Rating: 
Summary: Excellent and Helpful.
Review: This is an excellent and beautiful book, though I have a few questions (which I hope Mr. McCaw will see and answer here). For example, he says to limit one's choice of colors to six--a warm and cool version of each of the primaries--plus white and perhaps black. Later, however, he states that, rather than trying to mix colors, it is best to simply use desired tube colors. That seems inconsistent. Similarly, he advises against using white for highlights, yet some of his paintings show highlights of white. (I can't criticize his advice, just the apparent inconsistencies.) It is for such ambiguities that I give four rather than five stars. (If I could, I'd give 4.5 stars.) The book's flaws are quite minor, relative to the great instruction it otherwise provides. In fact, I think I learned more from this book than any other art book I have read. I recommend it. Many of its concepts are also found in another book, The Yin/Yang of Painting, which I also recommend. Each of these books comes at the subject from a little different perspective, using a somewhat different vocabulary and (obviously) different paintings as illustrations. If possible, read both.
Rating: 
Summary: NOT WHAT IT SAYS IT IS!!
Review: Unfortunately this book does not live up to the title. Don't buy it and be sorry. Much is worthless information that you have common sense about anyway. Ga
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