Paint the Sea in Oils Using Special Effects (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: International Artist Publishing (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929834047
• ISBN-13: 978-1929834044
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #787,750 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I would have spent $100.00 for this book. It's that good., September 28, 2000

By	Peggy Walker (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews

If you a realist painter, buy this book! E. John Robinson explains everything about how to paint the sea in an easy to understand manner with 100's of color pictures to demonstrate. I loved this book and have been able to create beautiful paintings because of it.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for seascape painters!, October 22, 2001

By	Michael Bird (Yorba Linda, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I was fortunate enough to be at one of E. John's classes when a photographer from an Australian art magazine came for one of the sessions and took photos of that day's work. E. John explained that not only an article was being done, but that he was working on a new book as well. Obviously a book cannot come close to actually being there, but this book does as well of a job as one could expect. E. John's explainations are clear and easy to read, the photo's are great and the general layout is excellent. This book should definately be in the library of any artist interested in the sea, beginner or acomplished.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For a sealover this is a six star book!, August 23, 2002

By	Claes Tegenfeldt "artist, silversmith, MScEE" (Sweden) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love the sea, the summers are spent on an small island. I know the sea and I want to capture it, with photography, watercolor and oil. This book is a true gem! It is a must! It is a six star book! I love it almost as much as the sea itself...

The book is filled with illustrations that are of outmost quality, but also with detailed descriptions how to achieve the effects shown. It conveys a thorough understanding of water, how fluids moves, flows, breaks up and crashes, how light radiates through a fluid and how reflections on a stormy surface behaves.

This book is written by a man who loves the sea and who tries to understand it from the bottom up to be able to capture it as art. For anyone painting the sea, in whatever medium, just get it any way you can!

Added 2003-11-27: This is still my absolute favorite book among about hundred watercolor/oil books. I find myself repeatedly returning to it, it is still good! What I want to add is that you shouldn't expect it to be easy, painting sea is not a simple task for the beginner! However, even for beginners the penetrating depth and aim to really teach understanding the sea instead of a how-to-formula is helpful. For the old pro who have painted the sea for 20 years the book will still add a fundamental understanding you can't easily get any other way.

I firmly and warmly recommend this book! It is a timeless gem.
And do yourself a favour, get his watercolor book version also even if you don't use that medium!