- How to perform each of the 12 Professional advanced techniques
✓ this is your powerhouse toolkit. This turns your paintbrush into your magic wand.
- The significant combinations of techniques. How and when to use them, and the effects these combinations create
✓ this means you'll be able to paint any subject you want, any way you want.
- How to physically alter the paint for each technique
✓ this turns your normal tube of paint into a different substance, and opens new worlds of opportunities, because your new paint substances achieve different visual effects.
- Which type of implements to use, and how and when to use them. And the effects these create
✓ getting these right means you don't make mistakes. You learn how to use the implements in ways no one else does, such as using a big brush to create extraordinary detail. All these professional secrets are revealed.
- Characteristics of oil paint, and how these vary, and which to choose and why. How to use each for the effect you want
✓ unless you know these extraordinary, and rare, characteristics your paintings will look like everybody else's, or worse, like the amateur.
- How to make your own medium. Controls quality and saves cost
✓ your special homemade medium is your liquid magic.
- What amateurs do, and those with the usual techniques. And how to avoid doing that
✓ this is your bridge over troubled waters and gets you on the path to immediate success.
- How to break up a subject into elements. How to work with these elements using advanced techniques and their combinations
✓ this makes your painting success simple. It also means you can paint sophisticated paintings any way you want to do so, easily.
Advanced Oil Painting Techniques
