The New Oil Painting

This is no ordinary how-to-paint book. Instead, artist Brooks assumes readers have mastered the rudiments of the art and focuses on the composition of materials required for painting, such as solvents like turpentine (which, in her opinion, are to be avoided) as well as everything else comprising the paint environment. --Booklist Starred Review I learned to think about paintings three-dimensionally...among many other things. I now know things about linseed oil its own mother doesn't know. --Cintra Wilson, culture critic for The New York Review of Books Insightful, straightforward.... I have been painting for a long time, yet I learned many things from this book. It would be a great addition to any studio--keep it near your painting table. --Enrique Martinez Celaya, artist It's strange, since so many thousands of people enjoy (and are obsessed by) painting, that there is such a lack of good guidebooks. There are some amazing doorstops that are nearly impossible to use, and there are dozens of colorful how-to manuals that offer limited information. Kimberly Brooks's The New Oil Painting is unique in the field: it's comprehensive, up to date, and friendly--exactly what painters need to have by their side. --James Elkins, Chair of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of What Painting Is