Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels

Author - Susan Sarbach ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from North Light Books was reviewed on 24-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels by North Light Books. I have learned so much from this book already!!! I am a pastel artist and have purchased many art books and always find things to learn and to enjoy, but this has been the best so far!!!! I have spent a few hours reading and absorbing the suggestions in this book and have seen immediate results in my work. The way to scan what you´re looking at and see more colors is quite astonishing! I find that I do it constantly. It is not a "how to" in the typical sense but more a way of training your whole body to relax and take in more of what you are seeing. Try it! You´ll not be disappointed. I can´t wait to go back and read more....Well worth the price!¤

2) Paperback Book Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels by North Light Books. While I may never develop the "scanning for color" technique described in this book, my understanding of color and how it is manipulated by so many different factors in nature has increased substantially. Thanks for a great book.¤

3) Paperback Book Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels by North Light Books. While I had difficulty connecting with Painting the Impressionist Landscape by Lois Griffel I had no difficulties zooming through this book. It is easy to understand and the concept can easily be used with acrylic. I would like to see another book by her, demonstrating the technique perhaps in 10 paintings, step by step.
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4) Paperback Book Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels by North Light Books. This book is excellent and very helpful. There are many tips and stages presented in a carefully thought out way. I have Susan Sarback´s earlier book and this is a stellar update! She shares much of her immensely improved talent and knowledge. Although I am a beginner, I believe this to be helpful to artists of all experience. I highly recommend it.¤

5) Paperback Book Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels by North Light Books. In my opinion this book must be compared with "Painting the impressionist landscape", from Lois Griffel; the focus of both books is the same: explaining a simple step-by-step method to paint with full-spectrum color.

In Sarback´s:
-The "block studies" (painting colored wood blocks) are not so well explained. Griffel gives a lot more insight in the selection of colors, and the cloudy day example is completely missing in Sarback´s.
-There are more step-by-step "real landscape" demonstrations, but they are not so well explained as in Griffel´s. Just 4 pictures of preliminary states of the painting. Nevertheless the final pictures of these demonstrations are much better in Sarback´s.
-There is a comparison of different color approaches to painting that is interesting: expressionist, abstract, local, etc.
-She does not explain how to select colors (which warm? which cool?) or how to compare their values. There is nothing similar to Griffel´s idea of a chart for comparing values.
-She gives tips about brushstrokes or using different types of edges. These subjects are not included in Griffel´s.
-Portrait and figure paintings are not covered at all. Griffel´s at least shows some beautiful paintings of this kind.
-The pages are almost full of text and beautiful paintings. There are no quasi-empty pages.
-The soft pastels coverage is minimal, but oils coverage is also lacking. The book talks about general principles: do not expect low-level (paint layering, I mean) advice.

A "must have" book? I am not sure, but I think that if you follow Sarback´s tips, you will paint beautiful "masterpieces". If you are a beginner consider buying Sarback´s DVD "The difference a day makes". The DVD is too short (30 min or so) and a bit dissapointing, but if you want to observe the way she paints wet-on-wet, may be it is cheaper than a trip to California to attend Sarback´s workshops.
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6) Paperback Book Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels by North Light Books. "Everything was alive, pulsing with light and color."
--Susan Sarback

This is more than a how-to-paint book. It´s a how-to-see book ... specifically, how to tune in to nature´s glorious subtleties of light and color.

Forget complex theories. "Full-Color Seeing" is based on direct observation. It´s about overcoming preconceptions and perceiving true color based on the colors that surround it, the way light hits it, time of day, season, weather conditions, and too many other factors for a mere formula to incorporate. You´ll learn to see your subject--any subject--just as life truly presents it to you. This is the secret to capturing the living, breathing sense of atmosphere so celebrated in the works of the Impressionist painters.

A revision of Susan Sarbacks´ illuminating Capturing Radiant Color in Oils, this book offers twelve more years of fresh insights, new paintings and expanded coverage on soft pastels. The concepts explored here have been handed down through generations of artists: Sarback was taught "Full-Color Seeing" by master painter Henry Hensche, who learned it from Charles Hawthorne, a contemporary of Claude Monet. This step-by-step approach will add greater vitality to your artwork and forever change the way you see.¤

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