Cindy Salaski

The book got off to a weak start for me. When describing materials, he describes what he has and insists it is the BEST available. He doesn't give adequate information as to why it is the best and what you can do if his choice isn't available or is too expensive for the reader. This doesn't address why the best wouldn't change over time. Everything he has is the best.

The book got a lot better when he got down to painting techniques and composition. However, the authors didn't really address impressionism very much. The book includes some step-by-step painting examples, again, there is a discussion of techniques, but not as to why they would support an impressionistic feel.

There are a lot of references at the bottom of alternate pages to a website for additional material. This is just a blatant attempt to get you to a website to view ads. the extra materials consist of two pages, one of very basic suggestions already covered in the book, the second page is a nice painting with a few words about its composition. This could have been included on one page in the book. Instead there are three pages about the two authors and two pages that are selling a video.

The book does have value, don't expect to come through it with any understanding of impressionism and you can enjoy it.… (mer)