Watercolour Challenge Practical Painting Course

by Unknown (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $4.19

  Readers are shown how to master all the practical aspects of watercolour painting - including laying different types of washes and using brushes and other painting equipment to best effect. They are given a full understanding of how colours work with a practical guide to mixing paints and using colours successfully. Amateur painters are instructed in the basic drawing skills that are the key to good watercolours and, when it comes to planning pictures, this book includes all the compositional tricks of the trade. Finally there is a useful reference section on equipment and materials - what you need and when to use them. Throughout the book there are clear demonstrations of the techniques to ensure watercolour success, plus useful tips from the Watercolour Challenge experts and straightforward exercises showing how to capture the most popular subjects in paint. The book also includes 12 specially devised step-by-step projects, which show the reader how to put the techniques they have learned into practice.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.25

  This is a complete painting course which provides inspiration and the know-how to build on your knowledge of watercolour painting and master a wider range of techniques. Readers are shown how to use their existing knowledge of painting with watercolours to master a wider range of techniques and effects. This book has practical advice on how to create the most beautiful paintings of any object, landscape or texture, plus tips on painting from light to dark, painting rain, skies, shadows, flowers, birds, snowscapes - every conceivable aspect is covered. There is also an in-depth section looking at the best ways to mix colours, using not only the basic primary colours as a base but also violets, oranges, browns and greens. Readers are taken out of the art-room and into the great outdoors as they learn to paint every type of building and scenery, from drawing boats and architectural details, to using optical techniques, observing Autumnal colours and painting sheep in the snow...As futher support, the Watercolour Challenge experts offer guidance on such matters as composition, brushwork and preliminary sketches. The book also includes specially devised step-by-step projects that de