John Joseph Enneking (1841 ndash; 1916) was an American Impressionist painter. Enneking is a plein air painter; and his favorite subject is the November twilight of New England; and more generally the half lights of early spring; late autumn; and winter dawn and evening. He was a member of the Twentieth Century Club; Pudding Stone Club; Hyde Park Historical Society; Boston Art Club; Paint and Clay Club of Boston; and the Boston Guild of Artists. He exhibited at the following: Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association; Boston (medals); Paris Expo; 1900 (prize); Pan-Am Expo in Buffalo; 1901 (medal); Pan-Pacific Expo in San Francisco; 1915 (gold). Enneking made several painting trips to the White Mountains and became the artist-in-residence at Wilson Cottages and later in the Iron Mountain House. His work has been preserved at the Worcester Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Bonnie CheneyNot impressed with this book; May work for others but not me0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Mark SchneiderMy bible for painting.2 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Another waste of money.By J. BeaulieuI should by now know better than to buy Walter Foster books.This one "teaches" you to work in acrylics in 15 pages. DUH?Nobody can learn to do anything by reading 15 pages.The only thing good I can say about this book is that it has one or two examples that I may end up trying.The truly ridiculous part of the books "examples" for you to paint in acrylic are almost all ANIMALS.I love animals; I have 5 cats. But simply DRAWIING an accurate portrait of ANY animal [homo sapiens included] is a very difficult task that should only be undertaken by people who are very proficient in drawing. And normally; if youre going to paint in any medium; you work up a pencil sketch FIRST.Acrylics dry very; very quickly. Sure; if you goof up; you can paint over the goof; but the potential for gazillions of errors; presuming one is trying to render animals as closely to life drawing as possible. Its a slow; laborious process; regardless of life-drawing as possible in any medium. And its particularly difficult in acrylics because of the quick-dry nature of the paint.If youre new to painting; get some water-based oils; which will free you from toxicity problems for the most part; and render animals in THAT medium. Oils take a long time to dry; and although water-based oils dry faster; they still dry very slowly.There are a few good points made in this book; but it certainly isnt worth the price of the book.And Im never buying any Walter Foster art books again.
