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Capture the essence of animals like never before! Using Chinese and watercolor techniques and materials, you can create animals with elegance and grace. Let award-winning artist Lian Quan Zhan show you how with his clear and basic step-by-step instructions. Artists at all levels will benefit from Lian's deep understanding of both art forms. He guides you through the process by beginning with the basic properties of Chinese materials such as rice paper and ink, and leading to more advanced tech...

Watercolors by the renowned 19th-century visionary, Joseph Mallord William Turner, illuminate the British artist's impact on his younger contemporary, American Thomas Moran. An essay by Richard Townsend fully outlines for the first time Turner's conceptual, compositional, and stylistic influence on Moran. Turner's influence spanned Moran's lifetime, from boyhood, when he studied Turner's prints, to his tours as an adult of the same sites where Turner had drawn decades before.Additional contribut...

Live out all your fashion fantasies! Flower fairies, water spirits, enchanted forests, Victorian ladies and more! Immerse yourself in timeless stories inspired by nature, myths, legends and literature! With Fantasy Fashion Art Studio, you'll learn the basics for sketching and watercolor painting; you'll also learn to draw and paint beautiful, ethereal characters! Inside you'll explore:Lessons and tips for sketching characters--proportions, heads, hands, feet, hair, wings and more.Drawing and pai...

Create fantasy creatures in watercolor! Mythology, folklore and fantasy fiction are full of fantastical winged creatures like the fiery phoenix, a roaring dragon protecting his hoard, a fierce gryphon warrior and more. Winged Fantasy will teach you everything you need to know about drawing and painting these and many other creatures. From head to tail and toe to wing, you'll be painting winged creatures in no time!    • More than 30 step-by-step demonstrations and beautiful full-color art help...

Marcia Moses takes painters to the next level in their creative journey with illuminating lessons that are meant for watercolour intermediates. After reviewing the fundamentals, she delves deeply into colour (understanding its properties, creating harmony and conflict, mixing vibrant hues), techniques in action, from backgrounds and texture to shading, brushstrokes and how to paint with feeling. See how to add figures and set them in motion. Capture views of nature, including moody skies and wat...

The popular self-taught artist Frank Clarke guides new readers through the basic techniques of watercolour painting before embarking on a series of 8 step-by-step lessons. These lessons offer the opportunity for practice and will inspire readers of the first book to continue developing their hobby. The book also features advice on: materials and equipment, including portable outdoor items; brush techniques, effects and strokes; correcting mistakes; and new paintings to copy.

If you long to paint watercolours, that desire-and this top instructor-is enough for you to accomplish your goal. The key is creating a pleasurable experience and building skills: find out what brushes are comfortable for you to use, which paints give the preferred results, and how to master the principles of design. Understand that there are no mistakes when you put brush to paper-just happy accidents that can inspire new artistic possibilities. Illustrated with the author's own beautiful water...

Meditative, peaceful and calming, watercolour painting offers a sense of control and self-worth to everyone, with no judgement or goal beyond the joy of painting itself. This book shows you how to calm and enhance your outlook through the movement of brush on paper. Master artist Jean Haines leads you on a journey through paint, showing you how to wipe away your worries with the soothing, gentle strokes of watercolour paint.