Easy Oil Painting: Beginner Tutorials for Small Still Life (Design Originals) 9 Step-by-Step Projects of Simple Subjects for 4-Inch Square or Smaller Canvases, Technique Lessons, and Sketches to Trace

Book Synopsis: If you've always wanted to try your hand at oil painting, this is the book for you! Accessible guide for beginners to learn how to oil paint on a small scale, using square canvases measuring no more than 4-inches. Easy subject matter so aspiring artists can focus on the actual subjects they're painting rather than a large composition. 9 step-by-step projects for classic still life paintings with different shapes, colors, and textures, to grow your painting and layering skills. Traceable sketches are included for each project, for those who lack confidence drawing their subjects. Author Estelle Day is an award-winning professional artist and an associate member of the Society of Women Artists.

Get big results on a small canvas! A complete introduction to still life oil painting for beginners, this comprehensive must-have guide will walk you through everything you need to know to be successful in small-scale oil painting! Accessible and unintimidating, Easy Oil Painting focuses on painting small canvases that are no bigger than a 4-inch (10 cm) square so you can worry less about composition and focus more on the actual subject.

Learn key painting techniques in detail — from color mixing to glazing — through nine step-by-step project tutorials, working with several different shapes, colors, and textures to grow your painting and layering skills. Projects include an egg, espresso cup, lemon, apple, silver pitcher, red onion, glass vase, fall leaves, and green pear. Easy-to-follow instructions and "Trace-This-Linework" drawings for each of the nine projects are also included, making this must-have guide a great starting point for beginning artists!

Award-winning professional artist Estelle Day studied at both Chelsea College of Art in London, UK, and Oxford Brookes University, graduating with a degree in Fine Art. Since then, she has continued to paint and draw and currently works from her home studio in London, UK. She has exhibited her portraits and still life paintings and has sold her work in the US, UK, France, and New Zealand. She is also an associate member of the Society of Women Artists. Estelle is on Instagram @estelledayfineart, where she has an engaged following who adore her lively paintings, which are often filmed as time-lapse videos.

Get started quickly, hone your skills, and fall in love with the luminous and vibrant world of oils, with Easy Oil Painting!

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