History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

Book Description

Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War

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Buildings Are Killed In Wars, Too

The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War
Robert Bevan
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ASIN: 1861893191

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A decimated Shiite shrine in Iraq. The smoking World Trade Center site. The scorched cityscape of 1945 Dresden. Among the most indelible scars left by war is the destroyed landscapes, and such architectural devastation damages far more than mere buildings. Robert Bevan argues here that shattered buildings are not merely “collateral damage,” but rather calculated acts of cultural annihilation.

From Hitler’s Kristallnacht to the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue in the Iraq War, Bevan deftly sifts through military campaigns and their tactics throughout history, and analyzes the cultural impact and catastrophic consequences of architectural destruction. For Bevan, these actions are nothing less than cultural genocide. Ultimately, Bevan forcefully argues for the prosecution of nations that purposely flout established international treaties against destroyed architecture.

A passionate and thought-provoking cri de coeur, The Destruction of Memory raises questions about the costs of war that run deeper than blood and money.

“The idea of a global inheritance seems to have fallen by the wayside and lessons that should have long ago been learned are still being recklessly disregarded. This is what makes Bevan’s book relevant, even urgent: much of the destruction of which it speaks is still under way.”—Financial Times Magazine

“The message of Robert Bevan’s devastating book is that war is about killing cultures, identities and memories as much as it is about killing people and occupying territory.”—Sunday Times

“As Bevan’s fascinating, melancholy book shows, symbolic buildings have long been targeted in and out of war as a particular kind of mnemonic violence against those to whom they are special.”—The Guardian

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Buildings Are Killed In Wars, Too.......2006-04-12

In 1993, the lovely 16th century Ottoman Stari Most Bridge in Mostar was shelled and broken by Croat gunners. It had been a landmark and a beloved Bosnian cultural totem. "Mostar" means "bridge-keeper", and the bridge had connected two sides of the most cosmopolitan city in Bosnia, one Ottoman old side and one heterodox new side. The city took pride that it had the highest rate of mixed Croat-Serb-Muslim marriages. The bridge was a symbol, and its destruction was a symbol, and is the abiding image of the Croatian war. In _The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War_ (Reaktion Books), Robert Bevan quotes Croatian writer Slavenka Drakulic, who wonders, "Why do we feel more pain looking at the image of the destroyed bridge than the image of massacred people?" The answer Drakulic comes up with is that we feel our own mortality, and we expect our lives to end, but everyone expected the bridge to outlive the humans who loved it. "A dead woman is one of us," Drakulic writes, "but the bridge is all of us forever." The bridge is but one of the stories in this sad and fascinating book. Bevan, who has edited _Building Design_ and written about architecture in various forums, has drawn on many examples to demonstrate that while attention must obviously be paid first to human casualties of war, the destruction of buildings and monuments is also a major crime. Because of the permanence we attribute to buildings, they foster "the creation of social identity located in time and place". Their destruction has effects on future communities and communal memory. The destruction is also evidence of crimes against humanity, including genocide.

It is true that such destruction has always gone on in human conflict, but Bevan makes the case that it was in the past century that war on architecture, "the destruction of the cultural artefacts of an enemy people or nation as a means of dominating, terrorising, dividing or eradicating it altogether", has become monstrously pursued. Bevan is not writing about collateral damage which happens in any war, but has one example after another, like the Mostar bridge, to show how deliberate is the destruction of buildings and monuments by combatants on the offensive, and how devastating the results might be. Religious buildings still seem to be particular targets (with libraries and museums also selected for particular destruction). In the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Catholic Croat and Serbian Orthodox structures did not escape targeting, but the Bosnian Muslims had the most severe losses. Here are before and after photographs showing mosques and then the ruins or car parks that has become of them. This is not mere aggression. In the town of Zvornik, once 60% Muslim with a dozen mosques, the mayor declared, "There never were any mosques in Zvornik." Destroying such pesky reminders is a way of controlling the present by controlling history (and it is no surprise that George Orwell is frequently cited here).

The examples are from all over. Israelis and Palestinians, of course, use history and archeology to promote politics, and are literally undermining each other's buildings by tunneling beneath them. "Bomber" Harris meditated on the destruction of the medieval city L?beck, saying it was "more like a firelighter than a human habitation." The communists destroyed churches in Russia, and China continues to obliterate the buildings connected to Tibetan worship and culture. The Taliban destroyed the colossal 1,500-year-old Buddhas in 2001, after having forced local people to plant the explosives. Of course the destroyed World Trade Center is here. Not everything in Bevan's book is about destruction; he also examines the construction of walls, in Berlin, of course, but also in Belfast and Israel. There is also reconstruction, which presents further historical and cultural problems. Some bombed out cities in Europe have taken a "Disneyfication" approach, trying to fashion city centers into the way they looked hundreds of years ago. The military could rapidly make repairs to the Pentagon, but the repairs to the World Trade Center site remain controversial as rebuilders and memorializers battle over the appropriate use of a very valuable piece of real estate. Bevan has not just accumulated examples of politically-motivated obliteration of buildings, but calls for a change; we cannot forget human lives lost, but we need, he concludes, a separate crime of "cultural genocide." His quietly angry book will convince any reader that warring against architecture makes losers of us all.

