The Art of Oil Paint Mastery: How to Paint the Image in Your Mind onto the Parchment before You

By Joshua Holmes

You’ve Always Wanted to Take Your Art to THE NEXT LEVEL.
Now You Can!
In this book you'll learn:
- How to streamline your palette
- How to swap your colors
- How to choose brush size & shape
- How to paint with the wrist
And Much More!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joshua Holmes
• Release date: Feb 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781005487089

Joshua Holmes

A GRADUATE OF the Pennsylvania State University (M.Ed.), the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), and the Art Institute of York-PA (B.S.), Joshua Holmes has studied the fine arts, design, and writing for over 20 years.The sole proprietor and lead designer of JAHbookdesign, he also specializes in all areas of publishing, graphic design, and illustration (portraiture, animation, and wildlife). He has been commissioned by numerous collectors and authors within the community, and has won several awards in various shows and fairs. He has authored an autobiography, a how to series, and two fiction series about life with epilepsy, seventeen novels to date - The Art of Pastel Mastery, The Art of Colored Pencil Mastery, The Art of Oil Paint Mastery, The Art of Graphite Pencil Mastery, Memory Lapse, Grand Mal, Seizure, Status, Trigger, Design To Kill, Design For Justice, Shattered Lung, Design To Escape, Design For Honor, Design For Power, Design For The Cure, and Painting The Whole Picture: Portrait of an Artist with Epilepsy - all of which are available in print, ebook, and audiobook.He attributes his success to the Lord, and the strength God gives him in order to persist and grow as a more patient and thorough artist and writer. A vision cut in both eyes from brain surgery for epilepsy, and CP in his right side since birth, with the Lord's help, Josh continues to write, to see more detail, and to improve with time.He encourages you to explore and exercise your creative side, and enjoy what the Lord does through it.Visit Joshua Holmes at his professional site jahbookdesign.com and at all online book distributors.

Book preview

THE ART

OF

OIL PAINT MASTERY

How to Paint the Image in Your Mind onto the Parchment before You

by

JOSHUA HOLMES

ALSO BY JOSHUA HOLMES

THE GRAND MAL SERIES

GRAND MAL

SEIZURE

STATUS

TRIGGER

THE DESIGN SERIES

DESIGN TO KILL

DESIGN FOR JUSTICE

DESIGN TO ESCAPE

DESIGN FOR POWER

DESIGN FOR THE CURE

THE ART OF MASTERY SERIES

THE ART OF PASTEL MASTERY

THE ART OF COLORED PENCIL MASTERY

STAND ALONE WORKS

MEMORY LAPSE

SHATTERED LUNG

PAINTING THE WHOLE PICTURE: PORTRAIT

OF AN ARTIST WITH EPILEPSY

This book is a work of nonfiction. Visit Joshua Holmes at www.

behance.net/Artman706 and www.jahbookdesign.com Printed in the United States of America First Edition: June 2022

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Copyright © 2022 by Joshua Holmes. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 9798839645356

Imprint: Independently published Cover Design by Joshua Holmes

DEDICATIONS

This book is dedicated to my Parents and Grandparents

AUTHOR’S NOTE

JUST A QUICK note to my readers: I completed my 2022 To Do List, writing two How To books. Pastel and Colored Pencil are two of my favorite mediums, but I have had some great experiences painting with Oil, an entirely different process. And so I am writing my third How To, stylistically similar to the others in the series.

I’ve been an artist for a lifetime. I’ve had plenty of success. But I’ve endured challenges. This tutorial, in particular, recounts a six-week challenge Ohio’s The Cleveland Institute of Art presented me in 1998. A portfolio challenge completed in Oil, indoors and outdoors, after which they judged it, and accepted me into their Fine Art program.

I did not have these steps as a beginner. I acquired them through experience and practice.

A brief word, also, about my use of the word parchment. It is an older term, albeit applicable, and was a creative choice to accommodate