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Summary: JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
Review: I own approximately 40 painting books, and I'll have to say this is one of the best. The illustrated paintings are just beautiful. Penney seems to emphasize beach scenes, gardens, and flowers. There are demonstrations that actually give you the exact steps and process. With her "Still, Reflective Water" beach scene there are 13 illustratons, as she progresses to the finished painting. I paid full price through North Light, and I am very pleased with this book.
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Summary: JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
Review: I own approximately 40 painting books, and I'll have to say this is one of the best. The illustrated paintings are just beautiful. Penney seems to emphasize beach scenes, gardens, and flowers. There are demonstrations that actually give you the exact steps and process. With her "Still, Reflective Water" beach scene there are 13 illustratons, as she progresses to the finished painting. I paid full price through North Light, and I am very pleased with this book.
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Summary: nice pictures but...
Review: I was expecting a little bit more detailed instruction. This book leaves a beginner(at least this one)a little bit at sea.
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Summary: nice pictures but...
Review: I was expecting a little bit more detailed instruction. This book leaves a beginner(at least this one)a little bit at sea.
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Summary: Good Book for Any Acrylic Painter's Bookshelf
Review: If you've never done acrylic painting but would like to try pick up this book. The author does a good job of pointing out some advantages of acrylic over oil while making the important point that neither should be seen as superior to the other. Oil has certain advantages for certain techniques and acrylic has others. They should be treated as two separate mediums, not one as superior or inferior to the other. Once she finishes showing some of the properties of acrylics there are discussions of preparing various surfaces and laying out a palette for the demonstrations that follow. Unlike most books this one doesn't provide a chapter covering color mixing, composition, values, etc. These things are discussed within the flow of the step-by-step demonstrations. The subject matter for each of the paintings range from still lifes to landscapes to seascapes to florals. You get lessons in painting moonlit skies, sand, pebbles and debris on beaches, oceans, waves, shadows, reflected light, trees, ferns, wildflowers, etc. It is interesting to see the variety of surfaces used for these demonstrations. Everything from canvas to hardboard to rice paper is used. Several chapters detail some beautiful textural techniques that add variety and interest to the background of the subjects. If you are just beginning to learn how to paint I would recommend one of the Jerry Yarnell books first. Then, once you're comfortable with acrylics get this book (and other acrylic books) to see the wide variety of ways this unique paint can be used.
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