This work is a glimpse into actual sketchbooks used by master painter Charles Reid for the past 25 years. It gives the reader an insight into Reid's artwork, giving a critique of the work in his sketchbook - what works, what doesn't and, most importantly, why. Each illustration is presented as it appears in the sketchbook and is annotated to demonstrate how each effect has been achieved. The book also includes five step-by-step demonstrations in which Charles recreates some of his sketches, revealing further his approaches, inspirations and techniques.
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Charles Reid is well loved throughout the world for his paintings, books and workshops.
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There are two editions for this book, a hardcover edition published in 2004 and the paperback edition in 2007. With David and Charles (DC) being the publisher.
The format of the paperback edition (2007) is horrible. The pages are clearly laid out for a landscape format book but the book is printed in portrait format. You have to rotate the book for every single page you want to read. It gets tiring immediately.
For some of the paintings that span two pages, they are cut off at the bottom of the left and right pages. In usual landscape format, they would have been printed across the gutter. This is ridiculous.
The content is great. Charles Reid's style is loose and at times splashy, just like the one on the cover. There are useful tips and instructions on every page, some step by step tutorials and little exercises for you to experiment.
Overall, because of the printing format, I won't recommend this book because it's just too frustrating to rotate the book every time.
Content: 5 stars
Book format: 1 star
(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
The format of the paperback edition (2007) is horrible. The pages are clearly laid out for a landscape format book but the book is printed in portrait format. You have to rotate the book for every single page you want to read. It gets tiring immediately.
For some of the paintings that span two pages, they are cut off at the bottom of the left and right pages. In usual landscape format, they would have been printed across the gutter. This is ridiculous.
The content is great. Charles Reid's style is loose and at times splashy, just like the one on the cover. There are useful tips and instructions on every page, some step by step tutorials and little exercises for you to experiment.
Overall, because of the printing format, I won't recommend this book because it's just too frustrating to rotate the book every time.
Content: 5 stars
Book format: 1 star
(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Chris P
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Charles Reid's work is always fantastic and so is the content of this book, but I was disappointed with two aspects of a publishing nature.
Firstly whilst the book is printed landscape, the orientation of the pages about the spine is such that the book has to be rotated at each page change.
The second criticism is much more serious and relates to my copy as purchased. Several of the pages at the front and back are faulty copies with a machine
indentation. Clearly something went wrong at the printer and in the publisher's quality control standards. Bit difficult to return from here in Australia.
Firstly whilst the book is printed landscape, the orientation of the pages about the spine is such that the book has to be rotated at each page change.
The second criticism is much more serious and relates to my copy as purchased. Several of the pages at the front and back are faulty copies with a machine
indentation. Clearly something went wrong at the printer and in the publisher's quality control standards. Bit difficult to return from here in Australia.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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What I liked about this book was Charles Reids way of using Watercolour. Which was very loose, something I hope to learn to do myself. I also have a DVD by the artist and this complimented the video nicely.
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Charles Reid is my hero! If you love watercolour and want inspiration, he's your man. Beautiful illustrations and helpful tips. Great for beginners and more experienced artists. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2011 by T. King
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another inspiring book by the Charles Reid. We might all have our own individual styles inside us just waiting to be released, but who wouldn't like to be able to paint like CR;... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2010 by D. Leyland
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