This guide concerns the traditional art of miniature painting. These small, detailed portraits, originally painted in the style of medieval manuscripts, were often painted by jewellers who set them into pendants or boxes. The paintings were often used for identification. Today the materials and purposes of miniatures has changed, but the techniques remain the same - a process of building luminosity, details and a smooth surface with thin layers of paint. This book provides an overview of the miniature painting process ...
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This guide concerns the traditional art of miniature painting. These small, detailed portraits, originally painted in the style of medieval manuscripts, were often painted by jewellers who set them into pendants or boxes. The paintings were often used for identification. Today the materials and purposes of miniatures has changed, but the techniques remain the same - a process of building luminosity, details and a smooth surface with thin layers of paint. This book provides an overview of the miniature painting process through to how to paint miniature landscapes, still lifes and portraits, colour harmony, use of gold leaf in miniature painting, and painting silhouettes. Step-by-step demonstrations are included.
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Used-VG. In the only resource on the genre available today, a world-class miniature painter explains the materials, equipment, and mediums, then presents lessons on how to paint miniatures with water-based, acrylic, and oil-based paints. Willies, who has been painting miniatures since she was a child, provides a complete overview of the process, describing suitable materials, equipment, and mediums, and presenting lessons on how to paint in this style using oils, watercolors, and acrylics. 150 color illustrations. Minor wear. Text is clean.
