Offers instruction in oil painting, including such topics as mood and atmosphere, light and form, and brushwork.

"Traditional Oil Painting is that rare sourcebook that comprehensively covers the most advanced techniques and concepts of oil painting"--P. [2] of cover.

Some of the most popular art instruction books ever written have been based on student notes culled over the years from actual workshop sessions, with all their

Greek and Roman art methods, medieval techniques, tempera painting, van Eyck's revolutionary use of oil paints, Flemish methods of preparing colors, methods of