Paint Books

A fantastic book that will show you step by step how to get the most out of Paint Shop Pro, even if you have NEVER worked with a graphics program before (such as myself). After working through the book you will be very comfortable with all the different tools and you will have created some spectacular projects. The only negative remark that I have is that this book uses the exact same tutorials that were taught in the book for version 5, they have however been expanded to cover the new features in Paint Shop Pro version 6.

This book gets three stars. It's okay. If you are totally new to Paint Shop Pro, this book is for you. For those that know a good amount or are masters, don't bother.

First of all, it's almost exactly like the Teach Yourself Paint Shop pro 5.0 in 24 hours. The only thing is added is the few new features in 6.0. Even the tutors are the same...same wording, same everything. If you have 5.0 book, don't bother getting this book.

Second, it reads like the manuel. Why pay 20 bucks for a book you already have?

Third, don't believe the 24 hour thing. Usually there is about two or three tutors per one hour session...but trust me, it takes more practice and more tutors with some applications such as layers and masks.

On a good note, it does teach you some techniques and also gives you information on PSP's tools. You also get information on basic web design with a lot of common web design questions answered.

After one year of travelling around Australia, I returned home to Ireland fascinated by Aborigine, Mauri and Polynesian culture. A friend gave me a gift of Bewick's book. I like art, but when representing a culture so far removed from my own I always think that photography is liable to be a more loyal medium in representing the culture in question. Bewick surprises me, she manages to imbue the whole atmosphere of a foreign culture through her paintings. There is something subtly sensual about her work. It is bright, alive & alert. She does not appear to be one of those artists that tries desperatley to throw her spectators into the depths of psycho-analysis. What you see is what you get. A great book, a real 'sit back and let the South Seas flow through you'. A must on any coffee table !

Pauline Bewick, an Irish artist who has travelled all over the world and is inspired by what she sees, living in Ireland with her husband, and lives in the heart of Tuscany during the summer. Pauline has shown intrest in art since she was two, her mother, Harry, also an artist, kept all her work since she was two, and Pauline had a retrospective exhibition of her works from when she was two until her late forties. This retrospective exhibition took place in The Guinness Hop store in Dublin. In 1988 Pauline went to the South Seas with her two daughters, also artists, to work on her next exhibition.She went home to Ireland and began working on her south seas book.Pauline returned to the South Seas for another year to work on the book.In this book you will see Paulines unique paintings and read about the Maouri way of life and learn about their legends,- very interesting.Definitely a book to buy if you can't afford to buy her paintings. In 1995 Pauline had a large exhibition, called the 'The Yellow Man', Pauline created this creature while doodling in Italy, and went on to create hundreds of pieces based on this creature includind 75 ceramic pieces which she painted in Rampini Studios in Tuscany. Pauline is now preparing for an exhibition in Dublin on September 1999.The exhibition includes her very colourful series of 'Laughing Women" and her series of African Eve's with their babies, inspired by both her daughters becoming mothers,and Charles Darwins theory of the human race beginning in Africa.

Having read a number of books and experimented on my own with watercolors (no formal instruction), I was disappointed in the results of my efforts. Then I picked up this book, followed the first lesson and was stunned at the quality of the result. This book goes step by step through techniques and each painting is very easy to follow. The results are a real ego booster. My only caveat is that you come to realize how important composition and color selection are to a painting's success, and this is the one area that the book is somewhat weak in.

I am a complete beginner at watercolors and this is the book for me. Each lesson is broken into Saturday's painting exercises, which focus on different watercolor techniques, and Sunday's painting. The exercises are just what I was looking for, I need that step by step guidance. This book is helping me get past that feeling of not knowing where to start with watercolors, and so far I am enjoying it so much.

A very good book touching on many of the aspects of oil painting. If you need some extra ideas to add some life to your work, buy this book.

In 1847 Araminta and her family are traveling from Boston to California in this delightful story. Stopping in Scranton, Pennsylvania, her uncle gives her a beautiful paint box that later tumbles out of their wagon. The paintbox passes into many hands from a riverboat gambler, to a young wife then, on to a Mormon family. This female historical narrative tells in a entertaining way the story of westward expansion to a young audience. The soft pastel-like watercolor illustration are beautiful.

With this book, it is easy to learn how to paint with watercolors. I enthusiastically recommend it.

The cover picture on this book says it all - just look at the drama in that sky. This is one of four similar books by Keith Fenwick, a demonstrator for Winsor and Newton. I've got them all and they will provide something for artists of all levels. Fenwick has a great way of putting movement into his paintings, even when they are apparently static landscapes. Painting moody landscapes and skies is not easy , but Fenwick is here to help. His explanations are simple and well described. I can't think how any artist could find this inexpensive and attractive series of books anything less than very helpful. By the way, don't let the fact that the landscapes he is painting are British put you off - a mountain is a mountain, sea is sea and sky is sky wherever you go. It is techniques he is teaching and I find them very useful in my California plein air class.

THE NEW BABY by Ruth and Harold Shane (and illustrated by Eloise Wilkin) is a Little Golden Book that was first published in 1948. The plot of the book is simple, Mike, a young boy is gradually prepared by his parents (and an occasional delivery man) for the arrival of a new baby to the family. The illustrations are great! I love Eloise Wilkin!

i think this was a good book...because it helps little kids learn about the weather. The get to learn it the fun way by reading about Barney and Baby Bop, while i had to suffer in school listening to the teacher going on and on.

Reading through this book really hepled me to see the importance of well thought-out design. Alan Fletcher's grasp of communicative design is amazing. This book will inspire any graphic designer at any level.