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Impressionist painting for the landscape : secrets for successful oil painting / George Gallo and Cindy Salaski.

by Gallo, George, 1956- author.

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Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, c2014.

Landscape painting -- Technique.

Impressionism (Art)

143 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What You Need -- Materials for Painting Outdoors -- Materials for Inside the Studio -- Painterly Secrets -- Find Your Own Voice -- Abandon Negative Thoughts -- Take Yourself Out of the Process -- ch. 2 Design Basics -- Why Design Is Important -- Line, Value and Color -- Composition Notes -- ch. 3 Value And Color -- Value -- Learn to See in the Abstract -- Many Values -- Are Closer Than You Think -- Comparisons and Patterns -- Using Light and Dark Masses -- Creating Atmospheric Perspective -- Seeing Naturally -- Local Color -- Color and the Palette -- More About Color -- Reflected Light -- Early Morning Light -- Afternoon Light -- Autumn Scene -- Winter Scene -- ch. 4 The Colorist Approach -- Your Subject Is Always the Light -- Color Mixing -- Look for These Complements as Subject Matter -- Visual Mixing to Achieve Color Vibrations -- Pushing Complementary Colors -- ch. 5 Expressive Brushwork -- How the Old Masters Did It --

Learn to see, think and paint like an Impressionist master! Monet. Renoir. Van Gogh. Redfield. Garber. These beloved Impressionist masters continue to inspire with their rich and vivid artistry. Their styles and methods are alive and thriving today in the work of contemporary master George Gallo, who will lead you through all you need to know from start to finish to create Impressionist-inspired landscape paintings in oil.

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