Marine Painter's Guide

Wisconsin Bookwatch, March, 2006

Marine Painter's Guide

Jack Coggins

Dover Publications, Inc.

31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501

www.doverpublications.com

0486449742 $14.95 1-800-223-3130

Experienced maritime artist and teacher Jack Coggins presents Marine Painter's Guide, a self-teaching tool written especially for beginning to intermediate painters. Chapters cover such common maritime painting subjects as hulls, masts and rigging, sails, water, skies, freighters and tugs, docks, gulls, and people, as well as giving a wealth of technical do's and don'ts. Painters who have difficulty capturing the subtle nuances of perspective, composition, and water reflections will find Marine Painter's Guide particularly helpful. 127 black-and-white illustrations, many of which show sketches of complex ship riggings in careful detail, and 11 illustrations in full color round out this "must-have" how-to guide for creating realistic and emotionally moving works of maritime art.