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Strokes of Genius, The Best of Drawing – The Sixth Volume: A book review
This book is the sixth in a series called “Strokes of Genius,” edited by Rachel Rubin Wolf (an artist and freelance editor), an excellent resource of 144 drawings from 142 artists. The goal of the book is to provide readers … Continue reading
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UPDATE: Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil, by J.D. Hillberry – a book review
UPDATE to original post: I’ve been contacted by North Light Shop, an online artist resource site. They are offering readers of my blog an additional 20% discount off their price of this book. If you use the link provided herein … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art instruction, book, charcoal, drawing, graphite, pencil
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Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil, by J.D. Hillberry – a book review
I haven’t done a book review in a while and thought that some might enjoy one of my favorite drawing books. Several years ago artist, J.D. Hillberry had a booth at Fort Worth’s annual art festival. I couldn’t help but … Continue reading
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Capturing Radiant Light & Color in oils and soft pastels, by Susan Sarback – a book review
Do you ever have a project that you just aren’t connecting with? I’m feeling this with a new painting that I’ve been working on for the past several days, it’s just not working for me, so what better time than to do … Continue reading
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Color Choices – Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory, by Stephen Quiller – a book review
It’s been a while since my last book review and Color Choices by Stephen Quiller is not one to be overlooked – highly rated on Amazon that I found during one of my research journeys has become a great resource on color. Mr. Quiller, … Continue reading
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Pastel School, A Practical Guide to Painting and Drawing with Pastels – a book review
This book, written by Hazel Harrison, is about painting with soft pastels but many of the concepts can be applied to oil pastels and other mediums because its main theme is painting concepts and techniques in general. A couple of … Continue reading
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Oil Pastel – Materials and Techniques for Today’s Artist, by Kenneth Leslie – book review
There are hundreds, probably thousands, of books on art instruction – not a lack of resources that’s for sure. For oil pastels there are four books that I know of – one I’ve reviewed written by John Elliot, two I wouldn’t recommend, and … Continue reading
Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing, by Margaret Livingstone – a book review
I didn’t know what I was getting myself in for when I decided to read this book, it was one tough read – felt like I was trying to sprint through mud. Don’t get me wrong – it was a good read, packed with relevant … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, book, Margaret Livingstone, painting, Vision and Art
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Colored Pencil Painting Bible, by Alyona Nickelsen – a book review
Alyona Nickelsen is one awesome artist, her talents bedazzled me when I first saw her work. She is best known for her realist colored pencil drawings that take on the look of paintings. When I started drawing 2 1/2 years ago I didn’t … Continue reading
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The Simple Secret to Better Painting, by Greg Albert – a book review
This is an awesome book that changed the way I view each of my oil pastels before, during and after painting them. There are many good books in the market today on composition, so I’m not disparaging any of them in the least. I … Continue reading
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Oil Pastels by Mary 