This selection of paintings and inkings are from 30 years of consciously producing images specifically for this book. Over 150 images grace the pages of this volume. 126 full page color images of paintings, 13 half page images of paintings, 19 new black and white inkings (none are repeated from the author's drawing book "The Art of Visualizing Black & White"), a painting technique that shows how to visualize and proceed from an abstract beginning, and a pencil and ink technique, which also shows how to visualize and create an ink drawing. Also included are a dozen pages of text discussing the...

Perceptions II is the second volume of fantasy and surrealism art created with a visualization technique by Michael Csontos. Once the composition is created from the initial absent minded sketching then the paintings are done in oil with multiple washes. Black and white images are composed the same way. First with pencil and then with ink. Sometimes black and white images are finished or toned in Photoshop.

Most of the almost 200 images in this volume were created by continuing the tradition of using a visualizing method. They show the amazing variety of ideas that can be created from doodles and abstract sketches by just relaxing and letting the mind's eye do its thing. Rendering to a finish covers several techniques. They are usually dictated by the 'feel' one gets from the imagery. Images in this volume are finished in pencil, drawing pens, quill type pens, markers, brush and sometimes Photoshop. Included is a step by step procedure that shows how an image is created. There are also two...