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The New Oil Painting

Your Essential Guide to Materials and Safe Practices

by Kimberly Brooks
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Here is everything you need to know about getting into oil painting—and maintaining a safe, solvent-free oil painting practice—in a slim, sophisticated guide.
Oil painting is an exciting and adventurous medium, but aspiring artists can feel daunted by complex setups and the thought of using harsh chemicals. All of that changes now. The New Oil Painting walks you step-by-step through oil painting fundamentals—which materials you actually need, how to mix paint, how to set up your painting space—and, most revolutionary of all, how to eliminate harmful solvents from your work and replace them with safe, effective substitutes. This instructional handbook is organized into chapters with helpful diagrams throughout illustrating various techniques and tools. Whether you're a true beginner or have been painting with oils for years, you will find that this book has everything you need to build a new, thriving, toxin-free practice.
• UNIQUE APPROACH: Not only does this book help aspiring artists build a repertoire of skills and materials, it also offers all artists, regardless of their experience levels, methods for eliminating solvents and other toxic substances from their oil painting practices. What was once a dangerous pastime is now a guilt-free, health-conscious, and rewarding activity. And using safe, nontoxic materials is better for the environment!
• LONG-TERM USE: Good art instruction can deliver over a long period of time, and this handy guide is no exception. Along with being able to use this as an entryway into oil painting, you can also use it for reference or reread sections when you need a brushup.
• EXPERT AUTHOR WITH IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS: Painter Kimberly Brooks was the founding arts editor at Huffington Post. As a painter, she exhibits her work frequently throughout the United States and was a featured artist with the National Endowment for the Arts. She has led oil painting workshops, and now she shares her vast knowledge of the subject in this accessible and comprehensive handbook.
Perfect for:
• Artists and art aspirants interested in exploring a new medium
• Experienced oil painters looking to eliminate solvents from their practices
• Painting students and teachers

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  • Release date

    May 18, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781797200675

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781797200675
      • File size: 8524 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      Starred review from June 1, 2021
      This is no ordinary how-to-paint book. Instead, artist Brooks assumes readers have mastered the rudiments of the art and focuses on the composition of materials required for painting, such as solvents like turpentine (which, in her opinion, are to be avoided) as well as everything else comprising the paint environment. She provides a thorough introduction to all the different kinds of pigments (as one example, at least eight different blacks exist, such as ivory black, Mars black, and Vantablack), oils, putties and gels, and resins, followed by education on needed hardware--palettes, brushes, even digital technology. Lighthearted line illustrations enliven a sometimes difficult-to-face narrative (covering, for instance, the evils of specific additives and practices) while excellent brand comparisons help would-be painters think about purchases before making costly mistakes. Best yet are Brooks' recommended practices for varnishing, cleaning brushes (try soap!), safety, and other troubleshooting. A great ""let's begin here"" preface to Tad Spurgeon's Living Craft: A Painter's Process (2011). Includes glossary, resources, and bibliography.

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