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2. Making Your Own Water-Solved Paint Making Your Own Water-Solved Paint is a downloadable PDF how-to book on preparing and grinding pigments to make your own waterborne paint. • Contents • Introduction • Consistency of Colors • Tools Needed to Make Paint • Preparing the Grinding Surface • Grinding and Dispersing Pigment • Paint Formulas

3. Cennino Cennini's Il Libro dell'Arte This book, a new translation (with introduction and notes) of Il Librodell'Arte, marks a great step forward in our understanding of CenninoCennini—his life and times—and the materials and techniques employed by artists in fourteenth century Italy. Over eighty years ago, D. V. Thompson presented his translation entitled The Craftsman's Handbook as a workshop manual aimed at readers who wished to produce a work of art by following Cennino's instructions.

4. The Art of Fresco Painting Translations of painting methods used by such masters as Alberti, Cennini, Vasari and Borghini. The author interprets passages from rare manuscripts on causes of fresco destruction, how to retouch, repair, and clean these works of art. In addition to translating descriptions of painting methods used by such masters as Alberti, Cennini, Vasari, and Borghini, the author also interprets passages from rare manuscripts on causes of fresco destruction and how to retouch, repair, and clean these works of art.

5. The Painters Methods and Materials Many of the valuable techniques and materials formerly used in painting have been lost or forgotten. Whith the convenience of the art supply store, the artist is no longer forced to acquaint himself whith many of the operations performed by the great craftsmen-painters of the past. The result is that the modern painter often does not understand the chemical and physical reasons for the steps he follows. This book bridges the gap between artist and craftsman, and gives the reader insights into the classical techniques of the great masters as well as the procedures followed today.

6. The Materials & Techniques of Medieval Painting Medieval painters built up a tremendous range of technical resources for obtaining brilliance and permanence. In this volume, an internationally known authority on medieval paint technology describes these often jealously guarded recipes, lists of materials, and processes.Based upon years of studying medieval manuscripts and enlarged by laboratory analysis of medieval painting, this book discusses carriers and grounds, binding media, pigments, coloring materials, and metals used in painting.

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