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I take a painting class and have been wanting to learn to paint birds. I wanted something that would give lists of colors used and brushes and this book does that. It gives instructions from beginning to end. It's as specific as you would want without going on and on and being too wordy. I took this book to my class to show my classmates and they all loved it and will be painting some of the birds also. I would like to find a dvd on this subject, but until I do this book is nice. The only downside I have found are some of the terms used. It's hard to read about a particular brush stroke and know just what you are meant to do, so you need to look at the pictures carefully and practice till you get the desired effect, which can take time. An example is when you are told to do a "chopping" stroke. I don't really know what this means, but from the pictures and trying different movements of the brush you figure it out as best you can. I would buy this book again and I would recommend it to a friend.Read full review
The whole book is detailed which helps the painter a lot. Starting from the background to finish painting. She gives you ideas for backgrounds and shows you how to do her background technique, till you acquire your own Technique. She tells you and shows you her Palette and name of her paint colors. Furthermore she shows you the order in which she has her paint lined up on the Palette. She does a step by step demonstration of Loading a brush (using it loaded brush) as well as show photos of mixing the colors that she had used. The Techniques she use throughout the book was very helpful to me, Even a diagram of the Basic Bird parts and their names. The details for each birds was Superb, even down to the littlest details. I highly recommend this book to all Artist who wants to learn how to paint Birds. Or even need a refresher course on painting bird's. Regards Angelblonde-halfRead full review
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Thia book, as usual, is another of Shelly Nelsons wonderful books, It is well dispayed and so easy to follow with very clear instructions, there is nothing in theis book that I didnt care for, the pictures are absolutly stunning and the BEST part is, you can do it too, with her clear instructions, she walks you through the whole process of completing a beautiful painting of your very own, or to give as a gift.
Step by Step with photos painting can be transferred to gouche, water color, acrylics
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Love the photos and instruction for birds. I love painting her animals.
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