Oil Painting Portraits

by Ray Campbell Smith

Introduces oil colors, demonstrates how to create a portrait, from preliminary sketch to final framing, and discusses color, costume, and light

Genres: Art

72 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 1994

About the author

Internationally noted artist Ray Smith has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. A lecturer at the Chelsea School of Art and at Exeter Art College, he was recently Artist-in-Residence at the University of Southampton in the UK. Smith has received many distinguished awards for his work, including an Arts Council Award, a Lindbury Trust artist's award, and the Deutscher Jugendbuch Preis. He has written several titles in The DK Art School series, and is the author of The Artist's Handbook and How to Draw and Paint What You See.

Reviews

[Luciana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Concise, resumed book. Go over the basics I a quick pace. Has step by step demonstrations. Maybe good for very beginners.