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black and white!

A Must read for the serious painter

Fundamentals of graphic design as applied to watercolor

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The basics of producing fine watercolors

Complete Guide to Watercolor Painting
Edgar A. Whitney
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Watercolor, You Can Do It!

The Natural Way to Paint: Rendering the Figure in Watercolor Simply and Beautifully

ASIN: 0486417425

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Comprehensive, popular guide by renowned artist and teacher presents a full course of watercolor painting, from basics to creating landscapes; painting portraits and figures; drawing; following design principles; and matting, framing, and selling completed works. Two full-color sections show how to create 7 of the author's watercolors. 37 color illustrations, over 100 black-and-white illustrations.

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black and white!.......2007-05-25

I was disappointed that 90% of the examples by Whitney were in BLACK and WHITE. It would have been far more helpful had the pictures been in color.

A Must read for the serious painter.......2007-02-28

If you are a serious painter, you need to know two basic things....how to put paint on paper and where to put paint on paper. A lot of books will teach you the former. No book will teach the latter better than Edgar Whitney's. And if you don't master design (where to put the paint) it doesn't matter how well you put it on paper or canvas(technique). Whitney said of the 7 elements and 8 principles of design " For lack of understanding of 15 words you will occasionally produce a good painting but will not be capable of evaluating why". This book is not for looking at the pretty pictures. It's a book to be studied and to learn from. If you do, you'll be glad you did.

Fundamentals of graphic design as applied to watercolor.......2003-09-21

I wish publishers would stop calling their books "Complete Guides" to a subject. No guide to watercolor-or anything else-can possibly be complete. This raises unrealistic hopes that the reader will soon learn are unfounded. However, I love this book, and recommend it to serious students of painting, despite the unfortunate and rather bogus title.

A better, though more cumbersome title, might have been "Introducing the Fundamentals of Graphic Design as Applied to Watercolor Painting."

While this book does not offer every possible bit of information you will ever need to paint in watercolor, it can teach you how to design your paintings thoughtfully and well. The author understood the fundamentals of design, and explained them clearly and logically. Many of his own paintings are included as instructional examples. I found them very helpful, although the black and white reproductions are not always easy to "read".

Some people like to paint intuitively and emotionally with no conscious consideration of design. If this is your preference, and you have no wish to consider other approaches, this is not the book for you. This is also not the best book for someone looking for in-depth lessons in color theory. There is some discussion of the general working methods and materials of traditional watercolor painting, but that alone would not make me recommend the book. Much of this information can be found in the many introductory watercolor books on the market today. These often have great visual appeal, with lush color reproductions, and lots of sparkling white space. But looks can be deceiving. While this rather plain-looking book will not win a beauty contest, get to know it well and you will find that it has hidden charms.

What makes this book so valuable to me is its emphasis on drawing and composition as the foundation of painting. If you share the author's faith in this foundation, but have not been able to master these subjects through your own efforts, this book can be an excellent (though not complete) guide.

so-so.......2002-07-08

I know I am not a traditional watercolor painter but I thought I could learn something from this book - given the glowing reviews I had read. Well.... right off the bat, the paintings Whitney uses for his examples, are horrible! its really hard to learn from a painting teacher when you don't like their paintings. He writes pretty well and poetically and seems to really love watercolor. Its just you do not see him putting his words into practice with his work and that makes it really hard to get into what the guy is saying.

The basics of producing fine watercolors.......2001-12-16

Edgar Whitney's Complete Guide To Watercolor Painting comes from a watercolor painter/teacher who provides beginners with the basics of producing fine watercolors, from landscapes to portraits. Black and white and a few color illustrations round out his advice in this reprint.

The Beginner's Guide Acrylics: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials

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Passable
great book

The Beginner's Guide Acrylics: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials
Angela Gair
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ASIN: 1853683191

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If you’re eager to work in this beautiful and long-lasting medium, begin by getting tips from the experts, and the best techniques for rapidly building up layers of color. Try masking or painting with a knife to give your work an antique appearance. Full-color illustrations on each page, and a sumptuous painters’ gallery will guide your brush strokes!

