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The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques / Jeremy Galton.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galton, Jeremy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Painting--Technique.
- Painting.
- Painting--Technique--Technique.
- Painting--Technique--Themes, motives.
- Genre:
- dictionaries.
- Dictionaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Oil painting techniques
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1991.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One. Techniques. Alla Prima; Blending, Broken Color, Brushwork; Building Up; Collage; Color Mixing; Colored Grounds; Corrections; Dabbing; Defining Edges; Dry Brush; Fat Over Lean; Finger Painting; Glazing; Grounds; Impasto; Imprinting; Knife Painting; Masking; Mediums; Mixed Media; Monoprinting; Palette; Peinture a l'Essence; Pointillism; Scraping Back, Scumbling; Sgraffito; Supports; Texturing; Tonking; Transferring Drawings; Underdrawing; Underpainting; Wet into Wet; Wet on Dry
- Part Two. Themes. Architecture, Figures; Landscape, Skies; Still Life; Water.
- Notes:
- "A comprehensive visual directory of oil painting techniques, with an inspirational gallery of finished paintings."--Jacket.
- "A Quarto book"--Title page verso.
- "This book was designed and produced by Quarto Publishing plc, The Old Brewery, 6 Blundell Street, London N7 9BH"--Title page verso.
- "Senior Editor Hazel Harrison. Art Editor Philip Gilderdale; Designer Andrew Shoolbred. Picture Researcher Sheila Geraghty. Photographers Ian Howes, Paul Forrrester. Picture Manager Sarach Risley. Art Director Moira Clinch. Publishing Director Janet Slingsby."--Title page verso.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copies are "1" printing.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Galton, Jeremy. Encyclopedia of oil painting techniques.
- ISBN:
- 1561380733
- 9781561380732
- 0806989092
- 9780806989099
- OCLC:
- 25176595
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