5 Essentials In Every Powerful Painting: Understanding The Concepts That Form The Foundation Of Dramatic Paintings; Author: Kelley, Ramon; Hardback; Book

Author: Kelley, Ramon
Hardback; Book; 200 Colour Illustrations
127 pages
Published: October 2001
F&W Publications Inc
ISBN: 1929834128

Using demonstrations in oil and pastels, Kelly distills and simplifies the concepts that form the foundation of dramatic paintings.Artist Ramon Kelley distills years of hard-won experience into five clearly written chapters that simplify and demonstrate how anyone can create powerful and beautiful paintings. Artist Ramon Kelley distills years of hard-won experience into five clearly written chapters that simplify and demonstrate how anyone can create powerful and beautiful paintings.This title demonstrates and simplfies how anyone can create powerful and beautiful paintings. Using oil and pastels, the author shows how to design a dynamic composition, simply values, use colour and texture to add dimension to a subject and use contrast to create excitement around focal points.