Richard Schmid

Fifteen years in preparation, this book offers to the artist & art lover alike the wisdom & technical savvy of a lifetime of painting & teaching. Writing as an acknowledged master, Richard Schmid leads his reader gracefully through the subtleties of painting techniques with refreshing clarity & unmatched technical authority. It also uncovers the full range of artistic subject matter & reveals the one thing a painter must know to capture it all. Above all, Richard writes with deep affection to all who strive for self-expression, regardless of their level of skill. He shares his own struggle from art school to the present & offers the things he has learned with the hope that his reader may enjoy the same passage of discovery. Now in its fourth printing, Alla Prima has been enjoyed by readers (artists) in 37 countries around the world. Quantity Book Store & Library discounts are available. Please call for details.

Everything I Know about Painting

Alla Prima

Katie Swatland

Art Instruction on classical painting techniques and painting from life. New expanded edition of best seller by Richard Schmid.

Everything I Know about Painting - and More

Alla Prima II

Stove Prairie Press

Alla Prima II Companion is a comprehensive guide outlining Richard Schmid's material, tool and techniques written from the perspective of his student Katie Swatland. The book offers full explanations of all painting preparations, with step-by-step images illustrating each process. Both Katie Swatland and Richard Schmid offer painting demonstrations with sequential images showing the developmental stages of Richard's paintings.

Richard Schmid's Materials, Tools and Techniques

Alla Prima II Companion

HE LANDSCAPES, ENHANCED EDITION by American Artist Richard Schmid. A large full color book of the landscape paintings of the American Artist Richard Schmid with text by Richard Schmid. 268 pages. Over 300 full color images. This book covers the career of Richard Schmid's seventy years as a painter of landscapes. This is the visual tale of an artist and his lifelong romance with the colors and light of our earth. Richard reveals what it is like to go out and capture life as it is happening, in addition, stories about the adventures of painting outdoors from life throughout the United States and many other countries. This Enhanced Edition represents the very latest advances in printing color images. Over a dozen new small drawings. and over 100 new captions written by Richard Schmid have been added as well.

Enhanced Edition

The LANDSCAPES

Alla Prima II Everything I Know About Painting - and more

THE LANDSCAPES, ENHANCED EDITION by American Artist Richard Schmid. This large format book of Richard Schmid¿s sixty-five years as a landscape painter, with over 300 color images, has been color enhanced using the latest state of the art printing technology, and further enriched with added text and many new original drawings in the margins.This is the visual tale of an artist and his life-long romance with the colors and light of our earth. With delightfully candid narrative and over 300 full color images, Richard reveals what it is like to go out and capture life as it is happening. The reader will discover how landscape painting is unlike any other form of art; and that artistic skill is only one of the many abilities demanded.

THE LANDSCAPES, ENHANCED EDITION by American Artist Richard Schmid. A large full color book of the landscape paintings of the American Artist Richard Schmid with text by Richard Schmid. 268 pages. Over 300 full color images. This book covers the career of Richard Schmid's seventy years as a painter of landscapes. It contains detailed technical information on how the artworks were created, plus stories about the adventures of painting from life throughout the United States and other countries. This Enhanced Edition represents the very latest advances in printing color images. Many new images and text by Richard Schmid have been added as well.

An accomplished artist, describing his style as impressionistic realism, discusses his studio, supplies, and models and demonstrates step-by-step techniques for using color, composition, and various mediums in figure painting

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