The Oil Artist's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Oil Painting for the Home Artist

by Sally Harper (Editor)

A favored medium of artists down through the centuries, oil painting allows a nearly infinite range of expression for the artist. Here is instruction in all aspects of oil painting, starting with stretching and sizing the canvas, to color mixing, brushwork, use of the palette knife, composing a picture, and taking it to completion. Titles in the new Artist�s Handbook Series are designed for dedicated amateurs but will also by used and valued by professional artists. Each title in the series has a sturdy hardcover binding, allowing it to be taken out to the field as handily as it is used in the studio. The books� hidden spiral bindings keep pages lying flat, so students can work freely with their art materials without having to fight with their instruction manual. Each title supplements textual instruction with more than 400 color illustrations showing paintings in various stages of completion. There is detailed information on artists� tools, techniques, mixing colors, creating special effects, and trouble-shooting to correct errors. All Artist�s Handbooks show examples of works by famous artists in the respective media to help students see how each medium has been used by world-renowned masters.

Genres: Art

224 pages, Spiral-bound

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[JM White · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF like 93 pages through. You might be asking, “J, why did you think you could read a handbook all the way through?” To which I would answer, “It was a library book and I wanted to get the most value out of it as I could before I had to return it.” I’m sure this is a lovely book, it is just not the way I learn. However, it had a lot of great paintings and I will certainly be adding lots of the painters mentioned in the book to a new list! :)

[Oznasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful book but not just for those who work with oils. A large part of it is useful to artists who work in any medium.