You have never seen

an art instruction book

like this!

For beginner to advanced

Real Art Real Easy

Beautifully Illustrated
Clearly Written

The Shortcut for
Learning to Paint or
Learning to Paint Better

addresses the mysterious, little understood half of what goes into painting a picture.

Most art instruction is about the ‘how’, this is more about the ‘what’

Making the step from the profusion of nature to a two dimensional design is a complex process

Real Art Real Easy

breaks that process down into easy stages you can master

You can open the book at random
or start with the first
Two Page Spread
of more than 60
and work your way
to the end

Novel insights
and powerful exercises

Bissett gives you the opportunity to stretch those aesthetic muscles, some you didn’t even know you had, and he makes it fun...

·          Artistic concepts   pg 78, 80

·          Cartoon art   16, 18, 20, 106

·          Charcoal drawing the easy way  92

·          Colors, the wisdom of three   68

·          Color wheel customized    70

·          Computer is a tool   82, 84, 112

·          Computer art software, free    84

·          Crayon’s on the wall    14

·          Critiquing   120-128

·          Drawing basics you must know    34-38

·          Drawing the figure    110

·          Drawing with a pen    116

·          Elements & principles replaced    74

·          Freeform play    22

·          Landscapes in four planes    64

·          Map and color, what’s that?    106

·          Memory and imagination practice   

             16, 20, 24-28, 118, 122-126

·          Modeling with five values    62

·          Notan as taught by Dow & me   42-60

·          On location    118

·          Photographing your art    134

·          Playing at art    12-30,78, 80

·          Process of painting    86, 88

·          Sculpture for painters    112, 114

·          Sketchbooks    138

·          Warm-ups, fast & fruitful    22-32

·          Watercolor the easy way    94

·          And much more!

Enough to keep you
busy learning for years!

"This is the book with the revelations I searched for but never found. Art workshops, classes, lessons, DVDs, books...all good, but something is missing. It’s a fact, students and teachers want to get right to the painting, often before they should."

"Painting demos are great
and I've done many myself.
The problem is you can only
see half of what's going on."

Can you learn to ride a bicycle
by watching a movie or
reading a book about it?
No, you can't.
It's not an intellectual
activity. There is a
'feel' to it that only comes
from experience

Putting paint on canvas is important,
but there is a lot more to it that
can not be shown in a demo!

Telling students to do
a Thumbnail Sketch
is a start, but not
nearly enough!

The purpose of

is to bring together in one place the exercises which have helped me and others to understand what picture making is really about

Some of them I learned from other artists; some I stumbled upon myself. Each deals with a skill that will be used throughout your art career. Use them to begin learning and return to them later to continue improving or as an energizer when you need to reboot

While meant to be learning opportunities, it is possible
you’ll end up with some great artwork in the process

Before your next...

Painting
Art Workshop
Painting Class
Lesson
DVD or
Book

Learn what you need to succeed

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 About the Author

World-class Artist and
Master Painter

Robert Bissett lives in north Idaho, travels the world and paints in acrylic, oil and watercolor. He is known for his portraits, plein-air landscapes and studio work.

He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1967, served over five years as a pilot including two tours in Viet Nam. Returning to school after the service he graduated from Washington State University with a degree in architecture, Summa Cum Laude, in 1975.

A career in architecture seemed more practical, but the urge to paint became overwhelming in the summer of 1980. That fall he had his first show at a gallery in Anchorage, Alaska. Most of the paintings were landscapes and it sold out. The following spring a mountain “portrait” of Pioneer Peak was selected as the subject for a four thousand edition Beautiful Alaska promotional print, 16" x 48". Bissett moved to Idaho in 1980. He has traveled throughout the US, Japan, Australia, Spain, Turkey, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Greenland, England, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica and Italy. His paintings are a valued part of many private collections.

Bissett put aside the brushes for a period of seven years in 1997 to focus on architectural design, specializing in the exciting possibilities of Monolithic domes. During that time he was responsible for many interesting projects, among them the Sigler Dome of a Home in Florida that survived hurricane Ivan in '04 and a five dome complex, including one of the largest high end dome homes in the world, 130' diameter, 55' high and nearly an acre of floor area. In the summer of 2004 he returned to art with renewed enthusiasm, ready to focus on his first love - painting.

Previous books include:

 Robert Bissett, Recent Paintings,
Meadow Creek Editions, 2007.

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Acrylic Painting Techniques
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by North Light, 1995

Bissett identified as
"...a master painter..."
page 3

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605/feb. 24, 2010