How to Paint from Photographs: The Artist's Guide to Techniques and Materials

by Tony Paul

Tony Paul explains which photographs - from landscapes and seascapes to portraits and animals - inspire a painterly approach and shows how to adapt the image: cropping, adding in or omitting elements,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845372336
• ISBN13: 9781845372330
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

beyond the photograph

This is an excellent book, it helps you understand why some of your paintings having a photograph as source, do not result in the astonishing image you expected. Mr. Tony Paul teaches you what a really interesting picture is and why so that you can take better photos, he also explains how to combine elements from different photos and create a wonderful painting and he gives nice examples of this. Indirectly, you also get very relevant info about color, light and shadow, composition, perspective, etc.I highly recommend it.

great resource book

This is a valuable resource for artists of all levels. The information is presented clearly along with photographs that assist in this understanding. I would definitely recommend tis book.