After completing her foundation diploma at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, Estelle Day went on to graduate in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University. Since then she has continued to paint and draw and currently works from her home studio in London. She is building a platform on Instagram @estelledayfineart, where she has an engaged following who adore her lively paintings, often photographed next to their original subjects. She has exhibited both her portraits and her still life paintings numerous times and has sold her work in the UK, US, France and New Zealand. To see more of Estelle's work visit her website www.estelleday.com

Estelle Day's new book, Easy Oil Painting is the perfect introduction for those new to oils, or who fancy a change of medium. Subtitled, 'Beginner tutorials for small still lifes' Estelle uses small, everyday objects as her still-life subjects, which she paints on canvases measuring no more than 4in. (10cm), keeping everything very simple.Paints, materials and workspace are all covered in the opening chapters before moving on to oil-painting techniques, learning about colour and composition, and finishing with projects to work on. Outlines are provided for you to trace so that you can get going straight away.

• Meet EstelleChapter One: Paints and SuppliesChapter Two: Your WorkspaceChapter Three: Oil Painting TechniquesChapter Four: All About ColourChapter Five: Looking at Objects to PaintChapter Six: ProjectsIndex

After completing her foundation diploma at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, Estelle Day went on to graduate in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University. Since then she has continued to paint and draw and currently works from her home studio in London. She is building a platform on Instagram @estelledayfineart, where she has an engaged following who adore her lively paintings, often photographed next to their original subjects. She has exhibited both her portraits and her still life paintings numerous times and has sold her work in the UK, US, France and New Zealand. To see more of Estelle's work visit her website www.estelleday.com

Estelle Day's new book, Easy Oil Painting is the perfect introduction for those new to oils, or who fancy a change of medium. Subtitled, 'Beginner tutorials for small still lifes' Estelle uses small, everyday objects as her still-life subjects, which she paints on canvases measuring no more than 4in. (10cm), keeping everything very simple.Paints, materials and workspace are all covered in the opening chapters before moving on to oil-painting techniques, learning about colour and composition, and finishing with projects to work on. Outlines are provided for you to trace so that you can get going straight away.

• Meet EstelleChapter One: Paints and SuppliesChapter Two: Your WorkspaceChapter Three: Oil Painting TechniquesChapter Four: All About ColourChapter Five: Looking at Objects to PaintChapter Six: ProjectsIndex

After completing her foundation diploma at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, Estelle Day went on to graduate in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University. Since then she has continued to paint and draw and currently works from her home studio in London. She is building a platform on Instagram @estelledayfineart, where she has an engaged following who adore her lively paintings, often photographed next to their original subjects. She has exhibited both her portraits and her still life paintings numerous times and has sold her work in the UK, US, France and New Zealand. To see more of Estelle's work visit her website www.estelleday.com

Estelle Day's new book, Easy Oil Painting is the perfect introduction for those new to oils, or who fancy a change of medium. Subtitled, 'Beginner tutorials for small still lifes' Estelle uses small, everyday objects as her still-life subjects, which she paints on canvases measuring no more than 4in. (10cm), keeping everything very simple.Paints, materials and workspace are all covered in the opening chapters before moving on to oil-painting techniques, learning about colour and composition, and finishing with projects to work on. Outlines are provided for you to trace so that you can get going straight away.

• Meet EstelleChapter One: Paints and SuppliesChapter Two: Your WorkspaceChapter Three: Oil Painting TechniquesChapter Four: All About ColourChapter Five: Looking at Objects to PaintChapter Six: ProjectsIndex