The Artist's Bible : Essential reference for Artists in All Mediums

by Helen Douglas-Cooper

The Artist's Bible is a wonderful reference for any experienced or novice artist. Whatever medium you preferâ?¬â?pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic, multimediaâ?¬â?this book, with its themed sections, provides tips, trade secrets and time and money savings advice that you can't afford to be without. Crammed with over 400 ingenious solutions to every conceivable painting problem, our team of experienced professional artists, all with many years of painting behind them, share their invaluable advice on subjects as diverse as speeding up slow drying washes, making tricky paint behave itself, creating convincing skin tones and capturing the delicacy of flower structures. Each tip is fully illustrated with both step-by-step sequences and exemplary finished works, making this book a resource that will have a place on your shelf for many years to come.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 26, 2004

About the author

Helen Douglas-Cooper is an artist, editor and writer based in London. She works with observed details in her surroundings, especially light, reflections, and overlooked fragments of everyday life. Memory often delays when a motif enters her work. Her paintings develop through layering, arranging, and obscuring forms, using saturated and muted colour to build shifting structures and a sense of light and familiarity. She studied at Heatherleys, Slade Summer School, Central Saint Martins, and New Richmond School of Art, and has exhibited across London, widely exhibited.