This book's been offered at quite a cheap price on Amazon for a while now, so I thought I'd give it a go. I was attracted to it by Robert's...
Category: Book Reviews
Amazon Associate Scheme
It's taken me all day but I've joined the Amazon Associates Scheme and I've added the appropriate links to all of the book review posts on this...
Line & Wash In The Urban Landscape, Neil Whitehead – Book Review
The Enterprise Crew collection has been moving more quickly than the bathroom work, so I've had enough time on my hands to buy, study and read...
Facial Expressions For Artists, Oliver Sin – Book Review
While this bathroom's being fitted, I'm not just painting portraits with the markers: I thought I'd also get some CPD in, so I've been reading this...
Painting The Landscape In Pastel, Albert Handell and Anita Louise West – Book Review
This book arrived in a post yesterday. No art books for me for Christmas so I thought I'd better order one and learn more about using pastels...
Creative Drawing Techniques, David Brammeld – Book Review
Time for another book review. Once again, a book whose price suddenly dipped on Amazon and tempted me to click on it. This one's been on my...
Painting In Pastels, Robert Brindley – Book Review
Time for another book review. Still considering myself a novice with soft pastels, I've had my eye on this one for a while and when the price...
Atmospheric Buildings In Watercolour, Nicholas Poullis – Book Review
So, yes, as I was saying, I bought a couple of books the other day that I thought I needed. This is the second one. It's a 144 page paperback on...
Painting Skies In Pastel, Sandra Orme – Book Review
I have lots of different excuses for getting new art instruction books. I get books for my birthday and at Christmas. But sometimes I buy them...
Creating Textured Landscapes With Pen, Ink And Watercolor, Claudia Nice – Book Review
This is the last of the stash of art books that I got for my birthday. It's a 144 page paperback and is in landscape format. It's still roughly...
Painting And Understanding Abstract Art, John Lowry – Book Review
Time for another book review and today it's this one by John Lowry on painting abstracts. It's a 160 page paperback by Crowood. I’m not going to...
David Bellamy’s Complete Guide To Landscapes – Book Review
Things have been a bit quiet over the last couple of days as I've been reading this 288 page paperback monster. It's one of those books that's been...
Pastels For The Absolute Beginner, Rebecca De Mendonça – Book Review
This book wasn't a birthday present. it's just that after getting all those pastels, I wanted to know how to use then before getting started and...
Painting Rivers From Source To Sea, Rob Dudley – Book Review
This was the first birthday present book to arrive, so it was the first one that I got my teeth into. It's written by Rob Dudley who cowrote that...
2024 Birthday Stash 1: Books
Here are the four new books I got for my birthday. Reviews will be posted up here in due course. I've also ordered another book, one that's an...
Dynamic Light And Shade, Burne Hogarth – Book Review
This is a book that I've had my eye on for a while. I liked what I'd seen inside the book, including the comprehensive looking contents page. And...
Nature In Watercolour, Waltraud Nawratil – Book Review
This book was reduced to under a tenner on Amazon and I thought I deserved a treat after setting up the new website, so I bought a copy. It's a...
The Art Of The Line In Drawing, Frédéric Forest – Book Review
This book has been sitting around near the bottom of my wishlist for a while. I kept thinking of it as a luxury book: something that I probably...
Human Figure Drawing, Daniela Brambilla – Book Review
On to the last of my Christmas books. I've been looking forward to this one as it's an absolute monster. It's nit just hardback, it's not just...
Colored Pencil Painting Portraits, Alyona Nickelsen – Book Review
Time for another book review and today it's this one by Alyona Nickelsen. It's a 184 page paperback. I'll say right from the off that this isn't...