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Summary: GREAT!
Review: A well-researched, wonderful book. Lots of helpful info and a few pages of referene pics which may be helpful. Her own paintings are inspirational and believable. You can tell she really knows her subjects. Great book! It uses acrylic techniques, though, not sure how well these would translate into oils. S
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: A well-researched, wonderful book. Lots of helpful info and a few pages of referene pics which may be helpful. Her own paintings are inspirational and believable. You can tell she really knows her subjects. Great book! It uses acrylic techniques, though, not sure how well these would translate into oils. S
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Summary: I am the author
Review: Hello! I am the artist/author of this book and I just wanted to say thank you for considering it. I would like you to know that I worked on the book for over a year, carefully researching and writing it and doing the demo's in such a way as I thought would be the most useful to you - the artist who would be reading and working from it. I have done many "mini" demo's in the book as well as completed works from beginning to end. I also include a lot on habitat such as painting snow, bark, moss etc. Hope you enjoy!
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Summary: I am the author
Review: Hello! I am the artist/author of this book and I just wanted to say thank you for considering it. I would like you to know that I worked on the book for over a year, carefully researching and writing it and doing the demo's in such a way as I thought would be the most useful to you - the artist who would be reading and working from it. I have done many "mini" demo's in the book as well as completed works from beginning to end. I also include a lot on habitat such as painting snow, bark, moss etc. Hope you enjoy!
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: I counted 112 pages filled with 220 pictures, all in full color, including many wonderful, useful sketches of wolves, foxes and coyotes. There are 128 pages in the book and certainly more information than you could ever imagine. I am a wildlife painter and I too use acrylics and Ms. McGuire offered many tricks and tips that I had never seen but now use with a new excitement.
I believe that the book is very solidly packed. Chapters covering: Basics, Anatomy and Proportions, Pups, Attitude, Behavior and Movement,Natural Habitat, Painting a Pack of Wolves, Painting a Coyote, and Painting a Red Fox.
A few years back I had hoped to study from Jan Martin McGuire while she was in Joseph, Oregon but was unable to get there at that particular time. I realize, after reading and using this book, that I was SO right in desiring to study from her and this book will give me the chance. I have viewed her paintings and they are exciting and certainly something I want to study.
My students have also purchased this book and carry it to my classes.
If you are interested in learning more about Wildlife Painting and Wolves, Foxes and Coyotes, you can't go wrong in adding this book to you collecton of useful painting books.
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Summary: Great! Where's the sequel?
Review: I really love this book. Unlike other 'how to draw' animal books, the artist shows the initial sketch and the finished painting. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning to draw Canids. This book is not for beginners though. It definately assumes you know how to draw and does not instruct you in basic drawing technique. That being said, the book is designed to prep you for painting some of nature's most fantastic creatures... wolves. My only quibble with this book, is that I would've like to see more sketches and 'turn around' style pictures of wolves sketched from various angles, and perhaps a sketch started at the beginning and progressing through to its finished stage. I learn a lot from drawing in this manner, and it is a challenge to draw the faces of wolves and place their ears correctly. (my dog is a poor substitute) GRIN. This is a great book. I plan on looking up more books in this series!
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