Painting

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.

This practical reference book introduces basic materials and processes for drawing and painting. Each technique is clearly explained and discussed from its historical roots to contemporary practice. Students are encouraged to explore the methods from scratch, encountering the work through preparation of the wood panel or canvas, the mixing of pigments and the application of paint

Select your paint with confidence and protect your valuable work. This book is about artist's paints, a guide to the selection of a suitable palette in watercolors, oil paints, acrylics, gouache or alkyds. It will enable you to identify the good, the indifferent and the bad. It also outlines the characteristics and temperaments of each color and lists the suitable as well as the unsuitable pigments that you will come across. Vital Information for the concerned artist.

Now distributed by Oxford University Press for the National Gallery of Art, Artists' Pigments is the first and most complete handbook of its kind. Volume 1 looks at Indian yellow; cobalt yellow (aureolin); barium sulfate; cadmium yellows, oranges, and reds; red lead and minium; green earth;zinc white; chrome yellow and other chromate pigments; lead antimonate yellow; and carmine.

Since 1940, when it was originally published, The Artist's Handbook has been indispensable for thousands of practicing artists and art students. It is, as American Artist Magazine calls it, the "artist's bible," an invaluable reference for the painter, sculptor, and printmaker. During the past few years, however, new art movements and new research have led to many changes in the technology of artist's materials. Mayer intended that this encyclopedic volume be referred to frequently, and he, therefore, gave specific, practical advice on every aspect of his subject.