Portfolio: Beginning Watercolor
eBook - PDF

Portfolio: Beginning Watercolor

Tips and techniques for learning to paint in watercolor

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Portfolio: Beginning Watercolor

Tips and techniques for learning to paint in watercolor

About this book

Beginning Watercolor is the perfect resource for aspiring artists just getting started in this colorful medium.

From the first brushstroke to the finishing touch, Beginning Watercolor shows aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in watercolor. This helpful resource begins with a basic introduction to the essential tools and materials artists need to get started, including choosing the right paintbrushes, watercolor paints, sketchbooks, and canvas.

Additionally, artists will learn the fundamentals of watercolor, as well as a variety of painting techniques, including creating washes, mixing colors, creating soft blends, rendering realistic textures, and working wet-into-wet. Beginning Watercolor guides beginners through a series of easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects covering a variety of watercolor methods and techniques, including helpful tips and advice when painting landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and more.

With helpful tips and detailed, beautiful artwork to guide and inspire, Beginning Watercolor is the perfect resource for watercolor artists just beginning on their artistic journey into this medium.

The Portfolio series covers essential art techniques, core concepts, and media with an approach and format that’s perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists.

Also available from the series: Beginning Acrylic, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Pastel, Beginning Colored Pencil, Beginning Color Mixing, Expressive Painting, Beginning Color Mixing, Beginning Pen & Ink, and Beginning Composition.

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Yes, you can access Portfolio: Beginning Watercolor by Maury Aaseng in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & Art Techniques. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. GETTING STARTED
  7. WORKING WITH WATER
  8. PAINTING NATURAL FEATURES
  9. BRINGING LANDSCAPES TO LIFE
  10. MOVING TO MAN-MADE STRUCTURES
  11. BUILDING ON THE BODY
  12. CAPTURING REFLECTIONS
  13. ABOUT THE AUTHOR