The first thing I
noticed about this book is the skillful use of paintings to
illustrate the points being made. This starts in the Foreword where
Lundin uses his own paintings to illustrate how painting is a process
of molding the picture until you've achieved the effect you want.
Booker follows up on this theme in her use of demonstration paintings to illustrate the concepts she's presenting.
For the beginner,
the first chapter is a tutorial on getting started. It gives a step
by step presentation of how to start thinking about your painting and
the basic skills necessary to start. Following this chapter, she
devotes a chapter each to painting sky, terrain, trees and water. I
found the examples illuminating and the steps easy to follow.
The final chapter is
“Putting it All Together.” I think this chapter would be
particularly valuable for more advanced artists. In this chapter she
emphasizes the need to not only use technique, but also engage your
intellect and imagination. This is the step that sets the artist
apart from the skilled craftsman.
I highly recommend
this book if you're interested in learning about oil painting. If
you're a beginner or even an advanced painter, it can help you
develop your technique and find new ways to think about the art of
landscape painting.
I received this book
for review from Blogging for Books.
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