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...
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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...
Painting Portraits In Watercolour, Liz Chaderton – Book Review
With the art studio out of bounds while building work is going on, there's not been much painting action going on lately so I thought I'd use the...
Painting Trees, Rob and Siân Dudley – Book Review
The latest of my birthday books to be scrutinised is this one by Rob and Siân Dudley. It's about, guess what, painting trees. It's a 176 page...
Drawing With Charcoal, Kate Boucher – Book Review
Ok, let's have one more book review. This was the first book. I read after the first batch of birthday presents arrived as I was keen to read any...
Capturing Light, Catherine Beale – Book Review
What with all the doors and windows in the house being replaced this week, I've had too much on to be thinking about to be able to do any painting....
The Artist’s Complete Guide To Drawing The Head, William L. Maughan – Book Review
I only discovered this book on Amazon a couple of weeks ago and it didn't last on my wishlist for long. The style of drawing that it describes is...
The Natural Way To Paint, Charles Reid – Book Review
Not a Christmas present, this one. It's a book I've been after a while and that I've been watching out for using the CamelCamelCamel website,...
Landscape In Ink And Coloured Pencil, Helen Hanson – Book Review
Here's the review of the second of the three books on coloured pencil that I got for Christmas. It's a 160 page paperback and is not just about a...
Hazel Soan’s Art Of The Limited Palette – Book Review
This is one gorgeous looking book. It's a 192-page hardback and the name of the book in the top right has been embossed. I can't stop running my...
The Landscape Painter’s Workbook: Mitchell Albala – Book Review
Now here's a book I've been looking forward to. It's Mitch's second book. The first got rave reviews but was very oils focused. This one is...
Pure Watercolour Painting: Peter Cronin – Book Review
I first discovered Peter Cronin a few weeks ago when I was watching the first series of the new version of Watercolour Challenge. It was a...
Atmospheric Animals In Watercolour: Jean Haines – Book Review
This book was only published two days ago and I'm already reviewing it. It was a birthday present from my sister that was expected to be published...
Panting Expressive Watercolour, Bridget Woods – Book Review
I'd been after this book for a while and got it as a Fathers' Day present. It's a 192-page paperback with some quite dense text in places so has...
Landscape Painting Essentials, Johannes Vloothuis: Book Review
I've had my eye on this book for a while, so ordered it as soon as I'd opened all my presents and the Christmas Amazon furlough was over. It's a...
Colour And Light: A Guide For The Realistic Painter, James Gurney – Book Review
This might be the last book review for a while as it's the last of the books from my birthday stash. It's the James Gurney book that I've heard so...
Painting By Design, Charles Reid – Book Review
This 144-page paperback is one of those books that's difficult to categorise. The title and subtitle on the front page make it sound like it's all...
Strengthen Your Paintings With Dynamic Composition, Frank Webb – Book Review
Now this is interesting. I just assumed that all books on composition were going to be similar, covering the same sort of stuff. The only book...
The Artist’s Guide To Painting Water In Watercolour: 30 Techniques, Ron Hazell – Book Review
This one had been on my list for a while and was starting to look difficult to find on Amazon, so I had a hunt around and found a website that was...