ECA Record Control Number: 17744

Record Level: Listing

Record Type: Book

Library of Congress Call Number: 84011997

ISBN: 0823025241

Key Title: Oil painting secrets from a master.

Sub Title: -none-

Language: English

Author: Cateura, Linda.

Publisher:Watson-Guptill Publications
Publish Location: New York, NY

Date of Publication: 1984

Description: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Table of Contents:
Leffel, The Teacher by Linda Cateura………………………9
Leffel, The Artist by Gregg Kreutz……………………………11
My Goal as a Teacher by David A. Leffel………………….13

Part One: Artistic Thinking……………………………………..15
On Seeing……………………………………………………………16
The Concept………………………………………………………..18

Part Two: Painting Process……………………………………35
Materials………………………………………………………………36
Brushstroke Techniques………………………………………..40
Chiaroscuro…………………………………………………………42
Massing……………………………………………………………….44
Painting Procedures……………………………………………..46
Planes…………………………………………………………………56

Part Three: Basic Advice……………………………………….59
Light and Shadow…………………………………………………60
Values…………………………………………………………………68
Edges…………………………………………………………………70
Color…………………………………………………………………..72
Painting Still Lifes…………………………………………………82
Painting Portraits………………………………………………….92
Painting Backgrounds…………………………………………..110

Part Four: General Observations……………………………117
Comments on Painting…………………………………………118
Attitudes That Can Hold You Back………………………….139
Index…………………………………………………………………..143

Library of Congress Subjects:
Painting–Technique.

Number of copies: 1

Digitized: Yes

BOOK

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