The Painter's Handbook

Not just another guide to artist's materials, this amazingly thorough resource also presents techniques for using them and recipes for making them. Whatever you need to know about any medium and its accessories, you're sure to find the information in these pages, along with the most current data on health hazards and safety procedures in the studio.

Throughout the book, you'll find dozens of step-by-step recipes for making your own art materials including paints, pastels, varnishes, gessoes and sizes, and for preparing supports and making your own equipment. A final section examines the different means for preserving works of art--varnishing and other surface protection, matting and framing, storing and crating--and outlines different methods for repairing and restoring paintings.