A Technique of the Baroque

Harry Tanner carried out extensive personal research and experimentation for more than fifty years, analyzing painting techniques through the ages, searching for original true pigments, finding different types of processed linseed oil and numerous resins.

Harry produced over 200 paintings that are technically similar to those of the Old Masters. Through his analysis and experimentation, he reached the answers to his questions:

How did the Baroque Masters make a colourless, transparent glazing medium that is easy to brush accurately and that dries quickly?

What pigments did they use?

What made their white paint so bright and smooth?

How did they proceed with their painting?

In A Technique of the Baroque, Harry Tanner offers artists a handbook to paint like an Old Master with materials available today.

Harry describes step by step how to produce paintings with the same solidity, smoothness and permanence as the masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

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