Intermediate or advanced artists looking for inspiration are going to find this book to be lacking. The Painting Workbook is a fun project book for casual painters and beginners. But anyway, this book isn't about techniques so beginners can take it easy, just have fun and paint. However for many of the accompanying examples to the projects, I can imagine beginners will have difficulty replicating what they see. That would be the hands-on part of the book. There are some mini-demonstrations of techniques mixed into the 52 projects. It can be design-based such as using single colours, silhouette, patterns or subject based like drawing landscape, the sun, or techniques-based like using your finger, etc. They are actually themes that you can use for your paintings. Highlight of the book are the 52 projects featured. This is certainly not a book for in depth art theory. Each principle is explained in one line and then there's a caption for an images that illustrates that principle. The book starts with the tools you can use for painting, explains the art principles briefly, talks about some simple techniques and moves on to the 52 project prompts. The Painting Workbook authored by Alena Hennessy is for beginners and anyone looking to start creating art with paint.
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