The Fine Art of Portraiture Van Nostrand- Reinhold, NYC. 1970

This first book by Covino took seven years to come to fruition,with most of that time spent in the edition of perjoritives hurled by the author/artist at the modern abstract expressionists, whose work Covino believes, is " The grand hoax of the 20th century". An excellent tome defending the classical academic system, with illustrations including the paintings of Covino and step-by-step procedures, principally focused on the brown underpainting-venetian approach of " Togliere Srofinando" or rub-out technique plus a controlled palette.

Discover Acrylics With Frank Covino Watson-Guptill, NYC 1972

An honest discovery, Covino confesses to never having used the acrylic medium before. In the next hundred and fifty pages we witness the artist taming the medium "to make it look like oils".

This makes some fascinating text to illustrate the paintings of the author, plus a revelation of practical approaches to the quick drying medium‘s storage and application,. Also included is Covino’s novel improvement of the ancient's "graph method" for accurate portraiture, a flawless approach to achieving "likeness" by narrowing the focus of the artist.

Controlled Painting North Light Books,Cin 1982

While many of the color and design theories in this book echo ,"The Fine Art Of Portraiture", this book focuses more upon the Florentine Renaissance preference of rendering underpaintings in gray-green, or "Verdaccio", a technique since adopted by the artist, especially for the rendering of flesh tones. Covino's books speak to serious artists who wish to vie with the Masters; they will not appeal to dilettantes who is looking for quick art of shallow dimension.

Each of Covino's books sold out the year they were published with the Van Nostrand book the only one to go into a second printing. Collectors copies of great worth now, none are available in book stores. Sophisticated laser prints, fully bound, are available only from:

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Fine Art of Portraiture - reproduction edition, 176 pages ...............................$ 28.00

Discover Acrylics - reproduction edition, 135 pages .........................................28.00

Frank Covino Controlled Palette - reproduction edition, 159 pages ..................28.00

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