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| The Figure in Watercolor: Simple, Fast, and Focused (Simple Fast & Focused) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mel Stabin
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 173085
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0823016943
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.42242
EAN: 9780823016945
ASIN: 0823016943
Publication Date: January 1, 2003
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Product Description
Following in the footsteps of Watercolor: Simple, Fast, and Focused is Mel Stabin's latest: The Figure in Watercolor: Simple, Fast, and Focused. Capturing a figure's unique personality and multifaceted quality in watercolor is challenging-but Stabin demonstrates, step by step, how the new artist can capture the figure by painting simply, directly, and with intense focus on the "essence" of a person. Readers will discover tested techniques and hands-on tips for painting portraits, people in an environment, and groups of people, as well as for painting people from photographs. They'll also find a treasury of valuable advice on design, composition, shape, value, color, and more!
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 Figure in Watercolor May 22, 2008
I am so very pleaseed with this book . It is one of the most helpful I have ever had . I highly recomend it to anyone interested in painting figures and portraits.
Gem January 14, 2008
This book is a treasure. If I could buy only one book on watercolor painting, this would be the book. Each chapter is a small gem of information simply expressed with wonderful accompanying pictures.
The watercolors in the book are delicious to look at. You get to experience Mel Stabin's process and philosophy.The approach is clear and simple, wise and deep at the same time. The approach is inspiring and speaks to the deeper places inside us.
Human figure painting August 9, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book with lovely paintings in it and clear prose to help one improve and try new techniques.
Mel Stabin...Figures March 3, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
An excellent book for those who wish to improve 'figures in transparent watercolor....One of my favorites....Jack, Ohio
not for the beginner July 10, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I agree with another reviewer who finds this otherwise beautiful book light on instructional details. I happen to love Stabin's painting style, and I do find copying his paintings to be very illuminating. I still rate this book highly because much can be gleaned from studying and copying his work, which is fresh, economical, and transparent. Perhaps I would rather recommend it, though, for the more advanced artist.
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