Customer Reviews
Splendid - By: Watercolour Review, 09 Sep 2008 
This is a terrific book & shows you what & how, which is exactly why I bought it & I have not been let down.
Portraits from Life in 29 Steps - By: , 29 Mar 2006 This is an invaluable book for anyone interested in portrait painting. His methods are relatively simple & straightforward, that is not to say that it is easy as, with most things, it alll takes practice but this book certainly starts you on the right steps.
Don't be put off by his description of how your studio should be set up, I'd need to win the lottery for a studio like his & also his list of equipment, particularly the brushes, will probably be outside the budget of most amateurs however his technique is very much achievable with much less equipment than he recommends.
All in alll this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in painting portraits.
instructive and informative - By: , 24 Feb 2002 John Howard Sanden is an excellent artist whose paintings are alive with life & beauty. He is very open & informative teacher who provides the oil portrait painter with wonderful colour recipes for various skin tones. This book says "in 29 steps" but it is definitely not the typical step-by-step painting book, it will help your artistic vision by enabling you to see the things you need to notice to enhance & improve your paintings. I would reccommend it to both beginners & more experienced oil painters.
