- Hardcover: 127 pages
- Publisher: North Light Books; illustrated edition edition (July 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1581800509
- ISBN-13: 978-1581800500
- Product Dimensions: 28.7 x 22.6 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 875 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #629,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
To look at John Agnew's work is to enter the mysterious and enchanting world of a forest floor, mountainous cliffs and crags, the heights of a rain forest or the surface of a hidden pond. Each painting draws you in to its unique environment. The lifelike environments Agnew has been so extremely successful in creating in his well-known murals he now brings to his acrylic paintings as well. In this book, Agnew shares his secret techniques about how to create those special atmospheres, textures and creatures by controlling the light, color, point of view and design of his painting. The book is filled with mini-demonstrations showing readers how to paint all of the above, as well as a full demo and techniques on painting murals.
About the Author
John Agnew is one of the country's premier artists specializing in fine art, realistic nature murals and immersion exhibit design. His experience in creating lifelike environments gives his fine art paintings a sense of "being there" seldom experienced in two-dimensional mediums. John's work was selected for the Arts For the Parks show, sponsored by the National Parks Academy of the Arts, in 1998, 1999, and 2000. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Finding ideas and deciding how to start your painting are at the same time the easiest and the most difficult parts of the whole process of painting. Read the first page
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Finding ideas and deciding how to start your painting are at the same time the easiest and the most difficult parts of the whole process of painting. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
You won't learn to airbrush from this book, but--nice pix!,
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This review is from: Painting the Secret World of Nature (Hardcover)
Gorgeous nature artwork. The frog is exceptional. Agnew's rendering of translucent animal skin, dewdrops and leaves is miraculous, but you won't learn how exactly to airbrush those types of things. How the works get from roughed-in ideas to detailed airbrushed plant foliage is NOT well-documented here. If you want to learn how to do detailed airbrushing, this is not the book for you. But if you want to be inspired by some great technique and learn some of it (for example, how to do translucent effects) this book is excellent.
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Tangible art,
By Sergey and Olga Karengin (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting the Secret World of Nature (Hardcover)
There are many good books on nature; there are many good books on art; there are many good instruction manuals. John Agnew's "Painting the secret world of nature" is a rare book that excels in all three of these.Beginners as well as experienced artists will find this book both technically helpful and aesthetically pleasing. Its clear-cut instructions and step-by-step illustrations, showing the process of creating and elaborating a visually striking image, will help a practicing artist to improve the technique of realistic painting. All professional artists have their own trade secrets; few are willing to share them; even fewer are able to do it in a way that makes sense to others. John Agnew's book is the one that does it superbly.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Painting the Secret World of Nature,
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This review is from: Painting the Secret World of Nature (Hardcover)
For the realist artist this book is great! Altho' Mr. Agnew's main interest is in painting exotic animals and places, many of his technics can be used for other realistic painting. I highly recommend this book.
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