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The Beginner’s Guide to Oil Painting: Simple Still Life Projects to Help You Master the Basics

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The Easy Way to Get Started with Oil Painting Craig Stephens has a simple motto for painting: With a brush, some paints and a willingness to learn, anyone can do it. With that mindset, Craig takes his most essential lessons, boils them down to their basics and teaches you everything you need to know to start oil painting, without any fuss or highbrow. Thanks to his experience teaching painting to high school students for over two decades, Craig is an expert at helping those with no experience pick up a brush and make beautiful art they are proud of. With his direction, you’ll create dynamic, vivid paintings and learn to capture your world in ways you never thought possible. Each project in this book is designed to highlight the important elements of using oil paints, helping you to practice new skills and get comfortable with the medium. And thanks to Craig’s helpful step-by-step directions that pair a picture with each stroke, you’ll get great results. Hone your color-mixing eye as you blend the vibrant greens and subtle yellows in the Freshly Cut Avocado piece. Practice painting unique textures, like the small craters in the Simplified Strawberry or the glossy skin on the Smooth and Shiny Plum. Learn all the ways to capture natural light, like transparency in a glass of Refreshing Lemon Water or dazzling reflections on a Chrome Coffee Creamer. Oil painting is a timeless art form, and with Craig as your teacher, you’ll create 22 beautiful pieces for your walls and learn all the foundational skills you need to enjoy this hobby for years to come. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Page Street Publishing


Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2022


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 176 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1645674940


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 48


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.08 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 0.4 x 8.95 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #147,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #35 in Oil Painting #166 in Arts & Photography Study & Teaching #910 in Art History by Theme


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Helpful Lessons
Format: Paperback
Well written, easy to follow, good projects. I have painted 4 of the initial projects and am learning a ton. I’m super happy with the lessons and am sure my painting is improving as I better understand how to work on the subjects. Great purchase!
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2025 by Holly Jones
    • Delightful.
Format: Paperback
A wonderful journey into painting. The author truly understands both the medium and the education process. If you’re curious about painting or would simply like a book with approachable projects then this book is perfect. Would also make a neat gift for art enthusiasts.
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2026 by BJ
    • Good for beginners
Format: Paperback
Easy to follow. Great for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2026 by Kathy Martinez
    • An Exceptionally Useful Art Book
Format: Paperback
I love the approach in this book. After a little getting started info, the author eases into painting projects. The first several are monochromatic paintings of basic shapes—a cube, a sphere, a cylinder. Then a pear, first monochromatic and then in color. After these preliminary exercises, he demonstrates paintings of various fruits and household objects which become steadily more complex. This systematic approach to learning to paint is what every beginner needs. The instructions along with the photos give the reader insight into how a painter must think in order to successfully recreate what they see. Though this book focuses on still life painting, the same principles apply to virtually everything else one might want to paint. Whether a fledgling artist is interested in landscapes, portraits, or fantasy scenes, this is a great place to start. Though the author demonstrates the various projects in oils, they can be done just as well in other opaque mediums like acrylic or pastels. Highly recommended! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2024 by Ted Baker
    • Oil Painting Guide
Format: Paperback
It is a good book, just not what I expected. I wanted landscapes etc. But ordering, I couldn't tell what was inside. But it is a good instruction for still life.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024 by Mary L. Bromley
    • Just do it
Format: Paperback
Very well written. Craig Stephens has you look at an object to really see it before you start drawing or painting This is a really good book especially for beginners and intermediate painters. I appreciate that he only has you focus on one object instead of a whole picture. You will learn a lot from him and not be overwhelmed. Enjoy! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2025 by hari deva
    • Better than most painting books
Format: Paperback
I own a bunch of books and feel this one is very well written and really appreciate his breakdown of how he mixes his paints before painting as it makes for smoother painting, knowing your lightest and darkest values in advance (very helpful). Some books, the author/artist can lose themselves in pages of florid language describing the importance of this technique or that mindset without ever touching how to create what concept they are speaking to. Stephen just cuts to the chase which makes him so much easier to follow and apply what he’s sharing. Do wish he described his brush and knife techniques more. His textures in his examples were fantastic and yet he staid focused on color mixing and basics of shape. Maybe he’ll write another book on techniques?? Pretty please!! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024 by Shannon May
    • This is a terrific guide to painting.
Format: Paperback
Each sample is shown in simple steps using few colors with descriptions that seem quite doable. There's nothing intimidating, it's worded and described in simple steps with directions that seem really down to earth. The paintings are simple, great samples of what can be done, by nearly everyone, with just basic colors and limited investments in supplies in mind. This writer is a great teacher, and super beautiful painter, lots of kudos to this artist and author. I love this book and recommend it to EVERYONE who wants to paint, from simple things to more complex layouts, terrific book, you should definitely start with this one!!!!!!!!!! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2023 by gibsonfridge

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