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...
Worth buying: 3-5 palettes
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...
Drawing Animal Portraits In Coloured Pencil, Lisa Ann Watkins – Book Review
I've finished reading the first of my Christmas books. This was a 144 page paperback, one of those paperbacks with the glossy covers that are a...
Masterful Color, Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer By Layer: Arlene Steinberg – Book Review
Ok. I've been looking for a while for a book on coloured pencils that was suitable for a complete beginner after the Encyclopaedia Of Coloured...
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...
Drawing Scenery: Landscapes And Seascapes: Jack Hamm – Book Review
This is the third of the classic Jack Hamm books in my collection. There's a fourth one out there on cartooning that I won't be bothering with....
Sketching Techniques For Artists: Alex Hillkurtz – Book Review
In the end I got eight books for my birthday. Six of them are already here in front of me; two aren't published until August, so I know exactly...
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...
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...
The Art Of Urban Sketching, Gabriel Campanario – Book Review
I'm still making my way through my birthday books and this one has taken a while to get through as it's a 320 page paperback monster. This is...
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...
The Big Book Of Realistic Drawing Secrets, Carrie Stuart Parks & Rick Parks – Book Review
Another birthday book. This is a 224 page paperback. It's a book that's aimed at people wanting to draw with graphite pencils. It feels more...
Painting Animals In Watercolour, Liz Chaderton – Book Review
Another birthday book. This is a 112 page long paperback. So slightly short on pages but also small in other ways, being only about 7 inches by...
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...
Painting 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...
Pulling Your Paintings Together, Charles Reid – Book Review
You have to be patient waiting for the prices of these Charles Reid books to drop to something at the high end of acceptability but this one...
























