Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light
A generation ago, books on portrait painting focused almost  exclusively on Caucasians. James Horton was one of the first  popular writers to explore the full range of color differences  in his How To Paint Skin Tones (LJ 3/15/96). Saper here presents  a similar volume that does not markedly improve on Horton's.  Like Horton, Saper, whose portraits are held in private and  corporate collections, sets out principles for painting a full  variety of skin tones in several media, including oil, pastel,  and watercolor. Both authors give advice on shooting and  choosing photographs as references. Libraries that already have  Horton's volume on the shelves can pass on this. For those that  don't, Saper's book is an essential purchase.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.