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...
Category: Really good books: 4-5 palettes
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...
Draw Faces In 15 Minutes: Jake Spicer – Book Review
In that last post, I talked about all the new art gear that I opened up on Christmas morning. Great stuff but there were no art instruction books...
How To Make A Watercolor Paint Itself, Nita Engle – Book Review
Everybody knew this book review was coming, but what's the verdict? It's a 144 page paperback, first published in 1999. It has a nostalgic feel...
Color Choices, Stephen Quiller – Book Review
You knew it was coming and here it is - the Stephen a Quiller book review. This is a book that's been on my list for a while and I've now finally...
Create Perfect Paintings, Nancy Reyner – Book Review
Now this is more like it. This is a 144 page hardback that I've been after for a while and that I was very glad to see appear at the door over the...
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...
Webb On Watercolor, Frank Webb – Book Review
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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...
Expressive Figure Drawing, Bill Buchman – Book Review
And it's time for another book review, and again it's a book on figure drawing. After this I really need to do more artwork before reading the two...
Figure Drawing For Artists: Making Every Mark Count, Steve Huston – Book Review
Time for another book review. This is 192 pages long, and is flexibound, meaning it’s a paperback but with a cover that's bent inwards along the...
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...
Life Drawing For Artists, Chris Legaspi – Book Review
This is a 176-page paperback and one of three books on figure drawing that I got for my birthday. I tell you, those other two are going to...
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...
Sketching People, Lynne Chapman – Book Review
Time to review the other urban sketching book that I bought on Christmas Day. This one is a 128 page paperback but feels much longer. I've only...
Keys To Drawing, Bert Dodson – Book Review
I've made it to the end of Bert's book at last. At 224 pages long, it's huge. The first five chapters were fantastic. They're on contour...
Zoltan Szabo’s 70 Favourite Watercolor Techniques – Book Review
Another book review. Today it's Zoltan Szabo's 70 Favourite Watercolor (sic) Techniques. I bought this a couple of days ago after spotting that...
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain, Betty Edwards – Book Review
I was hopeless at drawing just two weeks ago but you'll have seen in my last couple of posts that this has changed and it's all down to this book....