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Still Life in Tone and Colour
Still Life in Tone and Colour
Still Life in Tone and Colour
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Still Life in Tone and Colour

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Each course and book guide in the 'Paint with Pete' series adds another painting and style to your repertoire.

This book will guide you through the process of painting a beautiful still life painting. Your painting won't look exactly like the one in this book. That doesn't matter! My method of teaching enables you to express your own taste and feelings about what is beautiful. This is not a prescriptive method, but rather a series of processes which enable your self expression.

Go for it! Have fun!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPeter Inglis
Release dateJun 12, 2014
ISBN9781310524936
Still Life in Tone and Colour
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Peter Inglis

Peter is the Principal of the Inglis Academy in Sydney, Australia, where people come to develop their literacy in art and music.*-* ART *-* Peter's art workshops use accelerated learning techniques to enable beginners to paint masterworks by Van Gogh and Monet in their first lesson!*-* MUSIC *-* Peter's guitar performances, workshops and publications cover 400 years of Western music.

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    Still Life in Tone and Colour - Peter Inglis

    Still Life in Tone and Colour.

    Edition 1.25 (Smashwords edition) © 2014

    Author: Peter Inglis. Shop 1/36-48 Albany St. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia

    Web: www.inglisacademy.com | Email: info@inglisacademy.com

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    Inglis Academy students with another repertoire piece!

    Read more customer feedback at the end of this book in the Testimonials chapter.

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced or transmitted, or utilised in any form without written permission from the publisher, except as covered by ‘fair use’ provisions for the purpose of review. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

    Table of Contents

    About this project - What we will learn in this project

    Let’s Begin – your studio | materials | brushes

    Lighting your still life | Source images | Portrait versus landscape

    Tone creates Form | - Tonal Sketch

    Technique - Coordination | Basic brush stroke | Colour mixing technique

    Colour - | Palette management | Primary colours | Secondary colours | Complementary colours | Mixing a sky colour | Green | Grey | Colour Summary

    Tonal Painting - Tonal painting: example no.2

    Colour Painting - Colour painting: example no.2

    Flowers | Sketch Paintings | Thumbnails

    The Final Result - Examples by Pete - Examples by Students

    Definitions | Testimonials | You can paint

    About this Project

    This book will guide you through the process of painting a beautiful still life painting.

    Your painting won't look exactly like this one. That doesn't matter!

    My method of teaching enables you to express your own taste and feelings about what is beautiful.

    This is not a prescriptive method, but rather a series of processes which enable your self expression. Go for it! Have fun!

    Back to the Table of Contents

    What we will learn in this project

    This painting will teach us:

    How to use your artistic licence

    Using tone to create form

    Creating texture and depth

    Rhythm

    Colour mixing

    Complementary Colours

    Don't worry if you don't understand all these terms and concepts. You will pick them up during the lesson. That is why all the instruction at Paint with Pete is repertoire oriented. Having a specific goal (completing a painting) puts all the techniques into context.

    After completing this painting you will see art in a whole new way!

    Back to the Table of Contents

    Let's begin!

    Your Studio

    Create a clean and uncluttered workspace, or as best you can. If all you have to start with is a corner in the kitchen or the garage, then go with that. Don't let a less-than-optimal workspace stop you. Get started!

    I recommend you play baroque music in the background to encourage creative and relaxed thinking. Here are a couple

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