Collins Learn to Paint Series

In this reference guide, Sharon Finmark looks at all the essential aspects of painting people in their environment, using watercolour, acrylics, gouache and pastels. Several step-by-step demonstrations are included, featuring people at rest, in motion, in indoor settings and outside. Learn to Paint People features: guidelines on choosing painting materials; clear, practical advice on painting techniques; a wide range of subjects, including single figures; groups of people, people in indoor settings and people outdoors; and stage-by-stage demonstration paintings.

People

by Sharon Finmark

Published 20 August 2015

Learn to Paint People is a new ebook title in HarperCollins’ successful Learn to Paint series.

Including people in paintings literally brings them to life. In Learn to Paint People Sharon Finmark looks at all the essential aspects of painting people in their environment, using watercolour, acrylics, gouache and pastels. Several step-by-step demonstrations are included, featuring people at rest, in motion, in indoor settings and outside.

Learn to Paint People features:
• guidelines on choosing painting materials
• clear, practical advice on painting techniques
• a wide range of subjects, including single figures, groups of people, people in indoor settings and people outdoors
• stage-by-stage demonstration paintings

Gardens in Watercolour

by Sharon Finmark

Published 6 June 1996

Painting gardens in watercolour is one of the most popular and accessible subjects. In this book, Sharon Finmark looks at all the essential aspects of painting gardens, including colour mixing and watercolour techniques, painting flowers, shrubs and trees, choosing subjects, planning and composition and garden details, and clearly describes how to tackle these topics. Several stage-by-stage demonstrations are included, covering different types of garden. It gives guidelines on choosing painting materials, advice on watercolour techniques, a wide range of subjects from flower borders to country gardens, and stage-by-stage demonstration paintings.