Artist's Handbook, An:Materials and Techniques: Materials and Techniques - Softcover

Krug, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856695239 ISBN 13: 9781856695237

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 9781856695237 / History of art / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / paperback / 25 x 16 cm / 256 .pp /

About this title

Synopsis:

This is a practical reference book introducing basic materials and processes for a range of traditional, non-traditional, widely used and lesser-known media. It explores the process of drawing and painting and includes the techniques of encaustic, egg tempera, fresco, oil, watercolour and acrylic. The aim of the book is to show that artistic processes are not, in themselves, difficult. Each technique is given its own chapter and students are encouraged to work through the technique from scratch, encountering the work through preparation of the wood panel or canvas, the mixing of pigments and the application of the paint. Illustrated throughout with historical and contemporary examples of works and with photographs of studio practice, each chapter is accompanied by exercises that encourage the student to explore the creative possibilities of each method.

About the Author:

Margaret Krug is a painter with an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited in Mexico, Italy and throughout the United States. She is Senior Lecturer at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Adjunct Professor of painting and drawing at Parsons School of Design, and has also taught painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She created and teaches a painting programme at the Castello di Spanocchia in Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1856695239
• ISBN 13: 9781856695237
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256