Oil Painting: Develop Your Natural Ability (Paperback)

by Charles Sovek (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891347518
• ISBN-13: 978-0891347514
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #268,748 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best practical painting book., January 19, 2000

By	John Masters (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oil Painting: Develop Your Natural Ability (Hardcover)

I have purchased many oil painting books which unfortunately are long on theory but short on sound practical advice. Charles Sovek's book guides the beginner through many structured projects in which the essential building blocks of good painting technique are mastered. No book I have come across offers this instruction in such a clear concise manner. Living in a country which offers few oil painting courses, this book more than makes up for the lack of live classes. I highly recommend this book to budding oil painters.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The absolute BEST oil painting instruction you'll find in a book (for direct painting), May 10, 2006

By	Patricia Bergin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Reading and doing the lessons in Sovek's book is like having a year of art school. I know, because I went to art school.
Check that, reading and doing the lessons in Sovek's book is BETTER than a year in art school. I am not kidding.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars probably the best book on this subject out there, January 17, 1997

By A Customer

i ve learnt an approach to painting which is practical and has caused great improvement. if the exercises are followed as laid out in the book there is a lot to be gaine