I’ve just finished the second of the four books I got for my birthday and am ready to review it now. I'm taking my time over these books, reading...
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Watercolour And Beyond, David Bellamy – Book Review
And here's the first of my birthday books to be reviewed. It's a 160 page paperback. It arrived on Monday and took me five evenings to read,...
The Art Of Brusho, Carrie McKenzie – Book Review
Let's do a book review before kicking back and enjoying Saturday evening. I read this one yesterday. It's a 103 page paperback, quite short by...
Watercolor Techniques, Michael Reardon: Book Review
Before I get on to reviewing this book, a quick plug for the Camel Camel Camel website. For all the books and CDs that I put in my Amazon...
Drawing Dramatic Landscapes, Robert Dutton – Book Review
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Painting Watercolour Outdoors, Geoff Hunt – Book Review
Time for another book review. This one's only been in the shops for a couple of months. It's a 128 page paperback on plein air watercolour. The...
Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits, Hiroko Shibasaki – Book Review
I wasn't expecting to be doing a book review today. The only job I had on my list was to update my swatch reference sketchbook with notes on my...
How To Draw Portraits In Charcoal, Nathan Fowkes – Book Review
It's only the 28th of December and I've finished another of my new art books. I need to slow down and read a novel or two on the kindle before...
The Easy Guide To Painting Skies In Watercolour, Stephen Coates – Book Review
There seem to be quite a few books around on watercolour skies at the moment, all of them looking like they might include some interesting ideas....
Life Drawing In Charcoal, Douglas R. Graves – Book Review
Time for another book review. I've been holding back from figure drawing in charcoal because I wanted to read this book first. Well, I don't have...