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Title: A Proven Strategy for Creating Great Art by Dan McCaw ISBN: 1-929834-19-5 Publisher: International Artist Publishing Pub. Date: 11 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: NOT WHAT IT SAYS IT IS!!
Comment: Unfortunately this book does not live up to the title. Don't buy it and be sorry. Much is worthless information that you have common sense about anyway. Ga
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent and Helpful.
Comment: This is an excellent and beautiful book, though I have a few questions (which I hope Mr. McCaw will see and answer here). For example, he says to limit one's choice of colors to six--a warm and cool version of each of the primaries--plus white and perhaps black. Later, however, he states that, rather than trying to mix colors, it is best to simply use desired tube colors. That seems inconsistent. Similarly, he advises against using white for highlights, yet some of his paintings show highlights of white. (I can't criticize his advice, just the apparent inconsistencies.) It is for such ambiguities that I give four rather than five stars. (If I could, I'd give 4.5 stars.)
The book's flaws are quite minor, relative to the great instruction it otherwise provides. In fact, I think I learned more from this book than any other art book I have read. I recommend it.
Many of its concepts are also found in another book, The Yin/Yang of Painting, which I also recommend. Each of these books comes at the subject from a little different perspective, using a somewhat different vocabulary and (obviously) different paintings as illustrations. If possible, read both.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inside the artist's process
Comment: Dan has given us what Sargant,Homer,Benson, Sorolla et. al. never did. He has let us in on his creative process in detail. He is a master of analogy as it applies to art creation and explanation. His works create the impression that he has consumate fun doing them--this sets him apart. Hurry up with the sequel, Dan. Your old admirer Hatfield.
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Title: Paint Red Hot Landscapes That Sell: A Sure-Fire Way to Stop Boring and Start Selling Everything You Paint in Oils by Mike Svob ISBN: 1929834187 Publisher: International Artist Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: The 5 Essentials in Every Powerful Painting by Ramon Kelley ISBN: 1929834128 Publisher: International Artist Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: Fill Your Oil Paintings With Light & Color by Kevin D. MacPherson ISBN: 1581800533 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Problem Solving for Oil Painters by Gregg Kreutz ISBN: 0823040976 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Harley Brown's Eternal Truths for Every Artist by Harley Brown, Lewis Barrett Lehrman ISBN: 1929834063 Publisher: International Artist Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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