Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes
Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes

Author: Sterling Edwards

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-06-23

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1440310165

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How to paint your world in watercolor…and have fun doing it! The day Sterling Edwards watched an artist paint an entire sky with three deft brushstrokes was the day he committed to trading his tiny oil brushes and photorealistic style in favor of big, bold strokes of watercolor. In the years since, he's developed not only a wonderfully fresh, luminous painting style, but also an approach that takes the intimidation out of this beautiful but often-mystifying medium. In this book, he shares both. • Initial chapters lay the foundation for successful paintings, from choosing the right brushes to achieving vibrant colors, interesting textures and strong compositions. • Step-by-step demonstrations illustrate techniques for painting rocks, skies, trees, foliage, buildings, water and other landscape elements. • An easy-to-follow, four-step painting process makes for easier starts and stronger finishes, complete with rich darks and sparkling highlights. • Eight complete painting projects cover a range of breathtaking scenes and seasons. Whether you're dipping into the medium for the first time or you're a watercolor devotee on a quest for clearer color and more personal statements, this book will help you make the most of the time you spend with brush in hand.

Powerful Watercolor Landscapes
Powerful Watercolor Landscapes

Author: Catherine Gill

Publisher: North Light Books

Published: 2019-02-08

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781440355035

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Banish boring watercolors forever! This guide gives you the "power tools" you need to transform dull, flat landscapes into robust, colorful expressions of your artistic vision. Each chapter focuses on a specific strategy for tackling tough challenges, complete with inspiring examples, hands-on demonstrations and instructional diagrams to make these strategies easy and fun to learn. Following this guide's masterful visual instruction, you'll learn how to: See beyond "what you see" to develop strong foundations in every composition Avoid repainting, overworking and frustration by focusing on a composition's unifying elements Become decisive with your values for heightened interest and impact Quickly and easily mix a huge range of clean, rich colors--including vibrant grays and greens--with no more mud! Put it all together following detailed step-by-step demonstrations of complete paintings from start to finish Whether you're new to watercolor painting or not, this guide will empower you to push shape and color into exciting new territory. Experience the satisfaction of painting with "power tools" and enjoy immediate results in your work.

Watercolour Tips & Tricks
Watercolour Tips & Tricks

Author: Zoltan Szabo

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-11-24

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1440323291

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This book makes watercolour painting simple, straightforward and fun: 43 mini-demonstrations teach a wide range of useful watercolour techniques. 13 step-by-step demonstrations show these techniques applied to landscapes, flowers and other subjects. Page after page of proven approaches for painting clouds, trees, rocks, grass, snow, reflections and more. These are tried-and-true methods that Zoltan perfected over 65 years of painting. Now you can put them to work in your paintings immediately!

The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Landscapes
The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Landscapes

Author: Gordon MacKenzie

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-04-27

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1600615759

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Painting with watercolors gives you endless opportunities to create the world you want. You choose whether to let the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling golds and reds. It's not only a matter of what to paint, but how to go about painting it. This book examines, one at a time, the three major elements of landscape painting: water, sky and land. You will be encouraged to try numerous ways of painting each one. Then you can choose the methods that best express how the outdoors speaks to you. Let this reliable collection of tips, techniques, ideas and lessons be your companion on a sure path to creative fulfillment and better watercolor landscapes.

Watercolor Techniques
Watercolor Techniques

Author: Michael Reardon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-02-29

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1440340862

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"No other medium is as magical and enjoyable as watercolor." So says artist and author Michael Reardon. In Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light and Color in Landscapes and Cityscapes, Reardon covers it all, from answers to beginners' most vexing problems (What is the proper ratio of pigment and water? How do I lay down an even wash? Why do my paintings look so washed out?) to understanding the trifecta of perspective, value, and color. He shows how to paint whites that sparkle and shadows that glow and how to conjure the atmosphere of a particular place and time. Painters of all skill levels will see--and feel--the difference in their work. • Packed with expert advice for infusing scenes with light and color • Includes special tips and techniques for painting architectural subjects • Illustrated with inspiring paintings of scenes from around the world • 8 start-to-finish demonstrations show key concepts in action "Light, as it glances off a facade, glimmers off the water or gleams off polished marble, is always inspiring. Color, with its infinite array of hues, is always irresistible. Searching for ways to make them harmonize and tell a story can last a lifetime."

Complete Guide to Watercolor Painting
Complete Guide to Watercolor Painting

Author: Edgar A. Whitney

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-05-11

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0486134482

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Brilliant guide by renowned artist tells all, from basics to creating masterful landscapes, portraits, and figures. Full-color sections follow evolution of seven of the author's own watercolors. 37 color and over 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors
Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors

Author: Ray Hendershot

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media

Published: 2014-09-10

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781626549081

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Shows how to use texture techniues such as spattering and spritzing to suggest detail and create a variety of moods and effects in watercolor painting.

Watercolor 365
Watercolor 365

Author: Leslie Redhead

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1440344132

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A year's worth of tips, techniques, advice and more! Make watercolor a part of your daily life, turning every day into inspiration for your art. Designed to fit your life, Watercolor 365--the first watercolor book of its kind--provides a complete education in the medium, one bite-sized bit of information at a time. Open it daily to find a new tip, idea, technique or challenge...all aimed at getting you into the habit and mindset of an artist. Inside you'll find: • 52 mini step-by-step demonstrations (like painting skin tones and adding texture) • 52 Q&A's (based on questions received on social media, in workshops, and from blogs) • 52 troubleshooting tips (such as how to remove masking fluid that has had too long to dry and how to lift paint) • 52 bits of creative advice (suck as why you should consider taking a painting holiday and keeping photographic records of your process) • 52 general tips (such as basic composition and transferring images for painting) • 52 definitions (clear, concise definitions of terminology, such as value and atmospheric perspective) • 52 exercises to improve your artistic skills (simple lessons for techniques like glazing and mixing grays)

Watercolour Landscapes
Watercolour Landscapes

Author: Ian Sidaway

Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781859749678

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Do washes, paint light to dark, use white areas, lift out, dry brush-paint, and try collage, spattering, and masking. Projects include traditional watercolor of a Minorcan village, suffused with soft purples and golds; snowy woods with wintry trees; and an ancient stone circle, rich in tex-ture and mystery. A gallery of professional works provides additional inspiration.

Zoltan Szabo's 70 Favorite Watercolor Techniques
Zoltan Szabo's 70 Favorite Watercolor Techniques

Author: Zoltan Szabo

Publisher: North Light Books

Published: 2011-12-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781440306716

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Lessons of a lifetime from one of watercolor's greatest painters Avoid problems, create better paintings and take leaps forward in your art. Learn how from Zoltan Szabo, one of the most revered watercolor teachers in America. Using the same ease of approach that made his workshops so popular, this book makes watercolor painting simple, straightforward and fun. 43 mini-demonstrations teach a wide range of useful watercolor techniques 13 complete step-by-step demonstrations show these techniques applied to mountains, harbors, forests, flowers and other subjects 10 rules of painting reflections offer unique help for painting water scenes that look just the way you want Page after page of proven approaches for painting clouds, trees, rocks, grass, snow and more These are tried-and-true methods that Zoltan perfected over 65 years of painting. Now you can put them to work in your paintings immediately!