Happy Christmas everybody. Unwrapping is over. I'm now making my way through my job list: - squash up all the wrapping paper and put it in the...
Category: Book Reviews
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...
Drawing Drapery From Head To Toe, Cliff Young – Book Review
And here's the other book I bought this week. It was while looking around Amazon that iced that I'd never read a book on drawing clothes. All the...
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...
Drawing From Photos, Patrick J. Jones – Book Review
Work still continues on the patio outside and it's possible that I might not be able to access the studio again until it's all over but I did...
David Bellamy’s Arctic Light – Book Review
Here's another book review, as promised. David Bellamy's Arctic Light is a reassuringly robust feeling 176–page hardback. And, for the first time...
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 & Painting Portraits In Watercolour, David Thomas – Book Review
Another book review and this time it's a foray into the world of watercolour portraits, surely a direction that I'll be travelling at some point in...
Breaking The Rules Of Watercolour, Shirley Trevena – Book Review
Another book review and, for the second time in a row, it's a book that had a different focus to what I was expecting. I did put this book on my...
Hazel Soan’s African Watercolours – Book Review
Time for another book review. This 128–page paperback has been on my wishlist for a good few years, gradually making its way upwards as other...
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...
Drawing Hands & Feet, Eddie Armer – Book Review
Time for another book review. This is Eddie Armer's book on drawing hands and feet. Because hands and feet let me down so often in my figure...
101 Textures In Colored Pencil. Denise J. Howard – Book Review
It's that time of year when the artwork slows down a bit because I've been through a birthday and have a pile of new books that I'm eager to get...
Essential Techniques Of Landscape Drawing, Suzanne Brooker – Book Review
So here's the book I got for Fathers' Day and have just spent three days reading. It's a 196 page hardback book, with reassuringly thick, shiny...
Contemporary Watercolour On The Go, Marion Rivolier – Book Review
Now this is a book I've had my eye on for a while. It's been up near the top of my Amazon wishlist and every time I've looked at the list I've...
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...
Painting Watercolour Snow Scenes The Easy Way, Terry Harrison – Book Review
I bought another book this week. It's been down near the bottom of my wishlist for a while but when the price suddenly fell to £7.41 I jumped in...
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,...
Realistic Portraits In Colored Pencil, Karen Hull – Book Review
And here's the last of my Christmas books. It's a 144 page paperback, slightly oversized at about 9 inches by 12. The book can be divided into...