The Very Basics for Beginner Painters: A, B, C's: Anxiety, Painting Brush, Color Theory, & Composition

by Hamid Karimi

The Very Basics for Beginner Painters is a concise handbook, which examines some of the most basic problems that beginner artists, but also many professional artists at some point during their careers, struggle with. Topics span from anxiety associated with creating works of art to practical concerns such as choosing the right brushes, brush cleaning techniques, color theory, and composition. The language of the book is instructional, providing advice and illustrations. The text is written in an easy and non-intimidating style. This volume may be used as part of a curriculum in art classes or be read by aspiring and experienced artists wishing to take their careers one step further. Hamid Karimi is an art instructor, the painter of the Rainy Day Series, and the owner of Barboursville Fine Arts in Virginia.

Kindle Edition

Published August 21, 2016

Reviews

[Oldham Rocker · Rating 5 out of 5]

For beginners and beyond

This book, while fairly short, is 2-3 times the length of other acrylic beginners books that I've read.

The author goes into great detail regarding use of color and perspective using illustrations and examples to do so.

[Darren W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read!

Some of these types of Kindle books are full of typos and incorrect word usage that distracts from the subject. This is not one of those books. It's well written and the author is knowlagable about what I think I needed to know as a beginner.