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HOW TO PAINT BOOKS

Alger, Joseph How to Paint Pictures for Fun Thomas Y. Crowell
Co, 1946,
2nd ptg 8 1/2" x 11".59 pgs.Illus by Alfred S. Piane & Norman Tate.This
is a really funny
book written by an amateur painter who says it's fun. The "sacred
precincts of oil painting joyfully
and naively invaded."DJ torn, has an amusing testimonial on the back.
$10

Biddle, George An American Artist's Story Boston Little
Brown & Co, 1939,
first 6 1/4 x 9 1/4,316 pgs.Many illustrations including portrait of
Marguerite Zorach,
Mural in Department of Justice Building, Detail from Century of Progress
Mural.His story,
anecdotes about painters, etc. VG $18

Blake, Wendon Landscape Painting in Oil Watson-Guptill
Publications,
1976 8 1/2" x 11 1/4".152 pgs,153 b&w illus,40 color plates.10
chapters with paintings
by George Cherepov. VG with VG dj. slightly soiled. Remainder mark.
$8

Blake, Wendon Landscapes in Acrylic Watson Guptill, 1980 8
1/2" x
11".pb. 80 pgs. From The Artist's Painting Library.Paintings by Rudy de
Reyna. How to paint,
techniques, tools, composition, 11 step-by-step demonstrations.Over
135illus with 82 color
plates. $8=sold

Blake, Wendon Starting to Draw: A step-by-step instruction book
Watson-
Guptill, 1981 8 1/2 x11,pb, 80 pgs. Drawings by Ferdinand Petrie.From
The Artist's Painting
Library. Starting to draw landscapes, portraits, still lifes.Tech, tools,
basic forms, light and shade,
10step by step demonstrations, over 175 illus.VG $8

Cheney, Sheldon A Primer of Modern Art Tudor Publishing, 1924,
10th
ed. 6 7/8" x9 1/4".384 pgs.175 illus. Every field of modern art is
embraced--
painting,sculpture, architecture, theatre settings, industrial
design.Some chapts. originally
produced in Theatre Arts Mag, The International Studio, Century Mag,
Shadowland etc.
VG.very good paper,DJ . $20

Cole, Natalie Robinson The Arts in the Classroom The John
Day Company, NY
1940 6 1/2" x9 1/2".137pgs.How a kindly teacher released the creative
spirit in her
pupils.16pgs of illus.Extremely modern, much in the children's own words.
DJ, g with VG book.
Photographs by C.K. Eaton, Owners name and address on title page.
$10

Cortissoz, Royal The Painter's Craft NY, Charles
Scribner's Sons,
1930 5 1/2" x 8".473 pages. 31 chapters, 20 illus,.Writes about
specific
exhibits,contains a chapter on a group of American Architects.Cortissoz
was an art critic for 50
years for the Herald Tribune. Good condition. $19

Fabri, Ralph Artist's Guide to Composition Watson-Guptill,
1970 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", ex-libris,
plastic cover. 173 pages with 15 chapters. How to use the compositional
techniques of the Great
Masters in your paintings.... $8

Gerwig, Henrietta Fifty Famous Painters Thomas Y.
Crowell, NY 1926
6" x 8 1/2", 416 pgs.,b&w and color plates.Brief biographies for
the general reader whose
interest lies in human aspect of great men's careers.Contents by
country.Bibliography Good
tight binding $18

Griffith, Rubye Mae Art is All Around Us A.S. Barnes & Co,
1976 6 1/2"
x 10 1/2".125pgs.Photographs by Arnold Wall.Ms. Griffith sets out to
prove that art is
everywhere, art is for everyone and anyone can enjoy the thrill of
artistic expression.Tells you
how to make art and enjoy it; how to cope with naysayers. DJ.
$15

Phillips, L. March Form and Colour Duckworth & Co, London
1915 5 1/2 x 8 3/4" .294 pgsChapt. 1 The Testimony of Nature,Chapt.2
The Eastern
Point of View, III, Eastern & Western Architecture, IV Byzantine
Architecture,V, Indian Thought
and Indian Art, VI, Eastern Art and Western Critics, VII The Classic
Point of View

Rothstein, Michael Looking at Paintings Routledge, 1947 7
1/1" x
10".64pgs. Michael Rothstein, a painter, chose 20 paintings and wrote
commentaries.David
Jones, Graham Sutherland, Frances Hodgkins. 20 clr illus,notes & writings
VG, $18

Taubes, Frederic Oil Painting for the Beginner
Watson-Guptill, 1951 7 1/2" x
10 1/4", 148 pgs,canvases,brushes, color,media,tools & utensils, how to
mix color,exercises,
portrait, landscape, still life, flowers29.b&w and 7color plates by
artist dj vg, Very practical
suggestions, well written $18

Walter, Start The Studio Book of Still Life Painting Studio
Books,London, 1960
7" x 7 1/2". 63 pgs.Sketches and painting by the author.Written
by a British painter.
Painting Still life, Choosing a Subject, Asembly, Getting to Know the
Subject, Starting to paint
the Picture. Abstract Realism, Materials. Cvr has painting by author
on it, ..$12
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