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This handsome volume is devoted to the paintings of the Fauves, the group of French post-impressionist artists, who. like the impressionaists themselves, owed their name to a dismissive epithet by a hostile critic.Fortunately, the Fauvists had their admirers, and none more so than the Russian collectors Shchukin and the Morozov brothers, whose paintings are now divided between the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art in Moscow.This book contains full color-reproductions of the most representative works of the leading proponents of their flamboyant style. ... Read more

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This remarkable book is almost impossible to classify or pin down. Dr. Eugene P. Odum covers art, ecology, literature, history, and geography in a manner that reflects his doctrine of holistic ecology. His text bridges the supposed gap between art and science, linking the watercolors of his late wife, Martha, to an ecological perspective of the world. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Airbrush Artist's Pocket Palette
Airbrush Artist's Pocket Palette

This book is bad book for a beginner.
As a beginner I found this book to be inadequate for my needs. There are 63 pages of nicely spiral bound(book lies flat) examples of various effects. That is to say... 63 pages of coloful rectangles with some comments about how to achieve a particular effect. It's sort of like reading the ingredients for a recipe but not telling you how to mix the ingredients or cook it.

I imagine that this book has some use to an experienced airbrusher but I suspect that once you have the experience the book is not very useful and is merely a nice 63 page of pretty rectangles.

This was not a good book for me.

Excellent examples and wonderful illustrations
The Airbrush Artist's Pocket Palette is filled with wonderful techniques to create hundreds of effects and textures. I would not know how to create hair, skin, wood, metallic surfaces, stone or highlights with my airbrush without this book.

You will need to have some knowledge about color palettes and airbrushes to fully understand the techniques descibed in the book.

The book also contains several pieces of completed artwork. The techniques they used to create the paintings are described with the corresponding painting.

I have enjoyed this book since the day I bought it. ... Read more