Creative Painting from Photographs

by Rudy De Reyna

A painter and illustrator who uses photography in his work shows how it can be an invaluable aid, both as raw material and as a stimulus to the imagination. 52 color plates. 150 black-and-white illustrations.

Genres: Art

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Donyae Coles · Rating 3 out of 5]

The parts where he writes about working on the images directly are great but a lot of the information is no longer relevant since many people have access to phone cameras and free and cheap photo editing app.

The info about altering a photo and how to pick photos for a painting or drawing are timeless though!

[Scott L. · Rating 1 out of 5]

To be honest, I paint from photographs and I got this book from the library. I found it to be not very helpful. Published in 1975, some of the techniques he speaks about are either known or out-of-date. Also, it is not very helpful to be writing about color when most of the illustrations in the book are black and white. There are a few color illustrations, but again, I found them to be lacking. There are probably better books out there on painting from photographs.