[Regia-NA] Hellp

[Jan Ward]

It's a fifteenth century book, but "Il Libro dell'
Arte", by Cennino d'Andrea Cennini, has been
re-published in an English translation.  Look for:
_The Craftsman's Handbook_, Cennini, trans. Daniel V.
Thompson, Jr., Dover Books,  ISBN 0-486-20054-X.

He tells how to make the actual colors used by
craftsmen and artists.  Also tells how to make oils
and varnishes and how to gild metal, wood, stone, and
even cloth. And paint panels and frescos, if you're up
to that.

It was $6.95 when I bought mine, but it's probably
gone up (like everything) in price a little.

He also tells how to make hide glue and size and other
useful stuff.  

You can probably mix modern paint to get authentic
colors, but the materials available to people in a
specific place and time might not be able to make a
modern "red, blue and yellow".  

Hazel's paint chips will show you what was known to be
used in Regia's time period.  

Jan