The sea and sky have captured the attention of artists for centuries. Their energy and drama; or their tranquility and beauty; can be portrayed powerfully and magnificently in a painting. This encouraging and user-friendly book gives practical advice on how to set about sea and sky painting; and explains what to look for in capturing space and movement; colour and light. Includes a guide to the tools; materials and techniques; practical instruction on coloured inks; acrylics; pastels; watercolours and oils; step-by-step painting sequences; inspiration and ideas from leading artists. A practical and inspirational guide to painting seas and skies; this book will be of great interest to marine; landscape; coastal and naval artists.
#522515 in eBooks 2007-05-10 2007-05-10File Name: B00FG1KUU8
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152 of 162 people found the following review helpful. Interesting Concept Marred by Poor RenderingBy Charles McleanWhat a pleasant concept. Many of the charts are thought provoking. On balance; though; I can not recommend this text. Heres why.Some of the charts are not legible. In several cases; the amount of information is so great as to force the type to a size no longer readable without the aid of a powerful magnifier. Also; in many cases; the type face is not intended to be legible in a smaller size. It is easy to see that most of the charts are really designed for a much larger space and were simply reduced for printing.In other cases; heavy reverse colors; and obscuring background colors make image recognition almost impossible. Heavy solids with very thin reverse lines are not the best choice for lithography; though the printer seems to have favored consistent solids in deference to legibility. A lot more work went into the chart concept than went into the selection of type and color breaks. The introduction layout is so generous and easy to read as to be a miss-fit with the rest of the book.18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Interesting; but the book digital format needs help.By T. HenningSome of the visualizations are unique and thought provoking. I wish I could see it on a bigger screen. Zooming in on the bitmap images causes them to blur terribly. Apparently; I cannot see this book on my Windows 7 machine. Windows 8 is required. I need a magnifier to read the charts on my iPad. Also; I am not sure about the data points relative to the image ratios behind the charts. Some of them seem incorrect.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great coffee table bookBy V SGreat coffee table book. We already own one of McCandless books and I was afraid some of the information could be repetitive or duplicated; it definitely isnt!I ordered the print version and find the font small and hard to read in some graphics; it should definitely be a printed in a larger format. The book is so interesting its worth the aggravation of having to use a magnifying glass here and there. Ive read some complaints from the electronic version; I dont think this book is suitable for that type of format and the publishers should have never released one ( the back lash has been tremendous)