Art of Hokusai: Explore His Life and Legacy and Learn to Paint in His Unique Style

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Beautifully illustrated throughout, Art of Hokusai takes you through his life, his work, his inspirations, and his legacy. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Then, create your own masterpieces using Hokusai's basic painting techniques as well as his unique color theory. Use helpful templates on perforated pages to transfer your favorite Hokusai paintings onto separate canvas or paper that are large enough to mount and frame. Learn to paint classic, traditional Asian art in the style of the master, Hokusai. This book is a lovely addition to any artist's library. Review: Book arrived in very nice and clean condition. Thank you. - Beautiful art and interesting story. Book arrived in very nice and clean condition. Thank you. Review: Delightful, accessible Hokusai into with four DIY projects - The book is definitely worthy. A brief yet informative and well-written bio of Hokusai, why he's important and what he did that makes him remarkable is illustrated with aptly-curated illustrations which include what he's well-known for as well as samples of his illustrations from his how-to-draw books and a glimpse of his manga. When paired with the four DIY projects (printed on perforated pages and including sheets of graphite-backed paper so you can transfer those line-art templates to your preferred media to try and paint them yourself) it forms a witty, charming, and accessible introduction to the Old Man Mad About Art. There is one un-ignorable flaw though. The template for Project 2, intended to be a linework rendering of "South Wind, Clear Dawn" (or, "Red Fuji") is actually "Rainstorm Beneath the Summit", so if you want to try to paint that in Hokusai style, you'll have to use the illustration earlier in the book for reference and intuit the color palette on your own. I don't know if there's a version of the correct line-art somewhere else to download.