“…Take a modern approach to oil and acrylic painting with Palette Knife Painting: Deep Impasto, a book that highlights impasto techniques created with a palette knife…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Default settingsSetting up preferences; Preferences - General; Preferences - Operating System; Preferences - Undo; Preferences - Customize Keys; Customize workspace; Painter X - Photoshop; Terminology and usage; File compatibility; Tools; Keyboard shortcuts; 2 First steps in cloning; Basic cloning techniques; Tracing paper; Soft clone; Camel impasto clone; Bristle Brush Clone; An introduction to paper grain; Textured Clone; 3 Choosing brushes; Quick guide to selecting brushes; First select the category; Understanding the shapes; Now for the texture; Blenders for smoothing and mixing…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Soft cloning; Camel Impasto clone; Impressionist clone; An introduction to Paper Grain; Creating texture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Brief History of PastelsPastel Techniques; Making a Pastel Brush; Printing Considerations; Chapter 5: Painting with Watercolors in Photoshop; Brief History of Watercolor; Watercolor Technique; Watercolor Brushes; Pattern Stamp Watercolor Technique; Art History Brush Watercolor Technique; Simple Two-Layer Watercolor Painting; Chapter 6: Painting with Oil Paints in Photoshop; Brief History of Oil Painting; Impasto Technique; Bevel and Emboss Layer Style Oil Painting; Portrait Painting Using Bevel and Emboss; Printing Considerations; Chapter 7: Illustration Techniques in Photoshop…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Color Exercises -- Exercise: A Color Chart, Emphasizing Value -- Exercise: Color Ladders -- Limited Palettes -- Color Development of Value Studies -- 4 Sunlight and Shadow -- Seeing Skills: Shift Your Perception -- Light, Shadow, and Color -- Demonstration: Light and Shadow on Architecture -- Where to Start -- Exercise: The Color of Light -- Raking Light -- Technique: Stain It, Draw It, Paint It -- Perspective -- Foreground Solutions -- 5 Indirect Light -- Dappled and Filtered Light -- Technique: Starting with a Mid-Tone Canvas -- Demonstration: Large Scale Work -- Demonstration: Dappled Afternoon Light -- Overcast Light -- Demonstration: A Two-Session Painting -- Technique: Cutting In -- Painting Makeover: Light and Shadow Relationships -- Technique: Using a Broad Brush -- Shade and Reflected Light -- 6 Backlight -- Rim Light -- Contre-Jour: Against the Light -- Transmitted Light -- Technique: A Loose Start -- Painting Makeover: Perspective -- 7 Front Light -- Front Light: A Dramatic Fully Lit Effect -- Technique: Direct Impasto Brushwork -- Painting Makeover: More Color -- 8 Nocturnes -- Twilight -- Nighttime -- Demonstration: Nocturne -- 9 Special Effects -- Glow -- Demonstration: Multiple Light Sources -- Glare -- Reflections -- Heavy Atmosphere -- Demonstration: Fog -- 10 Design and the Visual Idea -- Beyond Representation -- Technique: Paint Manipulation -- Multiple Small Studies -- Strategy: Serial Studies of a Subject -- The Camera's Role…”

“…Anche quel che non resta impigliato nella rete dei rimandi inter-testuali acquista, in questa prospettiva, una sua rilevanza, in quanto caratteristico dell'impasto linguistico dell'Aminta soltanto. In qualche caso l'opera di raffronto conduce a nuove ipotesi di riconoscimento per le traduzioni di testi classici avute fra mano da Tasso o per i riferimenti al contesto storico contenuti allusivamente nella pastorale: così vale per i personaggi di Nerina e Dafne, sinora non ricondotti a figure reali della corte ferrarese. …”