Painting Sea Life in Oil

Walter Foster's classic How to Draw and Paint series provides aspiring artists with an exceptional array of art instruction books featuring all subject areas and media. Each title includes easy step-by-step exercises as well as finished illustrations or paintings that will inspire artistic talent in anyone.

Packed with practical information, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, the How to Draw and Paint series offers a complete library of resources to which artists of all skill levels can refer again and again.

What you'll learn from this book ...

• A step-by-step process for painting a variety of marine plants and animals, from thumbnail sketches to final details

• What materials you'll need for painting sea life, including which colors to use and how to mix them

• How to set up a work station and prepare your own gesso boards

• Techniques for creating glazes and depicting water effects

• The rules of atmospheric perspective, and methods of constructing effective compositions