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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...

A Celebration of Light Light has the power to make an ordinary flower extraordinary. Inside, Jan Kunz shares simple, step-by-step techniques for capturing that celebrated "glow" in watercolor. A classic approach to a timeless subject, this encore publication of Kunz's best-selling book covers a fabulous range of inspirations, from lilacs artfully arranged in a sterling vase to daisies skipping along a picket fence. Beautifully illustrated pages feature: *20 special floral painting techniques *6...

This is a new title in Collins' recently relaunched best-selling Learn to Paint series, providing a clear and simple introduction to an exciting style of painting that is attracting more and more interest among amateur artists. Many leisure painters are interested in painting simple abstracts but are not sure quite how to approach this way of working. In this book Laura Reiter provides a clear and accessible introduction to this contemporary style of painting, explaining in simple, str...

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.