Reep: The Content of Watercolor

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In article <dkra-07040...@user-2ivfko7.dsl.mindspring.com>,
dk...@mmii.ix.netcom.com says...

>Anyone here, your comments are welcome. Thanks in advance.

I am not familiar with the author or his book.
What I do know is this - watercolorist wannabes
need to know the fundamentals of "negative
space" painting. It's the one crucial element
in successful rendering if one is intent on
a modicum of realism. Otherwise, going "with
the flow" (pun there) is okay. It all depends
on what the learner wants from the watercolor
experience, IMO.

[keith o'connor (tinmangallery.com]

It sound like it's worth reading so I found a used copy on the web for
$16.50 + $9.00 for three day shipping and ordered it. Some copies are going
for $35.00 but I am willing to live with a bit of damage - I wouldn't take
the one with two missing pages for $10.00. There is one for $15.50.

keith

dkra <dk...@mmii.ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> Reep, Edward
> The Content of Watercolor
> New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1969. 143 pp.
> Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 69-15899
>
> Edward Reep's The Content of Watercolor has come highly recommended by
> some posters to this group. I found a copy of this out-of-print book
> yesterday at a used bookstore.
>
> (from the Foreword)
>
> "This is not a 'how-to-do-it' or 'how-I-do-it' book. It is, on the
> contrary, intended to be the very antithesis of such teaching; for while
> the exposure of personal methodology may prove entertaining, there is
> little else to be gained from it....
>
> "My obligation in preparing this volume is unmistakably clear to me. It is
> to encourage those who would paint (especially with watercolor) to
> explore, investigate, and react, and not hide behind a magic success
> formula..."
>
> These are welcome words; the mind boggles at the sheer volume of
> watercolor (more so than for any other art medium) "technique" books to be
> found at most bookstores and art supply stores.

>
> Anyone here, your comments are welcome. Thanks in advance.
>

> -- dkra
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[keith o'connor (tinmangallery.com]

I just got my copy and have been scanning it. It is a good book.
Thanks for the post:
keith

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> In article <PtOs8.31397$Oo1....@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>,
> "keith o'connor (tinmangallery.com" <scot...@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> [Edward Reep's The Content of Watercolor - out of print]

>
> > It sound like it's worth reading so I found a used copy on the web for
> > $16.50 + $9.00 for three day shipping and ordered it. Some copies are
going
> > for $35.00 but I am willing to live with a bit of damage - I wouldn't
take
> > the one with two missing pages for $10.00. There is one for $15.50.
>

> I picked up my copy at the used bookstore for $12.00 (hardcover). It has a
> torn dust jacket, but is otherwise in excellent condition.
>
> From the Introduction:
>
> "To reach the individual, bring out of him what he already knows, that is
> the trick! To develop sensitivities, to be aware, informed, and alert,
> and to persevere--from these experiences the true artist develops. Only
> the hapless dilettante, the sycophant or the frustrated student will ape
> his teacher beyond the point at which learning from another's experience
> is relevant. One must not force-feed one's own limitations upon others."