Describes how to create the author's thirteen-colors palette using six basic colors and learning to vary them in tone, intensity, and hue

Presents instruction in painting portraits with oil paint, including colors, materials, expressions, details and self-portraits.

This volume provides step-by-step guidance for mixing colours, with 50 innovative colour-mixing recipes which are shown in detailed palettes, tracing each step in full colour. It includes 13 compositions by the author in which artists can see exactly how she applied each colour.

Reveals the secrets of painting all types of flowers in oils, with step-by-step instructions and examples of the author's own work.

What she's done for years on television, Helen Van Wyk does in her book. She invites artists into her studio to acquaint them with the principles of painting. Van Wyk's instruction is as clear as her art is beautiful. Truly a colorful, practical, fruitful "visit" for an oil painter. 146 color and 90 b&w illustrations.

Demonstrates how to paint a convincing portrait in twenty-nine steps, and includes information on color usage and painting supplies.