Hundreds of sketches and illustrations, accompanied by precise instructions and advice, demonstrate various techniques and methods for working in a broad spectrum of painting styles, along with tips on choosing equipment and materials, color, and more.
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From School Library Journal
YA?This art book is both inspiring and practical?a joy to the eye and wonderful for browsing. It provides sections on "Colours," "Open Air Painting," "Parts of the Body," "Still and Fast Life," and "Imagination." Even the subheadings are fascinating?"Substance and Weight," "Yourself in Fur," "Armpits and Violet," "Art Diaries," "Doff A Hat to Cezanne," and "Vastness." Each page is full of illustrations, italicized captions, and catchy sidebars. Many of the 1500 images are fine reproductions of familiar works, but droves of them are rendered by the witty brush and pen of Camp himself, "after" the styles of great artists?Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Bosch, Rembrandt. The captions are clever and fulsome and contain all manner of insights. Hints and suggestions abound and there is a heartening general tone: "...if we are not all artists together, at least we are all in it together."?Frances Reiher, Fairfax Public Library System, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Most art manuals tend toward large, impressive photos with little text. This one is packed with 1500 illustrations and an unusually rich text. Camp's style tends to personal observation, autobiographical touches, references to art history, and fresh inspiration. A teacher at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, and a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, he believes in copying from masters but avoiding academic dryness. Libraries should also consider his previous, excellent work Draw: How To Master the Art (DK, 1994).
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Good old Jeffery. He's getting old, you know. He inducted me into drawing (my web site is [...])This book isn't really a manual about painting, but really a manual about life. It follows on from his first book, draw. Basically, Jeffery believes in copying work as a way of learning to draw. Once he says that, he goes around copying peoples things and including the pictures in the book. In paint, he does a little more about mark making, but if you're hoping to find a book on mixing of technique, there's none of that here. I think Jeffery, like a true artist, enjoyed writing this book. He didn't think too much about passing on knowledge, but rather passing on inspiration. And in the end, the book is inspiring. And now that it's like totally out of fashion, you can pick it up for a buck.
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