The Search Press guide to painting techniques - Elizabeth Tate

This book offers a unique combination of reference material and practical guidance for the painter in any media.
It is divided into two parts: the first is a directory of all major painting techniques, and gives examples of their use, and of the particular media appropriate to them. The second section shows the applications of these techniques to a wide range of popular painting subjects.
With step-by-step demonstrations and detailed close-up photographs on how to do everything from frottage to scumbling, to blending, backruns and masking out, this is an invaluable and inspiring sourcebook for painters of all abilities and media.