Keys to Painting - Fur & Feathers
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Editor: Rachel Rubin WolfEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-15
ISBN: 0891349146
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: North Light Books
Book Reviews of Keys to Painting - Fur & Feathers
Book Review: Hardly what I would call painting...
Summary: 3 Stars
If you are looking for a good book based on a wide variety of techniques, this book is a handbook. If you are looking for a book that showcases wonderful artwork by competent artists, this is a good book. If you are a painter who wants to learn how to paint feathers or fur, this is not a good book.
The preliminary chapters of this book are all about drawing. Having studied, art, yes, we need to learn to draw before we can learn to paint. But the title of this book is _Keys to PAINTING Fur and Feathers_.
There follows different ideas on how to capture light on white fur, how to paint patterns, and other useful techniques, but I do feel they could have been explained better.
And then we get back to the issue of painting. Pen and ink drawing is drawing, not painting. Colored pencil is drawing, not painting. Pastels are, well, pastels, not painting.
For the artist that likes to experiment in different mediums, this is an excellent resource book. For those that are into acrylics and watercolors, you'll find some nice things in here. But I think the title is very misleading, because much of the book does not focus on actual 'painting'.
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