The Artist's Handbook

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Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-12-25
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary

A richly illustrated encyclopedia of a variety of artistic equipment, materials, procedures, and methods includes a host of step-by-step projects, reproductions of works by master artists, and detailed instruction in creative techniques, covering everything from drawing, painting, and printmaking to digital media and applied techniques. Reprint.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(2)
Materials
8(34)
Pigments
9(21)
Oils
30(4)
Resins
34(2)
Glues, Starches, and Gums
36(1)
Waxes
37(1)
Solvents
38(2)
Additives
40(2)
Supports and Grounds
42(20)
Rigid Supports
43(5)
Flexible Supports
48(10)
Grounds
58(4)
Drawing
62(56)
Pencil
63(8)
All-Purpose Pencil
71(2)
Colored Pencil
73(4)
Soft Pastels
77(6)
Oil Pastels
83(4)
Chalk and Conte Crayon
87(4)
Charcoal
91(6)
Silverpoint
97(2)
Scratchboard
99(4)
Pen and Ink
103(5)
Brush and Ink
108(6)
Other Drawing Techniques
114(4)
Painting
118(111)
Painting Equipment
119(7)
Watercolor
126(30)
Gouache
156(4)
Tempera
160(10)
Oil Paints
170(32)
Acrylics
202(21)
Encaustic
223(6)
Printmaking
229(32)
Relief Printing
230(8)
Intaglio
238(10)
Lithography
248(8)
Screenprinting
256(5)
Digital Media and Photography
261(16)
Digital Image Manipulation
262(10)
Photography
272(5)
Applied Techniques
277(50)
Buon Fresco
278(4)
``Dry Wall'' Mural Techniques
282(6)
Painted and Printed Laminates
288(6)
Ceramic Tiles
294(6)
Vitreous Enameling
300(4)
Stained Glass
304(6)
Laser/Water-Jet Profiling
310(4)
Vinyl and Linoleum
314(4)
Mosaic
318(4)
Planting
322(2)
Light and Lighting
324(3)
Conservation and Framing
327(17)
Conservation
328(6)
Varnishing
334(2)
Technical Examination of Paintings
336(4)
Framing
340(4)
APPENDICES
344(26)
Color
345(6)
Perspective
351(7)
Transferring an Image
358(4)
The Studio
362(2)
Exhibiting Work
364(2)
Public Art
366(4)
Health and Safety 370(2)
Glossary 372(4)
Index 376(7)
Acknowledgments 383

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