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Title: Beautiful
Review: This is a great book for the price; inspirational and visually informative. An excellent resource for realistic artists looking for a little insight into the way a master draughtsman in the French Academic tradition works.This is not an instructional manual! There is a short (1 page) biography of the artist, and then the book turns to full-page plates of his drawings.Someone above complained that the reproductions were bad because of the bright red color; I agree that the reproductions should be a little bit lower in chroma, but the originals were drawn in sanguine and red chalk! So the use of red is acceptable (in fact, preferred) by me; it's the fact that the ink used in the book is a bit "neon" that detracts from the experience. The reproductions show excellent detail, however. It's the ink quality alone that made this a four-star, rather than five-star, review.
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