Painter's Handbook: Revised and Expanded

Much more than just another guide to artists' materials, The Painter's Handbook is an amazingly useful resource, with information on everything from the canvas up: the canvas itself, plus paper, sizes and grounds, pigments and binders, solvents and thinners, varnishes and preservatives. 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. 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. New materials, new health issues, new information on outmoded and even harmful supplies and practices mean that every painter needs a copy of The Painter's Handbook.

Author: Mark David Gottsegen
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 04/01/2006
Pages: 357
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.98h x 7.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780823034963
ISBN10: 0823034968
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Techniques | Painting
- Art | Reference

About the Author
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. A professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he lives in Climax, NC.