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Passable.......2006-02-21

Your porduct was passable but rather steep a price to pay for a
struggling artist. Delivery was very prompt and all kudos to
Amazon .com for that.

great book.......2001-02-07

This book is great for the begginner in acrylic painting.

The Watercolorist's Complete Guide to Color

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A Great Place to Learn Watercolor Fundamentals
Timeless Tomb on Watercolor & Use of Color
Watercolor enthusiast's paradise ...
You can't understand the color in watercolor without this.

The Watercolorist's Complete Guide to Color
Tom Hill
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A Great Place to Learn Watercolor Fundamentals.......2005-08-11

This book is still a classic from one of the century's most respected watercolorists. Tom Hill is widely recognized as one of the great painting teachers and has influenced many of todays artists, including me. What I like about this book are Tom's examples of fresh color combinations, and use of color in shadow areas.

Timeless Tomb on Watercolor & Use of Color.......2004-06-07

An excellent volume and companion to use in conjunction with Jeanne Dobie's book Making Colors Sing. While Dobie's book is outdated with all the advances in watercolor pigments and newer more permanent lightfast color, Hill's book not only picks up with the use of newer pigments, but his suggestions are excellent. This book is a wonderful addition to any library. I kept it nearby as I do Dobie's book. A must have book with excellent demonstrations and illustrations. Also the artist's style and work is wonderful too. A must have for anyone serious about watercolor, beginner or advanced.

Watercolor enthusiast's paradise ..........1999-12-03

This book gives an excellent idea and keeps an idol in front of the reader as how a watercolor painting should be. Nice simple language and examples chosen are truly magnificent. Tom's style of painting is simply out of the world.

You can't understand the color in watercolor without this........1996-08-07

Hill's painting style is loose, and ideal for the usually spontaneous nature of watercolor. This is a fine and needed book on color. The technique of painting receives a concise two chapters, yielding space to the problem of making watercolor paints behave. Hill's study of color is based in physics and reality, not taste. I much prefer it this way. Full and detailed descriptions of "all the paints you will probably ever use" tell how they perform, how to test your paints, and what to expect when you mix them. If blue and yellow do not make green for you, but brown or gray, this book gives insight into why this happens. To show what effect color selections have in a painting, one scene is painted with seven palettes, from minimal (monochromatic) to full colors. Chapter Seven, "Color in light & shadow", shows photographically how light and shadow effect color and how to duplicate the effects. I have not seen this covered in other books. Through ten demonstrations you will learn how to render colors in shadows, in colorful subjects, and in not-so-colorful subjects by making colorful grays. You will learn to use color to paint "white" subjects, the greens in nature, clouds and skies, and even colors that are not in a scene, but should be. This is a valuable an informative book. I have given away some twenty or so books to my artist club library, but not this one. It is worth the price, to me, for Chapter 7 alone. I would have rated it a 10, if it were on color only, minus the first two chapters, but these are helpful to beginners.

Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Techniques and Materials

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Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Techniques and Materials
Jean-Louis Morelle
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Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Techniques and Materials

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By explaining how water reacts on canvas, and then using examples of classic art and hands-on exercises, this fully-illustrated text can help anyone-from beginner to advanced artist-become a more skilled and creative watercolorist. Unlike oils or acrylic paints, watercolors are never fully controllable, and the artist must allow for unexpected movement and blending. In the hands of a truly gifted watercolorist, this untamed power can create moving and memorable works of art. You'll master those skills, beginning with terminology and equipment, and then going into the basics of color classification, the use of shadows, the color triangle, and forming a palette. Next, create preliminary sketches, experiment with both Wet-on-Wet and Dry Surface techniques, and learn the secrets of achieving fluidity and controlling the halo effect. Soon, you'll understand how and why Renoir and Monet chose and used their palettes, and be on your way to becoming a more accomplished watercolorist.

The Artist's Guide to Using Color: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide in Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil

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The Artist's Guide to Using Color: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide in Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil
Wendon Blake
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Watercolor Landscapes: The Complete Guide to Painting Landscapes

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Easy & Fun Book

Watercolor Landscapes: The Complete Guide to Painting Landscapes
Richard Taylor
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ASIN: 1843401932

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An experienced artist and teacher uses stunning examples of his own work to explain every facet of watercolor landscape painting. Explore the wide range of effects possible with different brushstrokes and washes, such as blotting and sponging to produce texture and working with color to suggest movement. Plenty of practical suggestions on choosing materials and supplies are included along with inspiring, annotated studies and easy-to-follow projects that demonstrate basic techniques in action, including painting all kinds of skies, depicting perspective, creating shadows, combining colors and more.

