An Artist's Handbook

Every art studio needs a comprehensive guide to drawing and painting materials and how to use them. Written by contemporary artist and instructor Margaret Krug with today’s artist in mind, An Artist’s Handbook is just that, complete with demonstration photographs, taken especially for this book, showing the materials and techniques described in action.

The lively text demystifies a variety of historical and contemporary techniques, from the selection of media, preliminary sketching, and the preparation of canvas to fresco, oil, tempera, encaustic, and acrylic painting.

Copious colour art reproductions serve as both models and inspiration in An Artist’s Handbook; along with her general instructions, Krug adds basic exercises for the reader to encourage and emphasize the value of independent exploration of media. This is the only “materials and techniques” book the contemporary artist and student will ever need.

About the author

Margaret Krug is an instructor in painting and drawing at Parsons School of Design in New York City, and senior lecturer at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her teaching covers a broad range of techniques. An artist herself, she has had several solo exhibitions, and her work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions. She lives in New York City.