- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: International Artist Publishing; illustrated edition edition (August 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1929834020
- ISBN-13: 978-1929834020
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 22.1 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 930 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,082,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Overcoming the fear of the "blank canvas",
By A Customer
This review is from: Painting Landscapes from Your Imagination: A "Fold Out and Follow Me" Project Book (Paperback)
This book is a brilliant instruction book for both beginners and more experienced watercolourists. Highly recommended for beginners to watercolour who don't know where or how to start. Tony Smibert takes you step-by-step through a series of painting exercises designed to free your creative juices while teaching the art of watercolour from basic washes through to more advanced techniques. He begins with simple wash and brushstoke instruction and takes the artist through to completed landscapes. I particularly liked his ideas on framing the earlier exercises as complete works of art in their own right. He has apparently spent a great deal of time in Japan, and it shows in the powerful, yet simple techniques he employs and paintings he produces. His landscapes have a wonderfully atmospheric quality that he manages to teach to the reader. His instruction is detailed in a clear and easy to follow manner while leaving ample scope for the more adventurous students to apply their own interpretations to the paintings. This book has given me the confidence to try anything - no longer do I stare at a blank sheet of paper fearful of the first stroke, or wondering where to begin. I find myself going back to his basic exercises to "limber-up" before starting on a larger project, or simply to have a bit of fun when I'm too busy to complete a "proper" work. He also has two videos available to accompiany the book which I have found invaluable, but not essential.
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Overcoming the fear of the "blank canvas",
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Landscapes from Your Imagination: A "Fold Out and Follow Me" Project Book (Paperback)
This book is a brilliant instruction book for both beginners and more experienced watercolourists. Highly recommended for beginners to watercolour who don't know where or how to start. Tony Smibert takes you step-by-step through a series of painting exercises designed to free your creative juices while teaching the art of watercolour from basic washes through to more advanced techniques. He begins with simple wash and brushstoke instruction and takes the artist through to completed landscapes. I particularly liked his ideas on framing the earlier exercises as complete works of art in their own right. He has apparently spent a great deal of time in Japan, and it shows in the powerful, yet simple techniques he employs and paintings he produces. His landscapes have a wonderfully atmospheric quality that he manages to teach to the reader. His instruction is detailed in a clear and easy to follow manner while leaving ample scope for the more adventurous students to apply their own interpretations to the paintings. This book has given me the confidence to try anything - no longer do I stare at a blank sheet of paper fearful of the first stroke, or wondering where to begin. I find myself going back to his basic exercises to "limber-up" before starting on a larger project, or simply to have a bit of fun when I'm too busy to complete a "proper" work. He also has two videos available to accompiany the book which I have found invaluable, but not essential.
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Watercolor Landscapes from your Imagination,
By Ronald K. Ridley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Landscapes from Your Imagination: A "Fold Out and Follow Me" Project Book (Paperback)
Tony Smibert does an excellent job of explaining his style of painting. He is one of the leading experts on J. M. W. Turner's watercolor painting techniques. I like they method his using with only a few colors and leading through a series of exercises. This is a rare book filled with wonderful information on how Tony approaches his subject and creates beautiful composition from his imagination.
Sincerely, Ron Ridley Ridley Art Studio Elk Grove, California - USA
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Painting Landscapes from your Imagination - Tony Smibert,
By PeterG - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Landscapes from Your Imagination: A "Fold Out and Follow Me" Project Book (Paperback)
The books title says it all and the book lives up to my expectations. It is very well written with each step clearly illustrated. Suitable for artists of varying skill levels with the real benefit of broadening the scope for watercolour painters to develop their abilities beyond the more traditional ways of painting without detracting from the what may be regarded as the norm.
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