Title: Inspiring and encouraging
Review: The artist primarily shows his sketches using 7B or 8B pencil, with watercolor washes. He gives examples of just about every subject matter, indoors and out, including landscapes, houses, industrial structures, animals, winter scenes, trees in every season, flower arrangements, and still lifes. He shows final paintings worked up from sketches, primarily in oil or acrylic. Some of the sketches are pastel on toned paper. His narrative is encouraging and instructive, without being preachy. This may not be the best book for an absolute beginner, as it does not show steps in the formation of any sketch, but he does show some alternate views of a given scene to show how point of view can change the picture. I have many books on drawing and watercolor painting and keeping a sketchbook, and this is one of the best.
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