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Color Choices – Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory, by Stephen Quiller is a visually inspiring book for painters, especially landscape and still life painters.
Does it actually make “color sense out of color theory”? I’m not so sure, but I’m also not sure if that matters.
Stephen Quiller has [...]
Anthony Thieme, by Judith A. Curtis (published by the Rockport Art Association) is an inspiring tribute to one of America’s greatest landscape painters.
I bought the book partly because my mother* had studied with Thieme (as she always called him) around 1935-36 in Annisquam and Rockport, Massachusetts.
However, I also [...]
Acrylic Painting Techniques: How to Master the Medium of Our Age, by Stephen Quiller, is a juicy and inspiring book for acrylic painting enthusiasts.
Many people know Stephen Quiller for his color wheel and color theory. (If you don’t, this book may be an especially happy discovery.)
In this book, Mr. Quiller applies his [...]
Expressive Oil Painting: An Open Air Approach to Creative Landscapes, by George Allen Durkee is a good, instructional book for oil painters. Artists working with acrylics will learn great tips from it as well.
From the start, I was impressed. Instead of using the usual photos of art supplies as he talks about [...]