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Easy & Fun Book.......2006-09-03

I have been painting watercolor for some time now and got this book to get some different techniques then my local class provides me. The author does a great job with this book giving you step by step ways to create some of the art in his book. This book is also full of many great and helpful tips for creating wonderful results with a watercolor landscape painting. A great book for beginners or a great addition for an already established painter.

Wet-Into-Wet Watercolor: Complete Guide to an Essential Watercolor Technique

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Wet, Wet, Wet
Wet-in-Wet Watercolor

Wet-Into-Wet Watercolor: Complete Guide to an Essential Watercolor Technique
Gail Speckmann
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Wet, Wet, Wet.......2002-06-02

I found this book at a Book Outlet store and thought "for the price, I should get it", so I did. I have to tell you that this is one of the best books to use to build up confidence and technical skills in wet into wet watercolor painting. Each chapter is fun to read and the examples (step by step) are so easy to follow that they help you become an "expert" by the end of the book. I have lots of watercolor books and have found this to be one of my favorites on wet into wet technique for the above reasons.

Wet-in-Wet Watercolor.......1999-11-25

Ms Speckman's book helped me break through to a new level of watercolor painting. She deals entirely with "wet-in-wet", breaking it down into three sections: The Saturated Approach, Painting by Sections and the Painterly Approach. Beginning with a practical and thorough discussion of paper and pigments as they apply specifically to wet-in-wet watercolor, she proceeds to original and effective step-by-step instruction. Although I have purchased and worked from many books on instructional watercolor, I found Ms. Speckmann's techniques to be unusual and exciting. I particularly enjoy her iconoclastic preference for opaque pigments and the way she showcases their unique qualities. Well written and lavishly illustrated, this book is a valuable reference work.

Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Techniques and Materials

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Good for a reference
great info--lousy writing

Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Techniques and Materials
Ewa Karpinska
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Watercolor is the medium of choice for visual artists today, and this practical new guide to is sure to top the list of must-have resources for beginners and experienced alike. Everything watercolorists need to bring their vision alive on paper is here: how to follow the inner rhythm of the water; when to reflect and when to take instant action; and how to choose the appropriate surface, color, and brushstroke to achieve the most effective results. All wet-on-wet techniques are explored and lavishly illustrated, and a series of vibrant artworks breaks down the watercolor process into stages to provide further understanding and inspiration.

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Good for a reference.......2007-09-19

This is a wonderful book on a subject that all new watercolorists need to master. What I really liked about this book above all was the authors discussion on saturation and the different levels of it. It is very informative with plenty of pictures and information.

great info--lousy writing.......2006-02-25

This is possibly the worst written book I have ever read. It is beautifully produced (particularly for the price), has wonderful illustrations, contains gorgeous paintings and is full of totally invaluable information for anyone wanting to learn wet-on-wet watercolor. The author is quite clearly a top exponent of the technique. Possibly the horrendously verbose and opaque writing is the fault of the translator, possibly not. It seems to have been originally written in Polish. This is not a book for a total beginner as you have to have some knowledge in order to decipher the jargon and puzzle out the obtuse sentences. I am still glad I bought it. It is a deal despite its short comings. If it was re-written in a clear and comprehensible style I would willingly fork out forty or forty-five bucks for it.

Step-By-Step Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Mastering Techniques with the Alexander Brothers

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Learn to paint with this book

Step-By-Step Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Mastering Techniques with the Alexander Brothers
Gregory Alexander , and Matthew Alexander
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ASIN: 0806913339

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“Fourteen projects...refer to the...options that confront beginning and accomplished painters...still lifes, landscapes, figures in a range of styles, lighting and seasonal conditions...vibrant color....Information...is well presented. Recommended.”—School Arts.

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Learn to paint with this book.......2000-12-06

This was my first book on watercolor and with it I was able to create my first paintings. Projects are step-by-step guides with interesting themes. Some paintings are a bit more demanding, so as a beginner, I have done them several times to master the technique (a lot of wet-on-wet work). I found this to be a wonderful book that can teach you how to paint landscapes, figures, cities, water...It is great for beginners, but even someone advanced would enjoy it because of the techniques shown.

How To Paint: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners Covering Watercolors, Acrylics and Oils

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How To Paint: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners Covering Watercolors, Acrylics and Oils
Angela Gair , and Ian Sidaway
Manufacturer: New Holland
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1845370872

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Beginners who want to master the basics of watercolors, acrylics, and oils will find more than 350 color photos to guide them, along with easy-to-follow instructions. More experienced painters can hone their skills using detailed studies of a range of techniques. Each section offers practical information on materials and equipment, a gallery of professional work to inspire creativity, and projects that cover landscapes, still lifes, people, flowers, animals, and buildings.

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