Heart-Pounding: Introductory Tutorial on Oil Painting Creation

Compared with other types of painting, oil painting often gives people the impression of being "complex and difficult to learn". In fact, this is caused by the difficulty of the painting tools. Tools are a means of artistic expression. If you don't control the painting tools well, you will not be able to accurately express the artist's thinking. Therefore, as a zero-level artist, you must have the courage to defeat each one starting with the tools. This is an introductory oil painting tutorial for beginners. It not only explains the professional content, but also emphasizes the basic knowledge of oil painting. It uses typical cases to help readers gradually master oil painting techniques and drawing essentials. The book is divided into 6 parts: Part 1 is an introduction to oil painting tools, such as easels and oil painting boxes to support the painting carrier, pencils and erasers for shaping, canvas and wooden boards as the painting carrier, oil paints, oil brushes, oil painting knives, as well as auxiliary tools such as media used to change the properties of the paint, and primer applied between the painting carrier and the painting layer. From this perspective, readers are exposed to the illusion that "oil painting is too difficult to learn"; Part 2 Starting from the color theory of three primary colors, secondary colors, complex colors, warm and cool colors, and contrasting colors, the color mixing techniques of oil paints are explained. By appreciating the works of masters such as Van Gogh, Renoir, Cézanne, and Monet, readers are introduced to the key points of appreciating art works—brushstrokes, colors, compositions, atmosphere, light and shadow, and artistic conception; Part Part 3 focuses on explaining the basic techniques of oil painting, such as kneading, line, fret, dot, brush, paint, draw, build, stamp, reverse, scrape, etc., As well as the law of "fat over thin" and the technique of washing brushes; Part 4 to Part 5 chapters lead readers into the world of oil painting through case drawing explanations. Taking "difficulties of learning + painting tools and materials + painting key points + painting steps" as an example, the still life case explains the expression of fruit color, volume and transparency, and the flower case explains the expression of flower shape, petal primary and secondary relationship, and petal color transparency. Now, the landscape case is used to explain the expression of color, brushstrokes and mechanism, and the sense of space. The scraper painting method is demonstrated through the snow mountain peak case. The one-time painting method is demonstrated through the jellyfish case. The wet cover wet painting method is demonstrated through the flower case. The multi-layer painting method is used to create oil paintings through the cat in the flower case and the thorn case. Part 6 is the author's experience, sharing how to take good-looking photos of paintings so that you can leave memories after the paintings are sold or given away. This book has classic and practical cases, detailed explanations, and easy-to-understand language. It is not only suitable for oil painting enthusiasts and beginners to learn from, but can also be used as a teaching material for art training institutions.