Editorials.

A Book review from The Florence Academy of Art Alumni

For anyone interested in landscape painting, I think this is an essential book to have in your library.
It is not a how-to manual on the practice of landscape painting, but the paintings, and perhaps even more interestingly, the chapter on drawings, with its excellent reproductions, serve as a great guide to both students and experienced painters.

Through this technical exercise that can be easily practiced at home, you will develop skill over time to take accurate measurements of your subject.

It’s just about the best sculpture manual I know of. I recommend it to everyone who asks me about sculpture manuals. Her manual is not simply a straightforward how-to book, but offers Hoffmann’s opinions and insights into the nature of sculpture, day to day studio practice, and really paints a picture of how it was to be an American artist in the 1930’s.

Silverpoint, the pencil’s ancestor, is a traditional drawing technique we find in use in early medieval texts and scrolls. Among the the most notable artists who worked in silverpoint are Jan Van Eyck, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Dürer and Raffaello.