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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 751
EAN num: 9780762103621
ISBN number: 0762103620
Label: Readers Digest
Manufacturer: Readers Digest
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: May 01, 2002
Publishing house: Readers Digest
Release Date: May 09, 2002
Sale Popularity Level: 317894
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A comprehensive introduction by master Stan Smith, offering students of all levels easy-to-follow instructions for painting popular subjects-landscapes, still life, and figures. Over 500 full-colour photos, and the essentials for creating beautiful paintings.
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This is no child's book but for the adult novice. Many tips from basic to advanced. Colored Photos. I love this book. See also Drawing: The Complete Course.
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I just ordered a copy; it was out-of-print a month ago. I borrowed a copy for two weeks and it looked like an excellent book, considering that it was in Japanese, of which I can read maybe 2%. Most watercolour books teach a really stiff technique that is very literal ("First I put an underwash of Alizeran Crimson in the water areas and cobalt blue in the sky...") and totally out of touch with the art world of the last 50 years-- the kind of painters who show in County Fairs and Best Westerns. Smith's style is very loose and expressive, he has a wide variety of interests and subject matter, his images are contemporary, he's fun, and some of his landscapes are wonderful. What I like especially is his ability to present fine detail, yet leave a lot of spontaneity of gesture, and really allow the wateriness of watercolour do its thing-- he lets the watercolour meet him halfway without excessively controlling it. That's a man I can learn from. I learned a lot from chapters on tools, and foundational techniques like wet-on-wet. I bet I'll learn even more when I can read it in English.
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