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Painting Step-by-Step

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Cover of Acrylic Painting Step-by-Step
Learn the art of acrylic painting from 3 high-profile artists as they share step-by-step guidance on essential techniques, materials, and more.

Includes 10 landscape painting projects with clear photographs and instructions—perfect for acrylic painters of all skill levels!
 
Do you want to start acrylic painting, or improve your acrylic painting skills? This practical, inspiring guide has you covered! Join professional artists and best-selling authors Wendy Jelbert, Carol Massey, and David Hyde as they share their expertise, tips, and techniques in 10 demonstrations you can follow right at home. You’ll learn about:
 
• Acrylic painting basics, with advice on useful techniques and the effects they create
• How to paint landscapes in acrylic, from mastering composition to choosing the right colors
• How to paint flowers in acrylic, with tips on drawing, composition, color, and tone
• Further acrylic painting techniques for upping your skills, with easy-to-follow applications
 
Perfect for both beginner and experienced acrylic enthusiasts, this step-by-step guide is full of useful tips, easy-to-follow instructions, and inspirational paintings to spark your next project!

Comprises material from the Leisure Arts series:
Painting with Acrylics (9780855328405)
Landscapes in Acrylics (9780855320234)
Creative Acrylic Techniques (9780855328481)
Flowers in Acrylics (9780855328535)

Cover of Watercolour Landscapes Step-by-Step

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.

Cover of Drawing Step-by-step

This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all drawing enthusiasts, from the beginner to the experienced artist. It begins with advice on a wide variety of drawing media including graphite and coloured pencils, charcoal, chalks, pastels, conté crayons, water soluble pencils and various pens. It goes on to explore the various techniques that can be used with these media from making marks and creating tone and texture to mixing and overlaying colours. There is detailed, specific advice on drawing landscapes, trees and pets, with step-by-step demonstrations for readers to follow. Each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational drawings by the five featured artists, in a rich variety of styles.
Comprises material from the Leisure Arts series:
Basic Drawing Techniques (9780855328429)
Drawing Landscapes (9780855328467)
Drawing Trees (9780855325824)
Drawing Pets (9780855325565)
Water Soluble Pencils (9780855329631)