Watercolor Painting Book Reviews: Design Media

 
Reviews of Design Media: Techniques for Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pastel and Colored Marker

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Review #1: Highly recommended
Review #2: a rating in progress:not sure yet- but why am i not excited





Review #1

Highly recommended

I really like this book. The explanations were concise and to the point, the diagrams were excellent illustrations of the techniques discussed, and I learned a lot from copying the pictures. I now look forward to putting those lessons to use in turning my own photographs into pen-and-ink sketches. Highly recommended for solo work.




Review #2

a rating in progress:not sure yet- but why am i not excited

I am not sure yet and want to give the book a more
serious look. Perhaps my mistake was to buy this
book at the same time i acquired Composite Drawing by
Uddin and Color Drawing by Doyle. The drawings and format
of these books instantly became well worn reference texts
for myself and students. I chose the Kasprisin book because
it presented a medium missing from the other books: watercolor techniques. I will give the prose a serious trial and i hope the book eventually proves to be a good resource too.
However, what bothers me is the book is sitting on my shelf and i am struck by the following realization: when it comes to a technique book, if i am not personally inspired by the sample drawings or paintings i am probably not going to be motivated to try to emulate the techniques. Please acknowledge this may be too shallow of a reaction and you may well find the book meets your needs.




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Design Media: Techniques for Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pastel and Colored Marker

by Ron Kasprisin

Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 1999-04-20
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471293016

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