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Painting the Faces of Wildlife Step by Step

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I am a professional wildlife artist who is familiar with Kalon's work through national art exhibits. I have always admired his beautiful paintings and now I have even more appreciation for his work after reading his well thought out and beautifully illustrated new book. His clear step by step instruction takes you through his process of creating lifelike faces in a variety of animals and his advice for researching your subject is very informative. A must have for any artist interested in painting animals!

I was at the Texas Woodcarver's Guild Spring Roundup in Fredericsburg, TX, recently and saw a copy of this book. As a woodcarver I would rate this book as excellent. The book has excellent detailed pictures of faces of various animals. As a carver, I must pay attention to exact details such as hair color and texture, eye size and color, ears details, and all facets of wildlife characteristics. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn wildlife details for painting, carving, or general knowledge.

How to review this book is a problem. It is simply the best book on the subject that I have ever seen. It goes through the usual informative sections on animal anatomy and several step-by-step demonstrations and details. It is here where this book stands out, in the detail of the demonstrations. From detail information on the underpainting technique to detailing, drybrushing and using washes it covers everything in an easy to understand manner. If you want to paint wildlife and have not had an expensive course in a high quality art school then this is the book that you want to buy.

Exquisite paintings of wildlife make this book worthwhile in itself, but Kalon Baughan also supplies fascinating insights into how he paints. Though most of us can only dream of painting animals that capture the animal's soul, there are many useful hints and techniques that even rank amateurs can use.

Painting the Faces of Wildlife is wonderful for the beginner or intermediate artist. The step by step demonstrations take the student from the initial sketch right through to the completed painting. Kalon shows great detail in each step where one can see the beginning, middle, and final results with an understanding for why everything was done and how it reflects in the completed painting. The author has 18 paintings he takes the reader through and they are beautiful.The demonstrations include watercolors and acrylics but are mainly done in oils. He covers a wide variety of animals.

This book is a "must have" for any artist who wants to be a wildlife painter.

THis is a great resource book for carvers. Not only do you get ideal instruction on how to paint wildlife, there are numerous illustrations on noses and eyes. I would recommend this book to any wildlife carver. The delivery was very prompt and the book was just as they said.

This is a great book. It is well thought out and well done. I am not an artist but I enjoy wildlife art and have many different pieces of artwork. Knowing some of the history and research behind the paintings adds to the enjoyment and appreciation of the artist's work. I recommend this book to anyone who loves wildlife art and art in general.

Kalon's book is full of drama, which is quite a feat for a "HOW TO" book. His passion for what he does shines through in his text as well as in the expressiveness of his awesome paintings.

This was a very nice hard covered book. It came in nice shape and I was very pleased.