Alwyn Crawshaw’s Watercolour Painting Course: A Step-by-step Guide to Success

by Alwyn Crawshaw (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.40

  This very successful book, by top TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw, has sold over 60,000 copies in hardback and is now being reissued in paperback. It covers everything that the beginner needs to know about watercolour painting in 32 comprehensive lessons. Readers are encouraged to work through each lesson in turn so that gradually they will improve their technique and gain in confidence. Alwyn Crawshaw explains each process clearly and offers advice and encouragement at every stage. The book includes: * A series of practical lessons covering all the basic watercolour methods and techniques * Simple exercises and several step-by-step painting demonstrations, with clear and detailed instructions * Revealing examples of 'what went wrong', showing how to avoid common painting problems * A wide variety of subjects -- trees, water, skies, flowers, buildings, people, boats and animals

• Used

  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.25

  Following a series of 32 lessons, this book illustrates the art of watercolour painting. The course is designed to be progressive in outlay as one lesson follows onto the next. Starting with simple lessons on brush control and how to use washes, Alwyn Crawshaw guides the beginner through the basic methods and techniques of painting in watercolour, explaining each process and offering practical advice at every stage. Useful feature of this book are the sections which explain what can go wrong with watercolour work. These consist of a number of different painting exercises which illustrate the common pitfalls and how to avoid them. The final section of the book contains a series of step-by-step painting demonstrations, with full instructions, and an inspirational gallery of finished paintings.