Don Seegmiller - Advanced Painter Techniques

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Seegmiller, Don.

Advanced Painter techniques / Don Seegmiller. 1st ed.

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1. Computer graphics. 2. Fractal Design painter. I. Title.

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This book is dedicated to my family. First and foremost, to my dear wife, Marti; she endured my constant whining about how stressed I was and kept me on track and productive. To my son, Andrew, who had to tolerate the daily ups and downs associated with having a father who works at home. To my daughters, Jenn and Nicole, who have an easier time loving me since they dont have to live with me anymore. And to my parents, who are a constant support and provide encouragement.

This is also for all the artists I know and those I have not met who have influenced me either knowingly or not by their work. In addition, I would like to thank all my students over the years. You have taught me more than you will ever know.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my family. Without their support, I could not have finished this project.

I need to thank David Fugate. Without his help and interest, this project would never have happened.

Thanks to the patient folks at Wiley, in particular Mariann Barsolo and Stephanie Barton. Thanks to Karen Gill; you make my ramblings understandable. And thanks to Liz Britten and the Wiley book-production team for making it all come together.

Howard Lyon, thanks for the fine job you do as my technical editor, catching all my inevitable errors.

About the Author

Don Seegmiller was born in Provo, Utah, in 1955. He grew up in both California and Colorado.

Don graduated Brigham Young University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design, with a concentration in illustration. After graduation, he decided that he would rather pursue his passion for painting and began a career as an oil painter. While his work has been shown in many major art galleries, the majority of his traditional work is handled by Wadle Galleries Ltd. of Santa Fe. Over the course of the past 30 years, Dons work has been shown worldwide. He has completed close to 1,000 paintings that are included in many private and public collections. His work hangs in the permanent collection of the Springville Museum of Art.

A resident of Orem, Utah, Don lives at the foot of the 11,000-foot-high Mount Timpanogos. He teaches senior-level illustration courses, traditional head painting, figure drawing, and digital painting for the department of visual design at Brigham Young University. He also teaches an upper-division figure drawing class at Utah Valley University.