I love this book!!! It just arrived today and I could not put it down. New to oils, I got a good education first and foremost, and being no stranger to art, I adapted immediately to all the techniques explained! This book is a gem for those who love COLOR! The tutorials are bright and beautiful, step by step, Mark Christopher is a wonderful teacher and the basics are really all you need to create beautiful works of art that will stand the test of time. If for nothing else, buy the book for the beauty of it. :) Great that it's in hardcover too, I know I will be holding onto this one for a long time! Not enough starts on the review to give it all I wanted to! Awesome book and I would never have known about it had I not read Painter Magazine.. so thumbs up to a recommendation! Thank you Mark Weber!!!