Step-by-Step Leisure Arts
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Water-soluble coloured pencils and water-soluble graphite are excellent mediums for both the beginner and the experienced artist. They are user-friendly, clean, relatively inexpensive and easy to use. The coloured pencil or crayon is usually a child's first drawing tool, so when you begin to use water-soluble pencils, they already feel familiar. Add water, and you can turn your drawing into a 'watercolour' painting almost as if by magic. For the more experienced artist, water-soluble pencils are excellent for use outside - light and easily portable, they are the perfect medium for the traveller. Carole Massey demonstrates a range of techniques for drawing and `painting' with this versatile medium. Water-soluble pencils has sections on understanding colour, composition, using photographs and creating texture. In addition, a series of step-by-step projects give the reader plenty to practise and a number of Carole's graphite and coloured drawings are included for further inspiration.
Acrylic Painting Step-by-Step
by Wendy Jelbert, Carole Massey, and David Hyde
This is a practical and inspiring guide for acrylic artists of all levels of ability, from beginners who want to learn how to paint with acrylics to experienced artists looking for inspiration and ideas. Three well-known artists and authors share their expertise and enthusiasm for this exciting medium, starting with the materials and basic skills you need for painting with acrylics and moving on to more advanced techniques. Wendy Jelbert demonstrates colour mixing and the wonderful effects she creates in her stunning paintings, and David Hyde explores landscapes, from composing landscapes and choosing colours to creating depth and depicting the seasons. Carole Massey shares her love of flower painting and gives expert advice on mixing colours for flowers, using tone, drawing and composition. There are ten easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations with clear photographs and helpful instructions, and many inspirational paintings for readers to admire.
Comprises material from the Leisure Arts series:
Painting with Acrylics (9780855328405)
Landscapes in Acrylics (9780855320234)
Creative Acrylic Techniques (9780855328481)
Flowers in Acrylics (9780855328535)
Watercolour Landscapes Step-by-Step
by Geoff Kersey, Wendy Jelbert, Arnold Lowrey, Ray Campbell Smith, Barry Herniman, and Joe Dowden
This comprehensive guide to painting landscapes in watercolour features the expert tuition of 6 renowned watercolourists. It covers materials, colour, watercolour techniques such as wet into wet, spattering, dry brush, lifting out and using salt, composition, planning a paintingk sketching, perspecive, tone and painting trees, water, seas, skies and buildings, as well as mood and atmosphere. There are eleven beautiful step by step demonstrations.
Acrylic paints are unique. They are easy to work with, adhere to a variety of surfaces and they have enormous potential if used to their fullest extent. They can be used like watercolours, oils and acrylics - or techniques can be combined to create stunning effects and beautiful paintings. Using blended washes, impasto and textured techniques Carole Massey explores this versatile medium, showing how to create many different vibrant flower paintings. Both beginners and artists with some experience will find this a valuable and inspirational guide.
Using varied step-by-step demonstrations and her own inspirational paintings, she provides helpful advice on all the important elements of figure work, including anatomy, proportion, expression, movement and clothing. Illustrating how to capture the likeness of children and adults of all ages, she also explores how to mix skin tones, and how to create perspective using shadows and highlights. Sections are included on heads and hands, and the book contains information on painting figures in a composition.
Watercolour has wonderful qualities which make it ideal for creating paintings full of life and colour. This easy-to-follow book contains all the necessary guidelines to help you develop your own style
Watercolour Painting Step-by-Step
by Jackie Barrass, Richard Bolton, Ray Campbell Smith, Frank Halliday, Wendy Tait, and Bryan Thatcher
This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all watercolour enthusiasts, from the beginner who wishes to explore this popular painting medium to the experienced artist looking for inspiration and ideas. Starting with advice on materials, colour and composition, the book goes on to describe basic and more advanced techniques and the wonderful effects they can produce. Fourteen easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations show the reader how to paint skies, trees, water, buildings and flowers, and each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the seven featured artists, in a rich variety of styles.
Originally published as 'Working with Watercolour', this book uses material from the 'Leisure Arts' series.