Making Art · Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist by Brickler, Ed -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Special Offers Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Tools

Erasers Demonstration: Change Value with a Kneaded Eraser Stumps, Tortillions & Other Blending Tools Sponges Brushes Bonus Demonstration! Cleaning Brushes Palette & Painting Knives Scrapers & Colour Shapers Palettes Fixatives

Paper, Canvas & Rigid Supports

Paper Demonstration: Stretching Watercolor Paper Determining Grain Direction Archivability Canvas Bonus Demonstration! Stretch a Canvas Rigid Supports Bonus Demonstration! Fix a Warped Art Board

Sizing, Grounds, Binders & Pigments

Sizing Grounds Demonstration: Traditional Gesso Ground Demonstration: Traditional Oil Ground Demonstration: Modern Acrylic Ground (Acrylic Gesso) Demonstration: Clear and Colored Gesso Grounds Binders Pigments

Graphite, Charcoal, Conté, Pen & Ink

Graphite Demonstration: Shading and Blending Graphite Charcoal Demonstration: Blend and Build Value with Charcoal Demonstration: Reductive Technique with Charcoal on Toned Paper Conté Demonstration: Sketching with Charcoal and Conté Pen & Ink Demonstration: Technical Pen Maintenance Demonstration: Ink Wash

Colored Pencils, Water Solubles, Markers, Pastels & Oil Pastels

Colored Pencils Demonstration: Layering, Burnishing and Blending with Colored Pencils Bonus Demonstration! Use Colored Pencil with Wax Crayon Underpainting Bonus Demonstration! Use an Icarus Board with Colored Pencil Water Solubles Demonstration: Blending with Watercolor Pencils Demonstration: Sketching with Water-Soluble Graphite Markers Demonstration: Laying Down Color with Markers Demonstration: Value and Contour with Brush Pens Pastels Demonstration: Compose a Pastel Drawing Demonstration: Layering Pastels on a Watercolor Underpainting Oil Pastels Demonstration: Oil Pastels with a Solvent Underpainting Demonstration: Oil Pastels on a Wax Surface

Oils

Oil Basics Oil Color Additives Mediums Water-Mixable Oils Demonstration: Direct Painting (Alla Prima) Demonstration: Direct Painting with a Palette Knife Demonstration: Indirect Painting (Imprimatura) Demonstration: Overpainting with Opaque Layering Demonstration: Monochromatic Underpainting (Grisaille) Demonstration: Overpainting with Glazing Varnishing

Acrylics

Acrylic Basics Acrylic Mediums Special Effect Mediums Demonstration: Impasto Direct Painting Demonstration: Building Layers with Acrylics Demonstration: Tempera Effect Demonstration: Watercolor Technique Demonstration: Hard-Edge Technique Varnishing

Watercolor

Watercolor Basics Watercolor Mediums & Additives Demonstration: Masking Fluid Demonstration: Wet-Into-Wet Technique Demonstration: Dry-Brush Technique Demonstration: Monochromatic Glazing Technique Demonstration: Lifting Special Effects

Encaustic, Egg Tempera, Casein & Mixed Media

Appendix

Brush Construction Paper Pigments

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