Epilonian Books

Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997

Catalog notes

Description

Alexander Art Corp., Published 1989. Wraps, 94 pp.; 28 cm; staple bound; illustrated throughout with color photographs and step-by-step instructional images.

Condition & notes

In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial covers featuring a seascape painting of waves crashing on coastal rocks. Light bumping and creasing to edges and corners of covers and mild surface wear with faint spotting to front cover; binding tight (staple bound); light spotting to inside front cover, otherwise pages are unmarked. Based on the PBS television series "The Art of Buck Paulson," this instructional book contains thirteen oil painting projects with detailed step-by-step instructions, color palette guides, materials lists, and progress photographs for each painting. Paulson was a seascape and landscape painter in the Bill Alexander "wet on wet" tradition, and this was his first book in the series published by Alexander Art Corporation. Paintings include Evening Glow, Marooned, Island Moods, Carmel Revisited, Surging Surf, Mist 'N Blue, Misty Island, Lighthouse, Autumn A.M., Golden Vignette, San Diego Sunset, High Tide, and City Lights. Also includes painting hints, a glossary of terms, and seascape technique tips. Litho in Thailand.