PENGUIN How to Paint Fast, Loose and Bold: Simple Techniques for Expressive Painting

I love this book! It's full of practical and useful information, illustrated with the fantastic art of Patti Mollica. After reading this book, I feel I have an arts degree! Patti is extremely generous with the readers sharing valuable information explained easily with many illustrated examples. I now feel more confident approaching my compositions and using my "artistic license" (you'll know what I mean once you've read the book); I feel honored to have Patti Mollica as my teacher through the pages of this book!

Great reference

Excellent book. I paint with pastels, not the oils or acrylic paints that are the focus of this book. But I found this very informative and applicable regardless of the medium one works in. The information provided in understanding values and color schemes is so clearly explained with fantastic visual examples. This will be a go to reference book for me as I continue to developed my skills with pastel painting. Well worth the purchase.

I simply LOVE this book. It gives me so much Inspiration. For the first time I have the impression to see clear and understand the underlying theory of a good paint. Thank you so much!

Excellent and useful