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Praise for How Successful Artists Study

"How Successful Artists Study covers a lot of information necessary for artist to navigate a work unique to an art school environment. This book is a useful guide for all potential and current art students, especially in terms of how to mentally prepare for and accept criticism, change, the wide variety of instructors' approaches, establishing confidence on ones own, and adopting a caring attitude toward others. His techniques in the studio have worked for legions of successful artists at the National Academy School of Fine Arts."

-Nancy Little, Director National Academy School of Fine Arts

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How Successful Artists Study
How Successful Artists Study
An essential art book for today's artist written by Sam Adoquei


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How Successful Artists Study is filled with over 70 rich and colorful reproductions of Masterpieces by artists with various subjects, different styles and different vision, it is a catalog of Masterpieces by American, French, German and Spanish Masters, like John Singer Sargent Frank Duveneck Henry Fantin Latour and Joaquin Sorolla, Old Masters like Anthony Van Dyke, Lucas Cranach and many contemporary artists; Sigmund Abeles, Mary Beth Mckenzie, Lisa Dinhofa, Jeanette Christjansen, Usha Sharma, including works by the author.


Effective Learning Ideas and Knowledge for Artists
How Successful Artists Study CONDENSED
1 - Challenges Facing Today's Student
How Much Talent Does the Student Need?
Self-Taught Students Understanding How Artists Think
Stages of an Artist's Evolution from Talented Amateur to Professional Artist

2 - The Five Worlds of Creative Artists
The Advantages of Your Past Profession
Finding the Right School or Teacher
Choosing Instructors
The Importance of a Mentor
Technique, Style and Your Artistic Vision

3 - Can Education Get in the Way of Creativity?
Artistic Styles and Vision
Finding Your Unique Style
There is no myth to drawing
Your Special Drawing Senses
Different Painting Methods

4 - Important Subjects to Learn
Still Life Painting: The Easiest Way to Master Painting Technique
The Beauty and Importance of Color
What Is Composition and Why Is it Important?
Three Stages of Composition
Art History
Secrets and Hidden Legacies of the Past

5 - Challenges in the Pursuit of Excellence
Your Worth as an Artist
Developing Artistic Taste
Good, Mediocre or Amateurish? How Do You Know the Difference?
Art Competitions
In Pursuit of Excellence
6 - The Art Dealer's World
Galleries
Your Portfolio and What Should Represent You

7 - The Advanced Student in Search of Growth
The Five Immortal Laws of Success for Art Students
The Plan for Guidance
Where Can a Student Go Wrong?

And many more important chapters


Successful Artists

 Know important reasons why few artists become great.
 Avoid difficulties facing to day's art student.
 How did Van Gogh maintain his personal artistic style?
 Important traits successful and great artists have in common.
 Know how to find your artistic style and personal vision.
 Know the secret unwritten laws of studying art.



How Successful Artists Study
$29.50 each Sales tax included, Add $3.50 for shipping.
The book is 6.5 by 8 inches. For visual inspiration there are 244 pages, 18 chapters and Over 90 Rich and Colorful Reproductions of Artworks from Lucas Cranach, Anthony Van Dyke, John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla to some of the nation's unique contemporary artists and images by the author Sam Adoquei.
All books shipped outside the U.S. require shipping & handling charges of $10 per book.

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500 Hand Numbered and Signed Copies with FREE Catalog of Sam Adoquei’s Portraits FREE Catalog of Sam Adoquei’s Still Life & Landscapes 2004 Exhibition FREE Disc with High Resolutions of 15 Images from the book
Disc contains High resolutions of 20 images selected from the book, for artists who want to study details of artworks and learn from them.
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