Clearing Books Off the Desk
3 day holiday week-ends should be full of rest, relaxation and fun. Mine is full of housecleaning, throwing out junk and getting myself pared down to what is important and being able to find what is important. BUT … I can find all of my desk again for a change … LOL … I had it covered with all kinds of stuff … now it is down to where I only have a few things to finish clearing off and all of it will be visible and ready to be used again. Now that I can find my desk, the next time I want to use my book rest - I will have the space to do so easily. What I have left are books … I love books 
What books are on my desk? … hmmm …
The Painter IX WOW Book by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
I bought Painter IX originally because I wanted access to the Artist Oils feature for painting … and I bought the book so I could learn to use them much better and more effectively. I have not had a lot of time to spend learning but they are so much fun to use! I upgraded to Painter X … the RealBristle Painting System and better performance. What is odd … to me anyway … once I installed Painter X … I still have full access to Painter IX.
How to Draw and Paint Fairies by Linda Ravenscroft
I find this book to be well-written and full of good information for a person such as myself who does not really draw - I more sketch and give impressions or glimpses when doing people … tight drawing in detail is not me and never will be - I do not have the hand & eye coordination or the talent for that - I love to see the exquisite detailed drawings my neighbor does and wish I had the gift for being able to do those … I suggest where he fleshes everything out in minute details. I want to spend time learning more about fairy painting - I love fantasy art and wish I was better at creating it - I enjoy seeing it very much though!
Watercolor Fairies by David Riche and Anna Franklin
Even if I were not interested in learning more about painting fairies, I would enjoy seeing all the fairy art and reading all the passsages about them … this is a gorgeous book full of spectacular artwork. If you love fantasy art .. .take a look at it and if you like to read folklore, this is a great book just for reading too!
Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop by Martin McKenna
If I never read a word that was written in this book, it would still be worth every penny I paid for it and then so much more. It’s not a recent book but I love the fantasy artwork in it and the How I do this by a variety of fantasy artists is great too … it is marvelous all round and a good book for any artist’s library. Now if only I could get Painter to give me the kind of results these people get from computer paint programs … okay … I get terrific results too … just mine are not the images like they are painting … we all want what we do not have huh?
