The Oil-painting Handbook

Synopsis of The Oil-painting Handbook

«The Oil-painting Handbook: Learning from the Masters» is Ettore Maiotti's oil painting manual (Aurum Press, hardcover, 160 pp., in English).

The manual introduces oil painting from the essentials, such as choosing brushes and mixing colors, to more complex aspects of composition, technique and style. The 117 illustrations in color and black and white complete the teaching and show the model of the great masters as a reference for creating one's own works.

Part of the Portable Art Handbooks collection. The cover reproduces an oil painting of fishing boats.

Of interest to painting enthusiasts new to oils and to artists wishing to review classical techniques.