Review: Very impressive book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
Horse Art: Kathy Shell (Studio: No 1) by Kathy Shell is a seventy-four page, step-by-step guide on how to draw horses. Shell is a trained artist, formerly of Buninyong Gallery, and the award winning Dreaming Billabong series, book cover designer. She has an impressive fifty-year career as an award winning artist and tutor. Along with the Buninyong Gallery, Shell was featured in magazines and on television, multiple times. This is her first book in this series, her second is Rose Art.In the book Shell gives us a quick rundown of how her passion for painting horses began and her beginnings as an artist. Included are many beautiful color pictures. She includes sample chapters from the Billabong Ghost book series, which she drew the cover art for. I really enjoyed all the background included. After that begins your step-by-step guide on how to paint. Shell talks about oil paintings, water colors and pastels. She is very thorough and detailed with her information. This should be your go to book for beginning your career or hobby.