painting*3: Acrylics***1: Painting with acrylics*2: Acrylic paints*3: Brushes and palette knives*4: Supports and other materials*1: Beginner techniques**1: Colour mixing*2: Using a limited palette*3: Drawing with a brush*4: Tints, tones and shades*5: Acrylic washes*6: Neat acrylics*7: Painting shapes*8: White subjects*9: Aerial perspective*10: Showcase painting*2: Intermediate techniques**1: Adding texture*2: Using ground colours*3: Blending*4: Glazing*5: Warm colours*6: Cool colours*7: Painting with warm and cool colours*8: Negative space*9: Reflections*10: Showcase painting*3: Advanced techniques**1: Creating focal points*2: Optical colour mixing*3: Painting rain*4: Painting fur*5: Dramatic skies*6: Painting people simply*7: Skin tones*8: Painting movement*9: Showcase painting*4: Oils***1: Painting with oils*2: Oil paints*3: Brushes and palette knives*4: Supports and other materials*1: Beginner techniques**1: Colour mixing*2: Mark-making*3: Palette knives*4: Fat over lean*5: Layering*6: Drawing and underpainting*7: Decreasing stages*8: Alla prima*9: Creating forms*10: Showcase painting*2: Intermediate techniques**1: Aerial perspective*2: Blending*3: Impasto*4: Sgraffito*5: Scumbling*6: Broken colour*7: Wiping and scraping back*8: Wet-in-wet*9: Texture*10: Tonking*11: Showcase painting*3: Advanced techniques**1: Ground colour*2: Skin tones*3: Colour harmony*4: Tonal values*5: Using mediums*6: Oiling out*7: Glazing*8: Re-evaluating and correcting*9: Finding your style*10: Varnishing*11: Showcase painting*5: Glossary*6: Index*7: About the artists