Painting Instruction

Painting is the practice of applying pigment to a surface such as paper, canvas, wood or a wall. However, when used in an artistic sense it means the use of this activity in combination with drawing, composition and other aesthetic considerations in order to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner.

Painting is used as a mode of representing, documenting and expressing all the varied intents and subjects that are as numerous as there are practitioners of the craft.

Color and tone are the essence of painting as sound and pitch are of music. Color is highly subjective, but has observable psychological effects, although these can differ from one culture to the next. Black is associated with mourning in the West, but elsewhere white is. Moreover the use of language is only a generalization for a color equivalent. The word "red", for example, can cover a wide range of variations on the pure red of the visible spectrum of light. There is not a formalized register of different colors in the way that there is agreement on different notes in music, such as C or C# in music, although the Pantone system is widely used in the commercial printing and graphic design industry for this purpose.

In 1829, the first photograph was produced. As the photographic processes improved painting lost much of its historic purpose to provide an accurate record of the observable world. Modern and Contemporary Art has moved away from the historic value of craft and documentation in favor of concept; this has led some to say that painting, as a serious art form, is dying, although this has not deterred the majority of artists from continuing to practice it either as whole or part of their work.

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60 Minutes to Better Painting
by Craig Nelson
from North Light Books
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Beginning Painting DVD - Mini Course
for 1st-Adult
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$28.00 (1 in stock)
Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor
by Ferdinand Petrie (paintings), photographs by John Shaw
from Watson-Guptill Publications
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
Book of Many Colors
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 5th-10th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
Book of Many Colors - DVD
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 5th-10th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$32.95
Botanical Painting in Watercolor
by Billy Showell
from Search Press
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Brush Drawing as Applied to Natural Forms and Common Objects
by May Mallam
from Yesterday's Classics
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$16.95
Brushwork
by Marion Hudson
from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$10.99
Child's Book of Art
by Lucy Micklethwait
from DK Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Creative Airbrushing
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Draw and Paint Realistic Horses
from North Light Books
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
Draw Paint Print like the Great Artists
by Marion Deuchars
from Laurence King Publishing
for 3rd-8th grade
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
Dynamic Watercolours
from David & Charles Limited
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
Eye of the Artist
by Jack Clifton
from Watson-Guptill Publications
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Feed My Sheep
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-9th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
God & the History of Art - DVD
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-12th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
God & the History of Art - Package
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-12th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
God & the History of Art - Paint & Marker Cards
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-12th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
God & the History of Art - Postcards
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-12th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
How Great Thou Art - Paints & Brushes
from How Great Thou Art
for 1st-5th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
How to Sketch
by Alwyn Crawshaw
for 9th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
I Can Do All Things - Book and Paint & Marker Cards Set
by Barry Stebbing
2nd edition from My Father's World
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$29.95 $20.00 (2 in stock)
Mix Your Own Oil Colors
by Jeremy Galton
from Walter Foster
for 5th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Modern Watercolor Botanicals
by Sarah Simon
from Paige Tate & Co.
for 9th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Oil Painting with the Masters
by Cindy Salaski
from North Light Books
Oil Painting Instruction for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner
by John Elliot
from Watson-Guptill Publications
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
One-Hour Watercolorist
by Patrick Seslar
from North Light Books
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Paint Watercolors that Dance with Light
by Elizabeth Kincaid
from North Light Books
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
Painted Botanical Collage
by Tracey English
from Quarry Books
for 10th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Painting (The Flying Artist's Guide to Watercolor)
by Philip Berrill
from SpiceBox
for 9th-12th grade
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Painting Vibrant Children's Portraits
by Roberta Carter Clark
from North Light Books
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Painting with Watercolors, Oils, Acrylics and Gouache
by Wendy Jelbert & Ian Sidaway
from Hermes House
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
Pen, Ink and Watercolor Sketching
by Shirish Deshpande
from HuesAndTones
for 10th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Practical Problems of the Portrait Painter
by Janet Robertson
from Darton, Longman & Todd
for Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Problem Solving for Oil Painters
from Watson-Guptill Publications
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Robert Wade's Watercolor Workshop Handbook
by Robert Wade
from International Artist
Watercolor Painting Instruction for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Romantic Oil Painting Made Easy
by Robert Hagan
Oil Painting Instruction for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Watercolor Basics: Color
by Jan Kunz
from North Light Books
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Watercolor Basics: Let's Get Started
by Jack Reid
from North Light Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$19.99
Watercolor Wisdom
by Jo Taylor
from North Light Books
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Watercolor with Me in the Forest
by Dana Fox
from St. Martin's Press
for 6th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$24.99
Watercolor with Me in the Jungle
by Dana Fox
from Page Street Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Watercolor with Me in the Ocean
by Dana Fox
from Page Street Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
Wet-Into-Wet Watercolor
by Gail Speckmann
from Watson-Guptill Publications
for Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Working with Acrylics
Leisure Arts #25
by Gordon Davies
from Search Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$2.50 (1 in stock)