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Title: DK Art School: Introduction To Oil Painting, An by Ray Smith ISBN: 0-7894-3289-7 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book for beginners!
Comment: I enjoyed this book. It spent two pages on every topic that's important to beginning artists. It never rambled on about useless, trivial information. The author focused in on clear definitions and illustrations. This reader was never confused by the book's precise method in handling complicated exercises. These exercises not only explained the material, but also led to completed works of art. The book also had a small, but vital glossary. The glossary helped to reiterate important concepts, such as scumbling, aerial perspective, fat-over-lean painting and high-key colors (just to name a few). Reading this book is like taking an art class. It focuses in on the most important concepts; and, it explains them in a brief, succinct manner.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice idea spoiled by carelessness
Comment: My soft-cover version of this highly-attractive book has plenty of nice features. The overall concept is sound, (although a little cursory in places, even for a book aimed at beginners); the instructional and informational content is generally useful and interesting; the illustrations and reproductions are excellent. There are even some health and safety tips that were very welcome.
So, what's the problem? The low rating I gave this book falls squarely at the feet of the editor(s). Simply put, there are far too many mistakes for a book of this size!
Completely wrong labels on a graph of oil content in paints makes for total confusion, especially if you're trying to come to terms with the "fat over lean" concept or similar technical ideas. Page cross-references that are incorrect are frustrating, but tolerable, in a monthly magazine or daily newspaper, but not in a textbook! There are numerous other little labelling, spelling, word-usage and grammatical errors, as well as a couple of invented words ("sawned off" is going to stick in my memory for a long time!) and a few "explanations" that don't explain anything.
I'm not sorry I bought the book, but it would be so much easier for my wife, who is just starting out in oil painting, and who is not a native user of English, if the information were a bit more reliable.
I purchased another Ray Smith book [Portraits, hardcover] and have no real criticisms of that book. I would consider buying others in the series, but this one is a little disappointing. A very beautiful book spoiled by sloppy editing. It's really a shame!
Rating: 5
Summary: Really lays out the basics well
Comment: This is the kind of book that organizes the information you need to know in a logical and straight-forward manner. A great place to start for any aspiring artist.
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Title: DK Art School: Introduction To Acrylics, An by Ray Smith ISBN: 0789432870 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: DK Art School: An Introduction to Art Techniques (DK Art School) by Ray Smith, Ray Wright, James Horton, Michael Wright, Royal Academy of Arts ISBN: 0789451514 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: DK Art School: Introduction To Drawing, An by James Horton ISBN: 0789432889 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Oil Painting for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter by Steve Allrich ISBN: 0823032698 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: DK Art School: Introduction To Pastels, An by Michael Wright ISBN: 0789432900 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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