Painting in Oils

This book was not so much written as constructed, somewhat like a painting. It is a collection of teaching notes from nearly thirty years, each note created in the crucible of an art class. A comment from one of his readers: Ryno Swart has written a book as magical as the most successful painting . . . it says what needs to be said no more, no less. It gets to the heart of the matter and is peppered with pithy and relevant notes such as Half the skill of painting is leaving it alone. ...
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This book was not so much written as constructed, somewhat like a painting. It is a collection of teaching notes from nearly thirty years, each note created in the crucible of an art class. A comment from one of his readers: Ryno Swart has written a book as magical as the most successful painting . . . it says what needs to be said no more, no less. It gets to the heart of the matter and is peppered with pithy and relevant notes such as Half the skill of painting is leaving it alone. You can't make a painting work; you can only allow it to work. A painting must be conducted like a military campaign; planned and organised and strategised. This is a book that should not lie on a coffee table or grace a bookshelf. This is a book that should be propped up in your studio or wherever you work and should soon become spotted and splashed with paint.