Painting with Watercolour
eBook - ePub

Painting with Watercolour

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Painting with Watercolour

About this book

Watercolours are the first choice for many painters, but few master the full potential of the medium. This book encourages you to be bold and colourful. Written by an internationally respected artist and teacher, it offers practical ways of working with watercolours, and shares ideas and thoughts that can make your painting methods more exciting and adventurous. With over 180 illustrations, it is a beautiful book that will be invaluable for both new and experienced painters alike. Contents include: A guide to materials and equipment - all you really need; The importance of drawing and sketching - developing your own individual approach to the subject; Instruction on composition, shape and perspective - what makes a painting work; Advice on colour and tones - explains the complementary colour principle in practical terms, so that a picture works in harmony; A range of marine, townscape and figure paintings to demonstrate the techniques, supported with detailed captions. This beautiful and inspirational guide will be of great interest to all artists, in particular watercolourists, and also holiday painters and cruise ship passengers. Beautifully illustrated with 180 colour illustrations.

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Information

Publisher
Crowood
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781785002304
eBook ISBN
9781785002311
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 Materials and Equipment
  7. Chapter 2 Working with Watercolour
  8. Chapter 3 The Importance of Drawing and Sketching
  9. Chapter 4 Composition and Construction
  10. Chapter 5 Understanding Colour
  11. Chapter 6 Landscape
  12. Chapter 7 Marine
  13. Chapter 8 Townscape
  14. Chapter 9 Putting Life Into Paintings
  15. Chapter 10 Framing and Finishing
  16. Index