Techniques in Painting

Brigid Marlin is an internationally acclaimed artist. Her early training took place in the leading art schools of Dublin, Paris and New York and she later studied with the famous visionary artist Ernst Fuchs in Vienna, before joining him as a teacher on his annual summer schools. She has exhibited, been an artist in residence, and taught in the UK, the USA and several other countries. Her portrait of the author J.G. Ballard sits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, one of P.L. Travers hangs in Wellesley College in the USA and Lord Longford’s one is held in the House of Lords. Her works are also exhibited in the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Museum of American Artists and Illustrators. Her full biography and examples of her work can be viewed on her website: www.brigidmarlin.com.

• Foreword1. Portrait painting – using Rembrandt’s techniques2. Landscape painting – learning from Bruegel, van Ruisdael and Rubens3. Still-Life painting – using techniques developed by the van Eyck brothers4. Art of imagination – the influence of Hieronymous Bosch5. Ernst Fuchs - and the rediscovery of these ancient techniques6. Fellowship and friendship – how other artists are using these techniques today7. Materials and methodsGlossaryIndex