Book Details
Title: How to Draw and Paint
Author: Henry Gasser
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc
Year: 1967
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 240
Dimensions: L16cm xW10.5cm x D1.5cm
Weight: 150g
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Vintage paperback in acceptable condition. Cover has wear to edges, ends and corners as pictured below. Some creases, rubbing, marks and scuffing as per below. There is an inscription of what appears to be a name written in red ink on the front. The paper cover down the bottom of the spine has torn/peeled. The back cover and few of the back pages have come away from the spine for a short way, but this looks repairable. Pencil price inscription in top right corner of first page. Tanning on pages evident, otherwise pages appear in good condition.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Now for the first time -
an authoritative and inexpensive book in which all the popular painting media are given complete yet concise treatment.
In this amazing handbook, filled with color plates and other illustrations, a famous artist and teacher gives step-by-step demonstrations that take you from the start of a painting to its completion.
Here are just a few of the subjects covered:
Material and equipment
Arranging the palette
Painting surfaces
Stretching your canvas
Palette knife painting
Varnishes
Brushes
Brush handling
Color exercises
Light and shade
Anatomy
Composition
Outdoor sketching
Selection of water colors
Preparing water color paper
Pen and ink drawing
Color permanency
Perspective
Casein as a water color, gouache, and as an underpainting for oil.
Plus a complete glossary, and hundreds of other technical tips that will increase your skill and pleasure in painting."
Book Details
Title: How to Draw and Paint
Author: Henry Gasser
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc
Year: 1967
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 240
Dimensions: L16cm xW10.5cm x D1.5cm
Weight: 150g
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Vintage paperback in acceptable condition. Cover has wear to edges, ends and corners as pictured below. Some creases, rubbing, marks and scuffing as per below. There is an inscription of what appears to be a name written in red ink on the front. The paper cover down the bottom of the spine has torn/peeled. The back cover and few of the back pages have come away from the spine for a short way, but this looks repairable. Pencil price inscription in top right corner of first page. Tanning on pages evident, otherwise pages appear in good condition.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Now for the first time -
an authoritative and inexpensive book in which all the popular painting media are given complete yet concise treatment.
In this amazing handbook, filled with color plates and other illustrations, a famous artist and teacher gives step-by-step demonstrations that take you from the start of a painting to its completion.
Here are just a few of the subjects covered:
Material and equipment
Arranging the palette
Painting surfaces
Stretching your canvas
Palette knife painting
Varnishes
Brushes
Brush handling
Color exercises
Light and shade
Anatomy
Composition
Outdoor sketching
Selection of water colors
Preparing water color paper
Pen and ink drawing
Color permanency
Perspective
Casein as a water color, gouache, and as an underpainting for oil.
Plus a complete glossary, and hundreds of other technical tips that will increase your skill and pleasure in painting."
