Painters Studio Handbook

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Packed with need-to-know information this comprehensive handbook should be every painters companion in the studio. Chapters focus on essentials: colours required for a basic palette; preparing a support; which are the most vibrant & permanent pigments etc. while describing how materials & techniques have developed over the centuries & how to apply them for the best results. The emphasis on practical advice will appeal to artists who like to explore & experiment are economically minded or simply find satisfaction in doing it all themselves. The author

Includes:: recipes for making glazes acrylic ground gesso & pastel sticks; information on photographing & archiving work yourself; a guide to setting up a studio; & the results of the authors own extensive testing of materials from paints to papers. The Painters Studio Handbook is a complete resource for all artists working in oils acrylics watercolour pastel chalk or ink.