To be able to draw and paint trees and have them look like trees and not just strokes; or gobs of paint; is the supreme test of a landscape artists ability; declares the author of this practical manual. Distinguished landscape artist Frank M. Rines offers the benefit of his many years of teaching experience in this informative manual; which shows how to re-create one of natures most triumphant creations: the tree.This concise guide illustrates the dominant features of many common trees; with examples of typical; familiar species mdash; elm; maple; willow; apple; birch; pine; and others mdash; both with and without foliage. Studies of individual trees are followed by illustrations of trees in groups or as incidental parts of more elaborate compositions. Drawings are rendered in pencil and other media; with emphasis on the subject rather than the materials. Accompanying text explains how art students at all levels can develop and improve their own techniques by applying fundamental rules."An invaluable resource for any artist wishing to tackle one of natures most complex creations." mdash; Collectorrsquo;s Corner
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68 of 69 people found the following review helpful. Great book covering all the basicsBy Surgery100A great simple; straight to the point; easy to understand book covers all the basics. Although the camera comes with a manual this book does a great job covering all the basics and where to find them in your camera. It also discusses which settings are more important to play with and which can be left to run on Auto (the camera has 1645 possible controls so this information is invaluable). Covers the basics for artistic creation as well. Between this book to learn to operate the camera and the Ken Rockwell site ([...]) is all you need to cover all the basics.48 of 49 people found the following review helpful. Excellent in the paper form; okay for the KindleBy Robert H. ShoaffI do not take pictures for a living; but have take a photography class in college. Ive used SLRs in the past and just upgraded to a Canon T2i and I was looking for a book to help me get back into thinking like a photographer. This book caught my eye in the bookstore and I checked to see if it was available in the Kindle app for the iPad. Trying to go digital in my bookshelf because of the iPad and i thought it would be better to have digital reference books with me when I am out taking pictures.In general the book is amazing. The one thing I appreciate most is the photography assignments at the end of the chapters. This is helping me to keep focused in practicing a specific subject with my new camera. The book is laid out very nicely with great photos and helpful instruction throughout. The author focuses on photo; buy touches on video; and gives you access to two additional chapters on using the camera for film. A very nice; unexpected bonus. I think the author says it best when describing his book is that it is for those wanting to go beyond the manual. Knowing the functions of the camera is important; but putting them into practice results in amazing photos. The book focuses on the latter.Kindle owners beware - while I rated this 5 stars for the paper version; I would have to give it a 3 for the Kindle. I am disappointed that all the photos in the book are too pixilated to be useful. If you look at the paper version the photos used as examples all have text callouts highlighting areas of the photo to consider when taking your own photo. I took a chance with the Kindle verision because I wanted a portable reference guide. Since I cant read the authors notes about the photos on the images I feel i am missing something. I plan to write the publisher and author to see if they can correct this for future readers of the Kindle version.24 of 24 people found the following review helpful. Great for understanding camera basicsBy SunscreenAlI am not a very experienced photographer. I bought the Canon T2i camera to take better photos. In order to understand the camera itself; I purchased this book as well as the "...For Dummies" book.This book by Revell is written for someone who would like to spend about 8 hours in total to learn the essentials of the camera as well as some effective ways to use it. The book explains how a professional photographer thinks if he were to use this particular camera. It is not an exhaustive reference guide. Its more of a "beginner photography tutorial". You feel as if youre being mentored when reading this guide. I can imagine a conversation going along the lines of "Whats this; teacher?" and the answer being "You wont need that until youve mastered this other stuff; so dont worry about it".If you want to spend 8-10 hours in "tutorial" learning about how to use this camera; about the concepts of depth of field; white balancing; lenses; focusing; moving subjects and more; this book is pretty remarkable. I would rather learn the 50% of the things Revell thinks I should know than learning about every facet of the camera. So for me; this book worked extremely well.Another nice feature is that there is an explanation of how the photographer thinks when taking many of the great photos that are in the book. On each photo; the parameters of the camera and the lens are detailed.The "for dummies" book is more of a reference; whereas this book is one of those shorter guides telling you what you really need to know as a beginner hoping to reach up to the land of intermediate.One problem: One of the step by step guides didnt mention that the camera couldnt be set to "automatic"; so it took me a little while to get through that particular instruction.