Join the masters from Rembrandt to Pollack who played with oil techniques! Minimize expense by starting with the essentials and comparing grades of paint mediums and dilutents, brushes, palettes, supports and accessories. Hundreds of hints about preparing materials, improving work surfaces, squaring the canvas, making corrections and caring for utensils ease potential difficulties. A gallery of paintings by contemporary artists will inspire you to cover each step from brushwork to under painting and more. 96 full color pages. 8 x 10”