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I've got nearly a hundred books on painting, bought over a long period of time. Here's a review of the ones I have found, and still do find, most useful,
This video is 18 minutes, with a few comments on how instructional painting books used to look, and a caution on the sort of books I think you'd do well to avoid
Get rid of those small bits of pastelsDoes fixing pastels make them go darker?How to make fingerless painting glovesHere's a really versatile way of taking your painting equipment with youA simple way of keeping wet oil paintings from getting smudgedTry painting a scene from memory - this one is in pastelTips from photographers that work well for painters tooBe careful if you include Dammar varnish in an oil painting mediumLet more natural light into your home studioDon't forget to take the insect repellent!Easy way to paint two paintings at the same time on locationTake simplicity to extremesHow much detail in your painting?Mini sketching kitPainting trees in winterGranulation with watercolourHow to make and use a framing viewfinderHow to use a pochade box for both oil and watercolour paintingHow to set your watercolour painting on fire and dry it at the same timeDrying a watercolour with a hair drier - the sensible routeHow to get oil paint to dry quickerMaking and using a simple colour isolatorHow to look after your paint brushesAn expensive painting tipRough out your painting first with a sketchTry out new colors for painting in watercolorThink about tone AND colourHow Heidi Taylor paints watercolour portraitsPicture framing insights with John CaldwellArtist David Curtis on using a pochade box to paint the local scene in StaithesAnn Jarman on owning an art galleryArtist Jo Tunmer shares about her garden art studioBird Artist John Threlfall enthuses about painting birds in acrylic and oilBird Illustrator Richard Allen talks on camera about painting birds in watercolourCorry Kooy talks about her approach to pastel paintingPlein air painter Roos Schuring talks to CAA about painting in all weathersReview of the ViewCatcherSword brushes in action - Golden open acrylicsA visit to an exhibition of paintings by Bridget Riley at Kettle's Yard galleryBooks on how to paintReview of Artisan water mixable oil paintsReview of Griffin fast drying oil paintsReview of Oil pastels in the studio and out on locationReview of oilbars in the studio and on locationReview and introduction to Gouache painting mediumFinding a secluded place to paint in central LondonSketching Jazz Musicians in Cambridge internet cafe CB2Painting winter birds on location at Titchwell RSPB bird reserve - Norfolk coast UKPochade painting of the Norwich half marathon from the top of my pickup truckPainting with water mixable oil paint on location at the Gog Magog hillsA surprise meeting with another Moleskine sketchbook user at Cambridge Art SalonReviewing watercolours painted now and thirty years ago - progress!Charcoal sketching at Fairhaven Singers dress rehearsal - painting in actionOutdoors painting at a Royal Wedding street partyMaking the best of your painting time on locationPainting flowers outdoors in oil at a garden centreOil painting wild flowers in a meadowOutdoor painting alla prima at Bait's Bite Lock using oilsA small, quick, pochade oil sketch in King Street, Cambridge, UKOil pastels sketch of roses at Anglesey AbbeyPochade oil painting in Haddenham Windmill and meeting with the catPainting on location in oil with late afternoon sun - Clecy rail bridge in FranceLake at Milton Country Park painted on location using oil paint - speed videoLunchtime sketches at Welney bird reserve