BARRON'S All About Techniques in Oils  up to 9% off!    This book begins with advice on choosing pigments, canvas, and equipment, then shows you how to use brushes, knives, and other artists' tools. You'll come to understand the theory of color and its combinations, then be guided step by step in creating landscapes, portraits, nudes, still lifes, animal illustrations ...
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	BOB ROSS Joy Of Painting Books  up to 31% off!    Each Bob Ross book is carefully detailed with step-by-step instructions and full color paintings, based on the PBS oil painting TV series, "The Joy of Painting". Each volume contains an introduction that includes sections covering paints, mixing colors, palette, brushes, brush cleaning, palette knives, easels, canvas, and how-to-photos. In ...
	DAVID & CHARLES Painting Landscapes with Atmosphere  up to 17% off!    In this highly practical, exquisitely beautiful book, expert landscape artist Ray Balkwill shows you exactly how to capture a landscape’s spirit and emotion. All areas of landscape painting are covered: skies, waterscapes, trees, buildings, moorland, and mountains. Author: Ray Balkwill Format: paperback, 128 pgs., 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. Publisher: North Light, 2006
	DK Oil-painting Workshop  up to 17% off!    This addition to the Workshop series will show you how to use your oil paints to their best advantage. This simple and innovative guide makes oil painting achievable for everyone. Filled with practical step-by-step instructions, this portable guide guarantees success. Format: paperback, 128 pgs., 7 3/4 in. x 10 in. Publisher: DK, 2006
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	NORTH LIGHT Painting Mood & Atmosphere in Oils -- DVD  up to 26% off!    In this DVD you will see the whole oil painting process, from priming your canvas to completing the final details. Along the way you will pick up valuable tips and techniques on color, value, shape, and edges. Take Carolyn's at-home workshop and discover how to use your oil paints to ...
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