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The Essential Painting Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Taggart
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Category: Book
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 892840
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 9.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 1571455639
Dewey Decimal Number: 751
EAN: 9781571455635
ASIN: 1571455639
Publication Date: September 1, 2001
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Product Description
A comprehensive art workshop from "pencil to palette." A step-by-step guide to projects in various media. Each project has a tutorial, "tricks of the trade," and instructions on how to work through common problems.
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Highly recommended, especially for the beginner August 9, 2002
David Faulkner (Fort Wayne, IN USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This well-structured, informative book is an excellent introduction to painting with watercolors, oils, acrylics, and pastels, each of which is given its own section. Taggart begins each section by detailing the basic necessities of the medium before launching into a series of lessons to introduce the reader to a variety of techniques. The approach is balanced and honest, never narrow-minded or preachy. The many "do's and don'ts" (my words, not the author's) are practical in nature, meant to help the beginner (or experienced artist) avoid or correct specific problems. Everything -- materials, techniques, and all -- is well-documented with words and illustrations...
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