A lushly illustrated, comprehensive guide to painting in all media. From the prestigious visual arts education institution Art Students League of New York. Will be a source of inspiration and enrichment for painters of all levels.
"JAMES L. MCELHINNEY has a BFA from Tyler School of Art and an MFA in painting from Yale University. His teaching career began as an assistant to Bernard Chaet at Yale, followed by appointments at Bowdoin College, Moore College of Art, Skidmore College, East Carolina University, and University of Colorado. He was artist in residence at Harper's Ferry National Historic Site in 1999. He has been visiting associate professor of drawing at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, since 2004 and has taught at the Art Students League of New York since 2005."
A New York Times Gift Pick: Coffee Table Books About New York "The
League's diverse instructors are among the world's best, so I'm
grateful that James McElhinney has brought readers along to gain
their insight. The art is both apt and luscious, and it's
especially fascinating to consider the work of top pupils alongside
their teachers."
--Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine
"The diminishing returns of a media-saturated culture have produced
a remarkable visual illiteracy in our time. The antidote is a
hands-on engagement that works toward the mastery of seeing what
you are looking at and discovering a personal attitude toward what
you are seeing. The final result is a record of what it means to be
in this world. This book is a doorway opening to that journey."
--Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency and The Geography
of Nowhere
"This informative and lavishly illustrated volume, with its
step-by-step demonstrations, personal histories, and interviews,
provides readers with privileged access to the distinct
philosophies and painting practices of artists, illuminating their
alchemical transformations of raw materials--of charcoal and
pigments and oils--into unique and inspiring expressions ofhuman
values."
--Adrienne Baxter Bell, associate professor of art history at
Marymount Manhattan College and author of George Inness and the
Visionary Landscape "Richly illustrated, this thoroughly modern
painting guide invites painters working in every medium, style, and
subject matter to pull up an easel or open a sketchbook to explore
new and different ways to think about painting."
--Charles C. Bergman, chairman and CEO, The Pollock-Krasner
Foundation "Art Students League of New York on Painting is such a
gift: it provides information on techniques, philosophies of art,
and the art of seeing. You should treat yourself to this book."
--Audrey Flack, painter, sculptor, and former Art Students League
student
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