Collins Artist’s Manual

by Angela Gair

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Collins Artist’s Manual was the winner of the 1995 Artist’s Choice Art Instruction Book of the Year Award. It covers all the painting and drawing materials available to the artist today but also conveys the sheer joy and excitement of creating art.

Collins Artist’s Manual was published in hardback in October 1995 to great acclaim. It won The Artist’s Choice Art Instruction Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for a Nibby award for best illustrated book of that year. It then went on to sell nearly 20,000 copies in the UK and 170,000 worldwide and was translated into 11 languages.

We are now relaunching this superbly illustrated essential reference book for all artists at the amazing price of £14.99.

Collins Artist’s Manual covers all the painting and drawing materials available to the artist today but also conveys the sheer joy and excitement of creating art. The book is divided into seven sections:

• Supports
• Drawing media
• Painting media
• Colour & composition
• Subjects & themes
• The studio
• Reference: healthy and safety, art material
suppliers, glossary

  • ISBN13 9780004133638
  • Publish Date 1 March 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 8 February 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint Collins