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Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes: Learn to paint step by step (How to Draw & Paint)

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With Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes, you can discover how to capture breathtaking oceanic scenes in oil. Welcome to the incredible, diverse world of painting seascapes in oil! Oil paints are versatile and forgiving, produce wonderful color, and can produce areas that are smooth or textured. This is an ideal medium to portray the ever-changing moods and drama of this very special subject: the sea. Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes is essential for any beginning artist who wants to paint beautiful oceans and seascapes. After introducing you to the basic tools and materials needed to begin painting in oil, talented artist Martin Clarke shows specific techniques for painting realistic waves, rocky shores, and other seaside elements. Learn about color theory, and basic painting techniques before moving on to the step-by-step projects in this 10.25 × 13.75–inch book. This comprehensive guide contains step-by-step lessons for painting five different seascapes in oil, using a number of simple yet effective techniques. You don’t need a large palette of colors to produce these vibrant, dramatic works. You just need to grab a few supplies and learn observation skills, a few painting techniques, and how to produce a well-composed scene. Then paint as much possible (and have fun while doing so) to practice creating amazing seascapes! Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and includes simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. With comprehensive instruction, plenty of artist tips and tricks, and beautiful artwork to inspire, Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes is the perfect resource for any aspiring oil painter. Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Walter Foster Publishing; Revised edition (March 3, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 40 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1633228460


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 67


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.2 x 0.3 x 13.75 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #341,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #60 in Oil Painting #141 in Landscape & Seascape Art #209 in Landscape Painting


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • OK book
This is a "how to" paperback on painting the sea. It is fairly good but not life changing.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2021 by tate m rogers
    • Great step by step
Excellent book for beginner to medium. Great for ideas and concepts.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 24, 2021 by Jan
    • Helpful book!
Great book! Great help!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2020 by Debbie Hebert
    • I am not a beginner painter.
It did not answer to my expectations because it is low level and for beginners!!!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 11, 2021 by Souleymane Sidibe
    • A tiny book with big ideas
AUTHOR Martin Clarke, is a fine artist who specializes in seascapes and views. See more details by clicking on his name above WHO IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE Clarke’s Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes is written in the style of a self-help manual come tutorial. It hails from the renowned publisher Walter Foster. Whilst it is diminutive with only 40 pages in total, the information packed inside in conjunction with the attractive color plates and illustrations make it a jewel. SYNOPSIS If you have read enough Walter Foster books, the format will be familiar and welcome. As always, it is written and illustrated with ease of use built in. Within the pages are five quick and easy tutorials complete with methods to help improve your skills. There are step-by-step directions and plenty of ancillary information to assist the aspiring artist even further. There is a brief introduction to color theory, brush techniques, and recommended palettes. Whilst it appears at first sight to be a tutorial best used by those new to painting in oil, the methods and advice enclosed would be helpful to even those of an intermediate level of expertise. CONCLUSION Sometimes less really is more. This is for those with the need for a quick to understand but highly accessible and informative read. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank Martin Clarke, Net Galley, and Walter Foster Publishing for affording me the opportunity to review Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes: Learn to Paint Step by Step. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 10, 2020 by Litercurious
    • Good tips for beginners
This is an art instruction book on painting seascapes in oil. The author started by briefly describing the various tools and materials needed, some oil painting techniques, how to create various ocean–related textures, and color theory. He then provided five step-by-step projects using these techniques. Each project had seven or eight steps, each with a text description and illustration. The text description included information like what part of the painting to work on next, what colors to use, what technique to use, and tips for creating certain textures. These instructions weren't always clear. For example, he once said to use a "mountain mixture" but he hadn't said what colors were in that mixture. Overall, though, this book provides beginners to seascapes with good tips on how to create fairly realistic scenes. I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 3, 2020 by Debbie
    • Are you interested to draw Oceans and Seascapes with oils?
In his book "Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes" the artist Martin Clarke writes: "Welcome to the incredible, diverse world of painting the ocean, coast, and sea. In this book you’ll explore how to paint several different seascapes in oil, using a number of simple yet effective techniques. In the process, you’ll discover the versatility of oil paints, which are forgiving and produce wonderful color. With their long drying time, oils are ideal for blending and can produce areas that are smooth or textured. Oils are a perfect medium to portray the ever-changing moods and drama of this very special subject: the sea." The book is one of the 40-page books from the "Oil ... step by step" series, published by Quarto Publishing Group - Walter Foster. The ten chapters cover the following topics: 1) Tools & Materials, 2) Color Basics, 3) Painting Methods, 4) Brushwork Techniques, 5) Seascape Techniques, 6) Ellenbrook Shore, 7) Eruption, 8) Unridden Wave, 9) The Reef, and 10) Foaming Waters. Clarke bases his drawings on photos. The step-by-step approach, tips, information about the used color palette and information how to draw certain details help readers who want to reproduce her drawings or paint similar ones. The book is presented with great graphics and design. It is helpful and inspirational for beginning (and advanced) artists who want to draw oceans and seascapes with oils. I would recommend it in this case. It would make also a great present for them. Readers need to be aware that it is a basic book, an index and information where the needed materials can be bought are missing. Furthermore, it would have been helpful if the reference photos could be downloaded since the are of small size in the book. The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. #OilPaintingOceansSeascapes #NetGalley ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 27, 2020 by lelesurfer
    • Useful information
This is not a big book, but it certainly has a lot of useful information. I always have trouble with the look of my wave splash and foam, the information here hit the spot -simple but very effective. Plenty of examples and clear information to demonstrate the different effect when painting a seascape, always beautiful with light and shades and movement - trying to capture it with paint is not that easy sometimes. Great book for beginners or experienced oil painters. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 10, 2020 by Leyla

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