The book shows how to use water-based painting media - transparent watercolour, opaque watercolour (or gouache), and acrylic - in the manner of realist techniques, whether it's called 'magic realism', 'sharp focus realism', 'photo realism' or just plain 'realism'.
Uncover a new range of creative possibilities for your realistic paintings by tapping into the transformative power of mixed watermedia: watercolors, gouache, acrylics, colored pencil and pastels. In beautifully illustrated, step-by-step demonstrations, artist Christopher Leeper details how to effectively use each medium. He covers common challenges in an easy problem/solution format and uses before-and-after comparisons to dramatically illustrate improvement. Incorporating a broad range of subjects, including landscapes, flowers and people, Realism in Watermedia provides the tools you'll need to create exciting, realistic paintings! -- from back cover.
Artist and workshop teacher Marilyn Hughey Philis shows how artists can develop their artistic vision to turn an ordinary subject into an extraordinary painting--Jacket.
Written for the intermediate to advanced water-media artist, this volume explores a full range of new and challenging techniques, from basic sketching methods to experimental approaches that utilize collage and mixed media.
The authors of the popular Water Media Techniques now offer new ways to emphasize composition and negative shapes rather than techniques in the mediums of watercolor, acrylic, gouache, and casein.
Inspiring ideas from one of the world’s great art teachers • Top author—more than 100,000 books sold worldwide • Solid instruction from a watermedia expert • Tips and techniques for developing a personal style and vision Join renowned artist Stephen Quiller, the creator of the famous Quiller Wheel, the Quiller Palette, and the Quiller lines of paints, on a journey of art discovery and exploration. Watermedia Painting with Stephen Quiller is an in-depth look at all the watermedia paints available to today’s artists. Part One looks at watercolors, with illustrations of the visual characteristics of the mineral (sedimentary) and transparent (staining) and their effects with different paper surfaces. Part Two focuses on acrylics, gouache, and casein. In Part Three, Quiller shares his secrets for the most difficult aspect of painting—developing a personal style and vision. Packed with Quiller’s thoughts and ideas on painting philosophy, the meditative and spiritual aspects of art, photographing art, travel, and building a studio, this is an inspiring guide to living a creative life and creating art.
Tells how to design paintings for expression using watercolor, acrylic, gouache, and casein with Quiller's paintings as a guide and 20 guest artist's personal approaches