How to Paint Like Turner

Nicola Moorby, Ian Warrell, Mike Chaplin, Tony Smibert, Nicola Moorby, Ian Warrell, Mike Chaplin, Tony Smibert

• Publisher: Tate Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781854378835
• eBook ISBN: 9781849763943
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art Techniques

JMW Turner is one of the greatest artists Britain has ever produced. His watercolours, with their extraordinary effects of shifting light and dramatic skyscapes, are especially highly regarded. For the first time, the secrets of Turner's technique are revealed, allowing present-day watercolourists to learn from his achievements.This book combines unrivalled knowledge of Turner's working methods from Tate curators and conservators with practical advice from some of the world's most respected watercolour experts. Twenty-two thematic exercises are illustrated with Turner's works. Expert contemporary watercolourists explain, step-by-step, how to paint a similar composition, learning from Turner's techniques. Packed with invaluable information, from the materials Turner used to achieve the masterpieces we know and love today, to the modern materials the twenty-first-century watercolour artist will need.Backed by the authority of Tate, the world centre for Turner scholarship, with a glossary of technical terms, this is an invaluable resource both for lovers of Turner's art and of watercolour painting.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• ‘Copy first the works of God, and then the works of Turner.’
• Foreword by Rosalind Mallord Turner, great-great niece of J.M.W. Turner
• Getting to Know Turner
• Turner’s Materials
• Getting Started
• Learning from Turner
• Select bibliography
• Glossary
• Chronology
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright