Artist's Photo Reference: Wildlife [Hardcover]

Bart Rulon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003

This book in the successful Artist's Reference series presents hundreds of high-quality colour photographs for artists to use, taken with their needs in mind. Subjects include hoofed, predatory and small mammals; aquatic wildlife; and African wildlife. There are four step-by-step demos by the author and guest artists in major media, painted from photos from the book with instructions on how they used those photos. A special introductory section discusses basic anatomy and how readers can take their own photos.

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About the Author

Bart Rulon is a wildlife and landscape artists, and an experienced wildlife photographer. His work has been featured at shows around the world, including The Society of Animal Artists and Arts for the Parks.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581801661
• ISBN-13: 978-1581801668
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,423,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There are better references, April 24, 2004

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This review is from: Artist's Photo Reference: Wildlife (Hardcover)

This photo reference is adequate, however, there are much better resources for the artist out there. For example, "Paradise on Earth" by Jim Thorsell puts this book to shame. It is not intended as a photo reference, and I came upon it by accident, but it is a far better reference. The photos are diverse and they are of superb quality. In addition, this is a coffee table sized book so the photos are of adequate size- often in the ARtist's photo reference series the photos are just too small to be of any practical use. Also, the photos just aren't that striking- they don't excite at all. Paradise on Earth will get you feeling creative guaranteed. The bottom line is that there are many books often at bargain prices that don't purport to be artist's photo references that do a better job than this book. I just wish I'd looked around before I purchased this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Variety Missing -, October 1, 2005

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This review is from: Artist's Photo Reference: Wildlife (Hardcover)

When I need a reference book it is because I want to see the different angles, and a wide variety of types of animals and activity. This book ventured off too often into a lesson and show and tell for one piece of art. I think that is where the effectiveness is lost. If I want a "how to book" for an art project, I'll get a more descriptive and helpful book. If I want a reference guide to see angles, I am probably going to opt for a photographic books. I still was able to find some of what I needed, but was overall very disappointed in the content of the book and some of the subjects (whale tails and wet otters). I'm not sure I'd waste my money on another from this series.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Artist's Photo Reference: Wildlife, June 6, 2003

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Jack Collins (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Artist's Photo Reference: Wildlife (Hardcover)

This is a fantastic book. It's a must for any wildlife artist and it even makes a great coffee table book for anyone who likes wildlife. The book is just full of great photographs and the step by step paintings are very usefull.