Step-by-Step Leisure Arts
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Water is a favourite subject of watercolour artists, but it takes some expertise to get it right. Here, Joe Francis Dowden explains in detail how he creates his extraordinary paintings of water, from the stillest pond to the most torrential waterfall.
In easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations, he reveals the colours and techniques you need to produce wonderful watercolours. The beautiful paintings of the natural world reproduced here will inspire his admirers to have a go for themselves.
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.
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.