Water Mixable Oils (24)

Now you can paint with oils using water to thin the colours, and soap and water to clean the brushes, and the results are just as vibrant, textured and exciting.

Using this versatile and easy-to-use medium, Michael Sanders shows you how to master water mixable oils – with hints, tips and guidelines on glazing, blending, scumbling, stippling, impasto and more. The paints work just like conventional oils and their consistency, lightfastness, transparency/opacity and performance allow artists to use them for all oil painting techniques.

In this book, Michael includes simple step-by-step demonstrations to build up confidence and to help improve skills. He offers expert guidance on the medium, showing how to create successful, vibrant paintings full of atmosphere and interest. Landscapes, flowers, buildings and more are included, providing an ideal guide and an inspirational introduction to these environmentally friendly paints.

Michael Sanders studied graphic art at Plymouth College of Art and ceramics at Bristol University. He went on to become a graphic artists and signwriter, then a potter, tutor and professional artist. He still teaches, and he now runs painting holidays in the UK and Europe. He regularly writes articles for art magazines, loves boats, travelling, and he enjoys music, the theatre and teaching art.