Painting What (You Want) to See: "Forty-Six Lessons, Assignments, and Painting Critiques on Watercolor and Oil"

by Charles Reid

Reviews basic drawing and painting skills, shows how to work with color, light, shade, and shadow, and discusses composition and common mistakes

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1983

About the author

Charles Clark Reid

Reviews

[Marjorie Elwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A master of the craft shows us how to improve our paintings. The photos added a great deal to my understanding of the techniques being demonstrated.

Unfortunately, Charles Reid just passed away this month.

[Linny · Rating 4 out of 5]

my hero, Reid. This time in specific lessons - faithfully follow and voila, you're an artist.

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very useful book on how to make a painting better than what you're actually seeing before you. The book provides many examples of how to do this to good effect. Recommended.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information, but I didn't like his paintings.