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FORMULAS FOR PAINTERS [Hardcover]


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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Watson-Guptill (1979)
  • ISBN-10: 082301875X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0823018758
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Since the Middle Ages-indeed as early as the 13th century when Theophilus, the monk of Paderborn, wrote his work, On Divers Arts-artists and craftsmen have cooked, blended, borrowed, and stolen an amazing variety of recipes and formulas, always striving to concoct a better paint or a quicker drying varnish to insure the permanence of their works. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars Save time and effort with oils 3 April 2004
By Malcom
Format:Paperback
If your looking to mix your own pigments,or make up your own mediums,glazes,varnishes,then this is the book.The layout is straightforward and easy to follow with different chapters for each type of preparation.You will almost certainly find a formula here that will suit your oil painting.Hints are useful and the methods of mixing and blending clearly explained.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book 5 Dec 2012
By Maca
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It is a very complete book has lots of formulas, but it doesn't explain very much how to use them.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Formulas for the experimental painter 9 Feb 2001
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is essential if you are interested in making your own style. Formulas for Painters is a cookbook full of sizing,paints,grounds, mediums, glazes, varnishes, fixatives, and adhesive recipes for the artist that wants more then what they can find in an over-priced art supply store.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Variety of recipes 7 Feb 2004
By 'floaty pen' - Published on Amazon.com
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This book contains many recipes for preparation of paints, grounds, sizing, medium, varnishes, etc. The layout enables easy reading and the recipes go beyond what is found in the usual art instruction books in terms of variety. Especially helpful are the pointers as to the purpose of a particular product and the effect that such product can achieve upon producing the same. A few illustrations of the final products would have been welcome to compare whether the final product achieved from a recipe is as it should be. Overall definitely a good book for all people who want to make their own art supplies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Its all here 11 Oct 2005
By John Colum Hughes - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
If you want to know what you are working with in the world of paint-here it is.I'm talking types of paint and not brands.a Fantastic book for consultation on varnishes,fixatives,glazes,etc.It gives you the lowdown and how to make the stuff and what their purpose and use.It is not a "must-have" book but its one I really love as I've always been curious about the alchemist side of things.It is a technical book only but thats exactly what I wanted...but not needed.I love this book.
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