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Returner · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2001 3:36 am

Im looking for THE book for learning how to paint with markers, which books do you recommend? I�ve searched for marker books on amazon but I can only find marker books for architects

Also which marker brand do you recommend? prismacolor,or?
I live in sweden and there aren�t so many well sorted art stores here that deals with art books, I would really appreciate some comments on this..

EviLToYLeT · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2001 7:55 am

I wouldn't know much about markers.. bought 2 sets of trias and they're still sitting over there in the corner.

Honestly, I don't think there's any marker books. Just find a good book that tells you how to paint and use the same principles with the values.. using markers is somewhat like shading with a pencil..

ok, it might be better off if you ask someone who uses markers

Returner · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2001 1:46 pm

ok thanks for sharing your experience with markers with me,how come you dont use them anymore then?
I was looking through some of the others mark treads that�s been posted on the forum and I think I might have found a good marker book...

[ April 22, 2001: Message edited by: Returner ]

Mike · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2001 8:27 pm

i suggest you check out "quick and easy solutions to marker technique" by Yoshiharu Shimizu and "Rendering in mixed media" by joseph ungar. i think the first gives a better step by step and i also think its newer.

quaternius · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2001 1:17 pm

Mike listed two of the top ones readily available. Also look at Marker Magic by McGarry and Madsen as well as Color Drawing (2nd Edition) by Michael E. Doyle which covers markers, color pencils, papers and many techniques in great depth.

Good luck,

ummm... okay, the two additional books listed are more architectural in orientation, but the techniques can be applied to anything. I wouldn't let the architectural bias interfere with the good stuff you can pick up. Plus, a lot of illustration has architecture as part of it - even if it's in the background - so you usually have to deal with it sooner or later anyway.

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Returner · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2001 5:28 am

thanks alot for the comments quaternius!
I�ll probably buy that book by Michael E. Doyle, it seems like it covers a great deal of what im after, cant be wrong learning something about architecture either