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This book is about using the Point Transfer Method to create an accurate sketch of your subject. All of the drawings you see in my art gallery were done using this method.

Using just 2 cards, you transfer reference points from a photo to your drawing paper. There is no tracing, measuring, or calculating. And you can easily enlarge the subject on the photo to fit your drawing paper. Once you have the points transfered, you then fill in the outlines with the medium of your choice: acrylic, oil paint, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, etc.

The last chapter in the book shows several drawings that were done using this method. For each drawing, there is an illustration that shows the original photo, another illustration that shows the sketch, and a final illustration that shows the completed painting.

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There is a science to how art is viewed and created. Timothy Michaels reveals this science with simple explanations and experimental proof that you can try yourself.

Most artists work by intuition and really don’t even think about some of the science involved. Most viewers of art form their opinions by the feeling they get. Yet there is a scientific psychology used by both artist and viewer that is mostly unrecognized by either.

Author Michaels explains some of that subconscious psychology and opens a whole new perspective for the viewer. The principles of art, learned through the ages, is now explained scientifically.

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Musical notes have a definable frequency. So do colors. If musical notes can harmonize, colors can also harmonize. The Physics of Color Harmony explains the connection between the two.

Artist’s may discover that when their color choices are in “harmony”, viewers of their art feel more positive. The visual perception (color) and aural sensation (music) that humans find pleasing are related mathematically.

Although targeted at the artist, The Physics of Color Harmony goes far beyond canvas art. It’s application provides useful information for interior design, architecture, paint research, and even psychology.

The author also provides directions on how to assemble and use your own, easy to use, Color Harmony Calculator.

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