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Oil Painting Secrets from a Master : Prominent Artist/Teacher David A. Leffel Shares His Secrets for Making ...
Linda Cateura
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1984
Great Companion
This book is extraordinarily helpful for artists who already have some experience. It appears to be a collection of class notes with many illustrations and helpful tips, rather than a mapped out "method". I discovered in it many missing links of information, "ahas", so ...
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Painting Techniques of the Masters
Hereward Lester Cooke
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1972
A profound text allowed to languish out of print!!
I am an artist who has persued the knowledge of classical drawing and painting, (as well as the joys of modern art)for at least a decade, and I believe that along with Robert Beverley Hales masterworks, this great book by Hereward Cooke is one of the most profound I ...
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Painting the Head in Oil
John Howard Sanden
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1976
This is the oil portrait painting bible.
Whether a beginner or experienced oil painter, this is a must-have book for your art techniques library. Sanden begins with general oil painting information about materials and equipment. He reviews his color palette in detail, discussing warms and cools, earth ...
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How to Draw What You See
Rudy De Reyna
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1972
Learned to draw portraits
I have owned this book for 10 years. My children and I all learned the basics of drawing from this book. I was so excited when I followed the steps and was able to draw a realistic face! I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn drawing.
Cyndi Martinez
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Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques
John Shaw
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1989
Another John Shaw Book - Excellent
This is another of John Shaw's excellent books on photography. Liberally illustrated with examples and interspersed with his commentary and notes I found tremendously useful. Shaw covers almost all aspects of photography - from the rule of 16ths, exposure, film, ...
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Writing With Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books
Uri Shulevitz
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1985
Creating Children's Books 101
Uri Shulevitz's book Writing With Pictures is a treasure trove of valuable information concerning writing/illustrating children's books. For those with no interest whatsoever in illustration, the book explains how illustrations enhance and fulfill the promise of the ...
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Painting What You Want to See
Charles Reid
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1983
Wow! Best Art Technique Book I've Found.
"Painting What You Want To See" covers a slew of topics of tremendous importance to improving your artwork that are slighted by most authors and most teachers. These topics include the understanding the propper proportion of light & dark values, the importance of ...
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Albert Bierstadt (Famous Artist)
Matthew Baigell
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1988
One of the greatest painters in American history
Bierstadt was one of the greatest painters in American history. It's a pretty sorry situation that this seems to be the only major book on him in print. However, this is still a good book. Read it. Also, check my Amazon Listmania list on landscape painting for more ...
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Painting the Spirit of Nature
Maxine Masterfield
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1984
Fabulous Teacher, Fabulous Art
I was lucky enough to have this artist-author as a teacher almost 2 decades ago. I no longer work in this style or medium but when I was working in it, her methods were the most marvelously freeing ones. If you feel constricted with your present results in water ...
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Discovering the Inner Eye: Experiments in Water Media
Virginia Cobb
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1988
Discovering the Inner Eye/Experiments in Watercolor
Really good book! It was recommended by another artist and she was absolutely right about how good it is. The condition was as stated and I am glad I bought it.
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Portraits and Figures in Watercolor (Artist's Painting Library)
Charles Reid
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1984
I learned to paint figures/portraits
I have several Charles Reid books, as I really like his style of painting. This is the first book of his I purchased and I was able to teach myself to paint figures and portraits with this book, although my style is not the same. Mr. Reid teaches you step by step with ...
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Draw from Your Head: A Step-By-Step System for Drawing the Human Figure Without a Model
Doug Jamieson
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1991
extremely practical and helpful
This is the first book I'd recommend to anyone wanting to study artistic anatomy. After slogging through other anatomy books,I found this one explaining everything I needed to know with simplicity and thoroughness. Not that other books are without merit, but this is ...
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Pastel (PBK)
Daniel E. Greene
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1985
the best
not well organized, and 70's color reproduction, but otherwise, the best pastel instruction (in portraiture) that I have come across. Highly recommended and much better than contemporary books. But it while you caN !!!!!
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Painting People in Watercolor: A Design Approach
Alex Powers
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1989
A Must-Have Book for Watercolor Portrait Artists
No well stocked watercolor library should be without this important book by Alex Powers. From understanding the human form to a thorough knowledge of design, Powers impacts an artist's skill. The work in this book guides in how to take your portraits from sterile mug ...
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Creative Color for the Oil Painter (Artist's Painting Library)
Wendon Blake
Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1983
Excellent example illustrations and clear instruction
This book is a little like two books in one. Between every two pages of text (instructions and theory about mixing colors with b/w illustrations), come two color full-color paintings, reproduced in two sizes -- one to fit the whole image on the page, and another ...
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