Jackie Shaw's Learn to Paint Fruits & Vegetables - A Step-by-Step Approach to Beautiful Results

Anyone Can Learn To Paint Fruits and Vegetables

Discover how easy it is to paint beautifully stylized vegetables and fruit--even if you have no previous artistic training or drawing skills. Renowned painting teacher Jackie Shaw reveals her systematic painting techniques that anyone can use to start creating classic still life designs. She starts by fully explaining the basics of painting, including color mixing, brush control, stroke techniques, surface preparation, and more. Detailed lessons are provided for a sumptuous array of produce, from bananas and bell peppers to peaches and pomegranates. Each featured subject includes step-by-step illustrations, a ready-to-use shaded pattern, and full color reference photos.

Here's how to paint if you don't know how--and how to improve if you do. This book offers valuable instruction in this delightful and imaginative craft for artists at every level of experience.

- Learn to paint succulent apples, oranges, tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and more
- 15 step-by-step illustrated lessons
- Ready-to-use patterns and full color reference photos for every subject
- Advice on color mixing, brush control, basic strokes, surface preparation, and composition
- Glossary of painting terms

About the author

Jackie Shaw is an internationally recognized decorative artist, teacher, and author, who has written over 200 magazine articles and 30 books. Among numerous other awards, she is the recipient of the Silver Palette, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Decorative Painters. Her most popular book, The Big Book of Decorative Painting, was widely considered the “bible” on decorative painting, highly regarded for its quality and thoroughness. 

Product details

• Authors: Shaw, Jackie Shaw, Shaw Jackie
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2016
• EAN: 9781497200104
• ISBN: 978-1-4972-0010-4
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Illustrations: color photos, B&W illustrations, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Learn to Paint; Learn to Paint
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Painting, drawing, colour; Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; ART / Techniques / General, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Painting, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Painting & Art Manuals, art; art techniques; still life;