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A comprehensive guide to painting 9 beautiful watercolor landscapes—with step-by-step instructions and expert guidance on mastering watercolor techniques!
Six renowned watercolorists share their best advice on painting beautiful watercolor landscapes. This workbook includes 9 step-by-step projects—including seascapes, snow scenes, and more—as well as expert guidance covering:
• Which materials to use
• Watercolor techniques like wet into wet, spattering, and dry brush
• Mastering tone, color, composition, and perspective
• How to plan and sketch your watercolor painting
• How to paint trees, water, sea, sky, and buildings
• How to capture mood and atmosphere
With 9 beautiful projects to try, and inspiring examples of the authors’ own work, this is the ideal introduction to watercolor landscape painting for artists of all abilities.
From the Publisher
This comprehensive guide to painting landscapes in watercolour features the expert tuition of six renowned watercolour artists. It covers all aspects of painting, from materials and techniques through to planning a painting, sketching and perspective. Learn the techniques of wet into wet, spattering, dry brushing, lifting out and using salt to create texture and interest, and follow the step-by-step demonstrations to create realistic water, skies, reflections and buildings, as well as mood and atmosphere.
With nine beautiful projects to try, and numerous examples of the authors’ work to inspire you, this is the ideal introduction to landscape painting for artists of all abilities.
‘I knew this scene was a painting as soon as I came across it, on a woodland walk in the Peak District. There was a light coating of snow under crisp, bright, clear skies. Nature does not often give us a perfect composition, but I think this is one occasion where all the main aspects of the scene are perfectly placed.’
Geoff Kersey
‘If a river is to look convincing, it has to sit comfortably in the surrounding landscape, and the challenge in this composition, where there is hardly any sky, is to merge the old bridge and wooded backdrop, and set the scene for their reflections to be painted in the river.’
Joe Francis Dowden
‘In this next demonstration I show you how I deal with moving water, and I have chosen this view of a river that tumbles through the countryside, rushing down a succession of fast-flowing reaches.’
Joe Francis Dowden
‘The river depicted in this demonstration flows down from the high Andalusian mountains in Spain and forged this rocky terrain during the rainy seasons. When the waters subside, the river provides the perfect foil for this arid landscape; a deep blue sky reflecting in stretches of shallow water, rocks above and below the surface, and soft reflections from the far shore.’
Joe Francis Dowden
‘The low horizon… provides adequate space to create an interesting foreground to lead the eye into the painting, and the small yacht provides a focal point. The silhouette of the rocks which link the sea and sky have unpredictable shapes to create the maximum interest.’
Arnold Lowrey
‘In this scene, the receding tide leaves large shallow pools of water on the beach which produce wonderful soft reflections. Distance is emphasised by aerial perspective; the colours used to depict the cliffs gradually change from warm to cool as they get further away.’
Arnold Lowrey
‘This view is of one of my favourite farms in the Kent countryside. The rich natural tones of the local clay used to make its bricks and tiles harmonise wonderfully with the landscape.’
Ray Campbell Smith
‘The buildings are mainly in tones of raw sienna and light red, but it is possible to achieve a remarkable variety of shades and colours by varying the concentration and the amounts of pigment in the washes.’
Ray Campbell Smith
‘This is a scene from my small corner of Herefordshire. I know every inch of these fields, but it never ceases to amaze me just how different the scene becomes when the light changes and the seasons move on.’
Barry Herniman
Publisher : Search Press (December 8, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 1782217851
ISBN-13 : 978-1782217855
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.13 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book provides clear explanations of watercolor techniques with helpful illustrations. They appreciate the step-by-step instructions and learn a lot about color mixing from the book.
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