Art School: A Complete Painters Course

By: Patricia Monahan

'Art School' explores three different media - watercolour, oils and acrylics - highlighting their characteristics and special effects, using step-by-step instructions and illustrations to show how to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0600601463
• ISBN13: 9780600601463
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Hamlyn
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Art school is a very easy to understand book. It's helping me get back into painting after more than

This book is very easy to understand and. It covers watercolors, oils, and acrylics very thoroughly.

Excellent, Detailed, Easy to Read Reference for Painting

This book is exactly what I was looking for- feeling nervous about starting a painting project and wanted a detailed refresher on techniques. For a beginner or amateur painter, this really does seem like a crash course in painting. There are two or more thorough, step by step exercises for each method within oils, watercolor and acrylics as well. Photographs and captions reveal what is going on throughout the painting process. Each method also lists information about the paints, colors, basic colors for projects, equipment to utilize, and individual techniques. Concepts such as value, the color wheel, and composition are also reviewed with helpful hints for bringing out colors and subjects. The format is easy to follow and review; I have highlighted and tabbed my copy for quicker review and reference. I read and reviewed almost all of it in a couple hours or less. I am considering it a must have in my painting / art library.

great book

This book is great even if you are experienced or just starting..I call this book my painting bible.

excellent beginners book

Fabulous book, written especially for beginners who know very little about painting, but also has EXCELLENT pointers for those who are good painters, but love those extra tips. I've got this one at the top of my shelf and I've underlined, bookmarked pages, etc. It really is an excellent read, but most of all, it has really easy-to-follow instructions and doesn't leave you confused. If you're just learning to paint, then you really have to get this book. You just have to. It is written SIMPLY and is EASY to read and the book is really thick and hardback and will last a really long time. Well worth the money and something you can use as a reference too.

great book

This is a great, comprehensive painting guide for anyone who is interested in getting into oil, acrylics or watercolor painting. It shows all the basics needed including the materials available and needed and it also shows (at least to me) some advanced techniques. Great for any beginner and maybe even intermediate painter. The only complaint I have to make is that I would have liked that the book covered other kinds of painting too, such as glass painting, but I guess it makes sence that they didn't really get into that since it seems to me that it is a classic kind ot painting school.

A huge resource for anyone painting anything!

I am very pleased with the work I have created using this book. I had a lot of questions about watercolor and oil painting. Most of the other books I purchased and studied left a lot of the beginner things out....like how to actually mix colors well. The format is wonderful as well, you can go from one exercise to the next a really get some techniques under your belt. The approach to demystifying the products needed for each media was fantastic. You are shown what each product is for and when you might use it. The instuctions in the book include clear step by step pictures...so you don't start feeling lost halfway through the exercise. The best part? There is no rigid rules, the dialogue is personal and encouraging. You flip through it and start itching to paint!