A survey of the painting materials, tools and techniques of 16 painters, including Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Degas. The author analyzes details such as brushwork, glazing, stippling and impasto, and quotes from the writings of the masters, to reconstruct their characteristic techniques.
Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing, first published in 1857, remains one of the most sensible and useful books on how to draw and paint, both for the amateur and the professional artist. Ruskin reduces the art of drawing to its simplest elements - the making of marks, the perception of shapes and silhouettes before going on to more complex ...
A collection of more than 80 of Bernard Dunstan's paintings which reflects the diversity and vigour of a lifetime's work. In his own introduction, Dunstan reminisces about his early life, his artistic training and his time as an art teacher. He also provides a commentary on each painting.
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