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Tim Fisher
Search Press
16 December 2011 / ISBN-13: 9781844485826
How-To Books/Painting
Paperback
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Flowers have
always been a popular subject for painting, and here is a book on
how to paint them using acrylics. It is also a book about acrylics
and how to get the best out of them; in fact this author ought to
write another book concentrating just on this as he does it so well.
After closing the book this was what stayed in my mind rather than
the floral paintings, good as they are. A lot of how-to books tell
you what to do for the best results, but Mr Fisher explains not
only why it is a good idea but also why doing something else is
a bad idea. Here is information on the true difference between artists'
and students' quality paints, on how to use a painting knife and
clean your paintbrush properly. As well as the color wheel there
is also much discussion and illustration concerning tone and how
to use colors to their best advantage. There is even advice on mixing
paint and how it differs with a brush and a knife…I am impressed
as this is surely the type of detail that every beginner (and improver)
wants to know. There are exercises on composition and examples of
what not to do, and although there are only three staged examples
to work through, Mr. Fisher makes the most of them. Before you even
begin there is a list of what you learn in each and then the same
Search Press format you expect by now of many illustrated stages
with captions. I confess to being impressed and hope that this talented
writer as well as artist goes on to write more of his highly informative
books.
Reviews
of other titles by this author
Beginner’s
Guide to Painting with Oil Pastels
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