Problem Solving for Oil Painters: Recognizing What's Gone Wrong and How to Make it Right

Problem Solving for Oil Painters: Recognizing What's Gone Wrong and How to Make it Right

Finally - a book to help you solve all your painting problems!<br><br>Inside you'll learn how to study a painting and correct problematic areas. Study topics include:<br><br><b>Ideas</b><br>- Is there a good abstract idea underlying the picture?<br>- What details could be eliminated to strengthen the composition?<br>- Does the painting have a focus?<br>- Are the unessential parts subbordinated?<br>- Does the painting "read"?<br>- Could you finish any part of the painting?<br><br><b>Shapes</b><br>- Are the dominant shapes as strong and simple as possible?<br>- Are the shapes too similiar?<br><br><b>Value</b><br>- Could the value range be increased?<br>- Could the number of values be reduced?<br><br><b>Light</b><br>- Is the subject effectively lit?<br>- Is the light area big enough?<br>- Would the light look stronger with a suggestion of burnout?<br>- Do the lights have a continuous flow?<br>- Is the light gradiated?<br><br><b>Shadows</b><br>- Do the shadow shapes describe the form?<br>- Are the shadows warm enough?<br><br><b>Depth</b><br>- Would the addition of foreground material deepen the space?<br>- Does the background recede far enough?<br>- Are the halftones properly related to the background?<br><br><b>Solidity</b><br>- Is the underlying form being communicated?<br>- Is the symmetry in perspective?<br><br><b>Color</b><br>- Is there a color strategy?<br>- Could a purer color be used?<br>- Do the whites have enough color in them?<br>- Are the colors overbended on the canvas?<br>- would the color look brighter if it were saturated into its adjacent area?<br><br><b>Paint</b><br>- Is your palette efficiently organized?<br>- Is the painting surface too absorbent?<br>- Are you using the palette knife as much as you could?<br>- Are you painting lines when you should be painting masses?<br>- Are the edges dynamic enough?<br>- Is there enough variation in the texture of the paint?