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Watercolor Class: An Innovative Course in Transparent Watercolor (Practical Art Books)
September 11th, 2011 by Aldouspi

Watercolor Class: An Innovative Course in Transparent Watercolor (Practical Art Books)

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  • B. Hauck "bettiola" writes:
    September 11th, 20111:26 pmat
    44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    An excellent course of study for the dedicated student., August 22, 1999
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Watercolor Class: An Innovative Course in Transparent Watercolor (Practical Art Books) (Paperback)

    This book will well serve both beginning students with a serious desire to master watercolor, and experienced artists who want to revitalize their painting. The book is arranged in a series of exercises that are fun, thought-provoking, and not at all difficult, even for complete beginners. The text for each lesson is well-written. Crespo compresses a lot of useful art theory into brief but very usable form. Although the author uses some of his own paintings as demonstrations,the majority of the illustrations show student work. The pictures are beautiful in their own right. They also offer great encouragement to beginners who may be intimidated by seeing too much technically perfect work in conventional art instruction books.

    I have been working with watercolor for nearly thirty years, but I still learned something new from every page of this book!

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  • sisk@intersurf.com writes:
    September 11th, 20111:27 pmat
    33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Exceptional Book on How to Watercolor, July 12, 2002
    By 
    B. Hauck “bettiola” (Cambridge MA USA) –
    (REAL NAME)
      

    This review is from: Watercolor Class: An Innovative Course in Transparent Watercolor (Practical Art Books) (Paperback)

    This is an exceptional book of graded lessons on how to watercolor. It is completely different from any other “how to” book on watercolors that I’ve seen, (which to me are mostly “show off” books). Crespo is genuinely dedicated to teaching students – while teaching technical skills, there is a wonderful sense of humanity, love for teaching, and awe of the mysterious essence of nature which shines through. Instead of having illustrations which show only master watercolors, (as many books do – a good way to discourage the beginning watercolorist right off the bat), most of the examples Crespo gives are of his own students’ work, and only a few of his own. He points out what is wonderful about the students’ work, (which is such a refreshing change from critiquing student work and pointing out in graphic and gorey detail what is wrong with it!) The lessons are carefully graded, building on what has already been learned. The assignments are stimulating and fun, with just enough challenge to not feel overwhelming.
    I can’t say enough good things about this book. As in all the best teaching, what shines forth in Crespo’s is not only his knowledge of technique, but his love for the medium, his students, and life.

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  • Anonymous writes:
    September 11th, 20111:54 pmat
    18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    a great translation of an outstanding course, August 23, 1998
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    sisk@intersurf.com (Louisiana USA) –

    This review is from: Watercolor Class: An Innovative Course in Transparent Watercolor (Practical Art Books) (Paperback)

    I have both studied under Michael Crespo as well as read this book. He is an amazing teacher and an amazing painter. This book is a very well done translation of the structure of his course, and will be a boon to anyone trying to learn on their own or bolster classes.

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