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This four-part treatment encompasses materials, general principles, technical principles, and practical applications for oil painting. Topics include canvases, easels, brushes, paints, and other tools; attitudes and originality; drawing, perspective, light and shade, composition, and color; and sketching, still lifes, flowers, portraits, landscapes, and figures. 64 illustrations enhance this informative manual. Book specifications: paperback, 432 pgs., 5 3/8 in. x 8 1/2 in. Publisher: Dover, 2006.