In this book, oil painter Robert Hagan, reveals his secret techniques for creating romantic oil paintings the easy way. He will show you, step-by-step, how to use reference photographs and sketches to help you assemble different elements to form a completely new setting. Robert explains how you can manipulate these elements to compose enchanting paintings using his unique and simple-to-understand "placement theory" - all you do is create a stunning background, (which he shows you how to do), then place the first figure in a carefully chosen spot which will serve as your "command post" from which you can "key" all the other elements of the painting. This oil painting method will have you painting professional looking pictures immediately.

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Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking to transform their own experience.