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Oil Painting Step-by-step
This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all oil painting enthusiasts, from the beginner to the experienced artist. Starting with advice on materials, painting from photographs, colour and composition, it goes on to describe basic and more advanced techniques such as wet on wet, wet on dry, scumbling, dry brush, sgraffito, impasto and glazing and the wonderful effects they can produce. For those wanting to avoid the use of smelly additives like turpentine or white spirit, there is a section on water mixable oils. For readers who would like to see quick results, there is a section on instant oil painting, or painting in an intuitive, spontaneous way. Easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations show the reader how to paint landscapes, sea and sky, still life and flowers, and each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the four featured artists, in a rich variety of styles.
Instant Oil Painting
Noel Gregory shows how to create a stunning variety of paintings including landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, in less than a day. Learn how to create powerful images quickly and simply with easy-to-follow demonstrations, accompanied by helpful hints, techniques and tips to go further.
Understanding Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), anthropologist, psychologist, systems thinker, student of animal communication, and insightful environmentalist, was one of the most important holistic thinkers of the twentieth century. Noel G. Charlton offers this first truly accessible introduction to Bateson's work, distilling and clarifying Bateson's understanding of the "mind" or "mental systems" as being present throughout the living Earth, in systems and creatures of all kinds. Part biography, part overview of the evolution of his ideas, Charlton's book situates Bateson's thought in relation to that of other ecological thinkers. This long-awaited volume opens up this challenging thinker's body of work and introduces it to a new generation of readers.
Monet
Admirers of Monet will be able to produce impressive versions of famous paintings for themselves in acrylics with Noel Gregory's expert guidance and useful tracings.
Flowers in Oils
With the emphasis on the simple development of paintings from the original idea through to build up of colours and brushwork, Noel Gregory presents an ideal book for anyone interested in painting flowers. They can be painted in the crudest manner or with great sensitivity, with detail or without.. You can choose the exciting challenge of painting flowers in an interior, or experience the joy of painting flowers in the landscape. Whatever you choose, whether it be a simple study, garden flowers or a woodland scene, you will find a wealth of inspiration and information in this colourful, helpful book.
Painting with Oils
Over 80 step-by-step photographs take you through all the basics with helpful demonstrations which clearly illustrate how to paint skies, landscapes, flowers and animals. You will learn about the materials you need, how to start, using a limited palette, using photographs as inspiration, and creating perspective, tone, light and shade. Whatever your skill level, you will be able to develop your own style with this invaluable, easy-to-follow guide. Previously published as Step-by-Step Leisure Arts: Painting with Oils 9780855329006
Turner
Noel Gregory returns to the Ready to Paint the Masters series with a book on J M W Turner, the 'painter of light'. The Ready to Paint series provides six tracings for readers to pull out and transfer on to watercolour paper. There is one for each of the four step-by-step demonstrations, plus a bonus tracing of the inspirational painting in the Introduction section, and full instructions on how to transfer the images. People who want to learn to paint without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book.
David Harvey
This book critically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of the world's most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists. Considers the entire range of Harvey's oeuvre, from the nature of urbanism to environmental issues. Written by contributors from across the human sciences, operating with a range of critical theories. Focuses on key themes in Harvey's work. Contains a consolidated bibliography of Harvey's writings.
Iconoclast
No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible. Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He explores the constraints the human brain places on innovative thinking, including fear of failure, the urge to conform, and the tendency to interpret sensory information in familiar ways. Through vivid accounts of successful innovators ranging from glass artist Dale Chihuly to physicist Richard Feynman to country/rock trio the Dixie Chicks, Berns reveals the inner workings of the iconoclast's mind with r...
Cultural Tourism Research Methods
Cultural tourism includes experiencing local culture, traditions and lifestyle, participation in arts-related activities, and visits to museums, monuments and heritage sites. This book reviews a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods applied to the field. It is suitable for students and researchers in tourism and leisure.
