7 Keys to Great Paintings Book
Unlock the secrets to your best work yet!
7 Keys to Great Paintings makes it easy to improve your work using tried-and-true principles, regardless of your subject matter or medium. Award winning artist and workshop instructor Jane R. Hofstetter clearly illustrates each of the seven artisitc musts that are essential to any successful, memorable painting:
Pattern - the size and arrangement of the light and dark shapes that establishes contrast and interest.
Passage - the path of the viewer's eye, which depends on connections and cohesion.
Focal area - the centre of interest or heart of the painting.
Color - a chance to create relationships, harmony and emotion in bold or subtle ways.
Design - the nuts and bolts of attractive arrangement.
The Golden Mean - the venerable rule of composition that creates pleasing divisions of space, whatever the subject.
Emotional depth - the visual expression that creates an emotional conenction to the viewer.
Packed with beautiful paintings, problem-solving exercises, memorable "Summing-Up" lists and seven step-by-step demonstrations in watercolour, 7 keys makes masterful manageable - and fun! Take advantage of the keys and unlock the secrets to creating unforgettable paintings.
Book: Northlight. Hardback. 128 pages. Colour throughout