All Entries Tagged With: "Art Books"
Accurate drawing before painting
In my obsessive quest to learn as much as possible about the process of creating successful oil paintings, I am reading Richard Schmid’s highly acclaimed book, Alla Prima. My project for this weekend is to take some of the elements I have learned from my month of drawing exercises and apply them to my painting [...]
Richard Schmid “The Landscapes” Book Review
The written word in Richard Schmid’s latest book, The Landscapes, is as eloquent as his paintings. “That sort of endurance and never-give-up mindset became bedrock conviction in my art…My countless early failures in painting were simply provocations to try harder,” he writes in a section entitled The Midwest and Chicago. “In order to render my [...]
There is a Santa Claus!
What to my wondering eyes should appear, but the FedEx man with a package full of Christmas cheer! So I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I have been pouring over my new Richard Schmid book, “The Landscapes.” Unfortunately the bindery on the huge hard bound book had a problem near the front. Considering [...]
Andrew Loomis on Scribd.com
I was reading a post today on Stapleton Kearns’ blog about Andrew Loomis and his book series on drawing. The books are out of print and can be quite expensive to own so I did a search online to find the best price. As a result of my search, I found a site called Scribd [...]
Elizabeth Tolley Hard and Soft Edges Demonstration Painting
This is the second and last demonstration painting that I will post from Elizabeth Tolley’s “Oil Painter’s Solution Book: Landscapes” art book. Given my commercial design background, painting loose is tough for me. I am accustomed to very tight graphic work. It pleases my brain to know everything is tidy. When it comes to fine [...]
Elizabeth Tolley Demonstration Painting
I love to visit Northern California. Donna and I have been to a variety of places there including Monterey, Carmel, San Simeon, San Francisco, Napa and Point Reyes among others. While visiting Hearst Castle a few years ago, we stayed in a small town called Cambria. Little did I know at the time that a [...]
Book Review: John F. Carlson on Landscapes
I wanted to let everyone know that the “A Day Not Wasted” art book review page is now live. You can get to the page via the link in the right sidebar Site Pages list. My first review is of Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Carlson. In the absence of mentors, books [...]