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.
