Painter's Handbook: Revised and Expanded

Butterhead said Five Stars. Good resource if you want to know what's in your commercial artists painting mediums. Also some historical info too.. Perpetual Student said Not as complete as I hoped, but fairly informative. I bought this to get some guidance on varnishing and storing paintings. The book provides a fair amount of detail, but seems to stop short of giving complete instructions. For example, it provides a list of all of the materials you'll need to build a storage crate, but then doesn't provide a detailed diagram of . "If you are serious about painting buy it!" according to Kindle Customer. This should be given as a mandatory textbook in college and resource afterward. Admittedly not as thorough as books by Ralph Mayer or Kurt Wehlte, this book holds its own. Give it a try!-If there was one negative is no Kindle support available.

A professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he lives in Climax, NC. . Mark David Gottsegen, in his role as chairman of the ASTM subcommittee on artists’ paints and related materials, helps develop ASTM standards for art materials

About the AuthorMark David Gottsegen, in his role as chairman of the ASTM subcommittee on artists’ paints and related materials, helps develop ASTM standards for art materials. A professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he lives in Climax, NC.

Authoritatively written by Mark David Gottsegen, chair of the federal government’s ASTM committee on artist’s materials, the revised Painter’s Handbook considers the enormous changes in the art-materials world since the first edition was published in 1993. Dozens of step-by-step recipes for make-it-yourself paints, pastels, varnishes, gessoes, sizes, supports, and equipment take this indispensable guide way beyond the competition. New materials, new health issues, new information on outmoded and even harmful supplies and practices mean that every painter needs a