Customer Reviews
Oil Painting - By: Steve G, 17 Sep 2008 
I have been paintingin watercolor for a number of years now,and Have been asked,!would I do some oils!. Well I got this book by Roy Lang,and found it to be excellent. What Roy has done,is to let people know the kind of pallet to use,I E,plastic,as wood pallets do soak up quite a lot of your paint,so he is saving you money from the start. I know for a fact,that the sea & sky are two of the hardest subjects to paint,but Roy is on hand to get you through it all,with no problems at all. A wonderful book. I hope my review helps you.
Excellent Book - By: Mr. Glenn Jones, 06 Aug 2008 A great little book for all those artists endeavouring to paint the most difficult of subjects - the wild sea.
Full of useful information, explaining use of oil colours, techniques, reflections, transparency, layout etc ...
Includes two nice painting projectsin detail.
Well worth buying.
Excellent sea techniques - By: J. Zelos, 13 Oct 2007 Roy does a basic overview of materials & a very useful guide to starter palette colours. He mentions avoiding Viridian as its a very difficult colour to work with - something I've found from personal experience. When discussing colour & tone he shows a painting of his which has poor use of tone - & thats as good to see as a "good" picture - we can all learn from others mistakes.
the book expands onto tonal under painting & some basic techniques of painting rocks & beaches which are very clearly explained. I found the section on understanding the sea excellent, I live close to the sea, yet it moves so quickly that its difficult to see the actions. This sections shows clearly the difference between calm seas, swells & waves & explains how to make them look realistic. Two excellent demonstrations at the end pull together the individual techniques covered & how to use them & also exactly which colours to use.
This will be an excellent book for those keen to paint realistic skies & seas, & the sea sectionin particular is very clearly explained & easy to follow.
