- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill; New edition edition (Mar 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0823038688
- ISBN-13: 978-0823038688
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 20.8 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #641,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Inspiring and Informative,
By Jim Boyce (Meridian, ID United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting People in Watercolor: A Design Approach (Paperback)
I found Alex's encouragement to find you own style and a very insightful analysis of his style to be quite informative. I enjoyed his descriptions of how his pictures were designed and more importantly what worked and didn't work. The principles that he discussed on simplicity, value, color, movement, paper-doll and silhouette relatioships, design approaches, etc. were very helpful in trying to understand and improve my own crude attempts at painting. Alex must be a very fine teacher, as his narrative was concise and very on topic through out the book.
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This review is from: Painting People in Watercolor: A Design Approach (Paperback)
This book is one of the indispensable ones - you have got to have it! Don't let the painting on the cover put you off (I think it is one of the weakest paintings!) Between the covers, where it counts, this book is great.Powers has the incredible ability to paint something perfectly while making it look like it took him a few minutes. His vision is unique. To some, his work may appear messy or unfinished, but for me this is a genius at work. His paintings look simple, but it's what he leaves out that often makes his work utterly remarkable. His concise and easy-to-understand notes on facial proportions and his analysis of elements of his technique, such as composition, design, colour, line, and shape, make for fascinating reading. Seeing the mark of the artist has always been compelling for me. Here I see it in every painting. I often refer to Powers' methods to teach my art workshops for adult students. This is my desert island book - the book with which I would choose to be marooned. If there were a six-star rating, this book would get it. Why are you still reading? BUY IT! NOW!
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The power behind portrait techniques,
By Will Williams (Lake District, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting People in Watercolor: A Design Approach (Paperback)
This is such an immensely informative book with an incredible range of effective techniques and written in such an inspirational way. The next step must be to attend an Alex Powers workshop - anybody out there that can help me?
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