Watercolor Basics

by Zoltan Szabo

Published 12 July 2000
Artists will learn a variety of fun and easy techniques for painting realistic-looking trees, mountains and rocks. The beginner as well as the advanced beginner will learn through five complete, step-by-step demonstrations how to paint elms, oaks, willows, maples, birches, dogwoods, sycamores, pines, spruces, firs, coconut palms and many other varieties of trees. Szabo includes tips and instructions on how to paint distant mountains, middle ground mountains, snow peaks, mountains in clouds, high peaks at sunset and mountains with glaciers. Four step-by-step demonstrations and a suggested color palette assure a variety of pleasing and majestic mountains to paint. jagged rocks, rounded rocks, layered blue state rocks and sedimentary rocks are also taught in six step-by-step demonstrations.