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Painting Water in Watercolour
About this book
"From beach scenes to ponds, rivers to seas, puddles and streams, Terry shows how to paint water in all its beautiful painterly effects." —Karen Platt, yarnsandfabrics.co.uk
All watercolour landscape artists need to know how to paint water, and in this book Terry Harrison excels in demystifying the painting process. Here he shares his expert advice and no-nonsense tips and techniques for producing quick, effective paintings of water. There are two or three-step exercises for painting water in all its varied moods and situations, including ripples, reflections, puddles, streams, breaking waves, choppy water, surf, bridges, riverbeds, boats, and much more. There are then ten step-by-step demonstrations that can be produced in half an hour: a misty lake, track with puddles, ford, waterfall, lazy river, stormy sea, cliffs, fisherman, sunset estuary and fishing boat.
"Terry demonstrates twenty-three basic exercises to build your confidence with the subject from rippled reflections to crashing waves, fast-flowing streams to sun setting on the sea." — The Leisure Painter
All watercolour landscape artists need to know how to paint water, and in this book Terry Harrison excels in demystifying the painting process. Here he shares his expert advice and no-nonsense tips and techniques for producing quick, effective paintings of water. There are two or three-step exercises for painting water in all its varied moods and situations, including ripples, reflections, puddles, streams, breaking waves, choppy water, surf, bridges, riverbeds, boats, and much more. There are then ten step-by-step demonstrations that can be produced in half an hour: a misty lake, track with puddles, ford, waterfall, lazy river, stormy sea, cliffs, fisherman, sunset estuary and fishing boat.
- Essential painting skills conveyed through quick, lively studies
- Expert art tuition from a renowned artist, for beginners, the busy artist, or those wanting to loosen up their painting style
- Numerous quick exercises and ten step-by-step demonstrations in a handy, affordable ebook format
"Terry demonstrates twenty-three basic exercises to build your confidence with the subject from rippled reflections to crashing waves, fast-flowing streams to sun setting on the sea." — The Leisure Painter
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Projects
Track with Puddles
This woodland track needs some extra interest, and adding puddles provides it. When painting puddles, try where possible to have something reflected in the water, such as a tree or a fence post; this will help make the water appear wet. Masking the track helps to retain the shapes of the puddles.
You will need
Masking fluid and brush Brushes: spring foliage, 13mm (½in) flat, medium detail, large detail, fan gogh, foliage, half-rigger, small detail Colours: cobalt blue, sunlit green, cadmium yellow, raw sienna, midnight green, country olive, burnt umber, shadow, burnt sienna, white gouache
1 Draw the scene first. The drawing stage is not included in the 30 minutes, so take your time. Mask the track with masking fluid and a brush. Allow to dry.
2 Use the spring foliage brush to paint cobalt blue into the distance suggesting sky beyond the trees. Stipple sunlit green and cobalt blue on top.
3 Stipple cadmium yellow for the lighter area of the trees, then stipple darker foliage with cobalt blue and sunlit green. These stippling stages should be done fairly quickly.
4 Stipple a little raw sienna and sunlit green at the top right-hand side of the trees. Make a stronger mix of midnight green and country olive and stipple this over the foliage and the ground.
5 Mix raw sienna and burnt sienna and stipple this on the ground coming forwards.
6 Stipple more midnight green and country olive on to the ground, then add this darker tone to the trees. You should be about ten minutes into the project as you finish the initial stippling of foliage and ground.
7 Take the 13mm (½in) flat brush and drag down reflections of the background colours in the puddles, starting with cadmium yellow.
8 Mix cobalt blue and cadmium yellow and drag down these colours in the puddles.
9 Use the medium detail brush and a mix of country olive and burnt umber to paint the two tree trunks on the right, and their reflections.
10 Use a darker mix of the same colours to shade the right-hand sides of the trunks, and repeat in the reflections.
11 Add branches and twigs with a paler mix, then paint the trunks and finer branches on the left, and their reflections. Allow to dry.
12 Remove the masking fluid. Paint the track with the large detail brush and raw sienna.
13 Mix burnt sienna and burnt umber and paint this on the track wet into wet to create texture.
14 Shade the edges of...
Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- How to use this book
- Materials
- Colour
- Projects
- Index