Collins You Can Paint: Oils - Step-by-step Guide for Absolute Beginners (Paperback)

Have you always wanted to paint in oils? Now you can! 'Collins You Can Paint Oils' will give even the most hesitant of beginners the enthusiasm and confidence to pick up a brush and have a go.

Linda Birch takes the absolute beginner by hand and starts by explaining basic oil techniques and how to mix colours. Then, with easy step-by-step exercises she shows exactly how to paint the separate elements of the picture one by one.

You will learn how to paint simple still life subjects like fruit, vegetables and flowers, and landscape features such as skies and trees. With stage-by-stage demonstrations to show you how to combine these features in a single painting, it won't be long before you can produce oils to be proud of.