The New Oil Painting: Your Essential Guide to Materials and Safe Practices

Oil painting is a timeless yet endlessly adventurous medium, but many painters feel daunted by the overwhelming variety of materials or the thought of using dangerous solvents. All of that changes now. The New Oil Paintings walks you step-by-step through oil painting fundamentals-the nature and history of pigments, which materials you actually need, how to set up your painting space-and most revolutionary of all, how to eliminate harmful solvents from your work and replace them with safer, more environmentally friendly substitutes. Whether you're a true beginner or have been painting with oils for years, you will find that this book has everything you need to build a thriving, new, safe practice.