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by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne (Compiler)
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Collected from notes taken by students at famous Cape Cod School; hundreds of direct, personal aperçus, ideas, suggestions.

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  • Paperback: 91 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications; 1 edition (June 1, 1960)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 048620653X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486206530
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,086 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hawthorne on Painting, December 17, 2001
By Thomas La Padula (New Rochelle, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This is the painters bible. No matter how many times you reread this book, you will always find something poignant. I have been teaching painting for over 18 years on the college level and I have found this book to be the best. It is the only book you will ever need to understand light color and design in realistic figurative and landscape painting. Forget those expensive, glossy, overpriced edtions. Hawthorne was a master and you have his wisdom for only ($$$). I am on my fifth copy. The other four just wore out.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Like having the most fabulous instructor right with you!, September 8, 1999
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This is a collection of notes from students of Charles W. Hawthorne, instructor at the Cape Cod School of Art. The Introduction alone is worth the price! Statements like "Beauty in art is the delicious notes of color one against the other" are strewn throughout. Mr. Hawthorne clearly wanted to teach his students to see more beautifully, to know that subconscious thought counts and that the only way to learn to paint is by painting. He critiques the students' work on subjects of an outdoor model, landscapes, still life, indoor model and watercolors. Although there are no pictures in this book, as an artist, it is not difficult to picture from his description what the student's work looked like. I learned so much from this book. My issue is thoroughly marked up with my own notes. This will surely be one worn-out book by the time I'm through with it! A very useful book, I read it into my tape recorder so I could listen to the wisdom on my way to paint on site. This has become a "bible" for me as a plein air painter.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cape Cod Impressionism, November 19, 2001
By R. W. Field (Honolulu, Hawaii United States) - See all my reviews
Having purchased Louis Griffel's "Painting the Impressionist Landscape," which illustrates Hawthorne's way of "seeing things", I was delighted to find this little gem which compiled Hawthorne's comments on painting. This small volume is packed full of wisdom. One can imagine sitting with Hawthorne as he describes the various paintings, their good and bad points. There are no illustrations in "Hawthorne on Painting" but Griffel's book provides ample opportunity to see what he was saying. The two together provide a wonderful look into Cape Cod Impressionism. Hawthorne models with paint instead of drawing with it on the canvas. Form is achieved through proper color value placed side by side. The book is truly inspiring for any painter.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE VERY BEST !
Every painter needs to read this book AND keep it close to them. By reading it over and over, one gets a more thorough understanding of the act of painting. Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. Beardsley

4.0 out of 5 stars An Art Book Worth Reading
Charles Hawthorne was a very good painter in both oils and watercolors , and a very well respected teacher. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Phil Morin

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for my students!
Hawthorne on Painting was the most recommended book by master artist and teacher Sergei Bongart and, like most of his other students, I make it required reading for artists... Read more
Published on July 7, 2007 by Susan F. Greaves

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reading but:...
How good could be an advice or critic if you dont see the pictures that goes
along with it. I did appreciate the reading of this book, but I'd say half of
it is wasted... Read more
Published on March 20, 2007 by Audran Guerard

4.0 out of 5 stars Good information
The material covered is good, but I liked the book Henche on Painting better. No color images.
Published on January 24, 2007 by Art Student

3.0 out of 5 stars Amazing artist
It's a good to hear the comments from this wonderful artist expressing what makes an artist. The books modest cost is worth it, just to feel how he processes the visual world. Read more
Published on December 10, 2006 by D. SAILOR

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
This is one of the classics on painting. Every artist should add this to thier libary. It is a small book full of treasured insights for painting. Read more
Published on March 3, 2006 by Madison

5.0 out of 5 stars timeless!
this is a fabulous book. it is written in fragments--actual excerpts from hawthorne's critiques. it is a relevent now as the day it was written. Read more
Published on February 25, 2006 by Ruth Fiege

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful - but requires careful reading and thought
There are very few books to help painters (even fewer for sculptors) that are of any real use. This is the only book, of which I am aware, that sucessfully deals with the... Read more
Published on December 3, 2005 by David Kasman

4.0 out of 5 stars Spots, spots and more spots!
While this tiny book does offer some important truths, it could be made even smaller if the author's central theme of color "spots" was not on nearly every single page. Read more
Published on March 28, 2005 by IveSeenItAllBefore

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