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Author
Publisher
Reinhold
Pub. Date
[1963]
Edition
2d ed., enl.
Physical Desc
136 p. illus. (part col.) 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simple, direct language and 125 purposeful illustrations, including 37 color plates, show beginners how to handle the medium. Teacher and master watercolorist Kautzky discusses color pigments, paper, and other supplies, as well as washes, strokes, and the use of accessories for special effects. Valuable instructions on composition and related subjects.
2) Watercolor
Author
Publisher
Watson-Guptill Publications
Pub. Date
[1973]
Edition
New, enl. ed.
Physical Desc
223 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this irreplaceable guide, award-winning artist and instructor John Pike shares with artists at all levels of experience the expertise gained through a lifetime of perfecting his craft. All the information watercolorists could possibly want is here -- choosing a brush; selecting and composing subject matter; producing a variety of washes, brush strokes, and textures; making corrections; and discovering the properties of common watercolor papers....
Author
Series
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
128 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ann Blockley is a very successful artist, known for the innovative way in which she uses texture as a key element in her work. This book, in Collins Artist's Studio series, looks at how she achieves her stunning effects and provides essential guidelines for the intermediate painter wishing to develop this aspect of their own painting.
Creating texture in watercolour can be quite a challenge but this book provides a fresh approach to the subject....
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spark new ideas and increase your creativity with One Watercolor a Day. This enchanting art book contains six weeks worth of daily watercolor paintings and exercises to help you cultivate your imagination and develop your style. Each day will bring you a new painting by one of eight professional illustrators and includes a description of the work, helpful comments by the artist, and a companion exercise that encourages you to put brush to paper to...
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Language
English
Description
Provides more than three hundred step-by-step photographs, instructions, and finished paintings in a comprehensive introduction to watercolor that introduces basic techniques as well as next-level methods for creating composition, perspective, and texture.
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Learn to letter beautifully with watercolor. In this stunning follow-up to her highly praised and influential first book, The Art of Brush Lettering, lettering expert and workshop instructor Kelly Klapstein (popular on Instagram as @kellycreates) shares her secrets for mastering the essential techniques for creating lovely modern lettering and calligraphy with watercolor. Start with the basics, from choosing paints, brushes, and other supplies to...
Author
Publisher
North Light Books
Pub. Date
©1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn how to: make your on-location work easier by using the correct equipment; render an accurate drawing; select and mix colors (and avoid muddy or weak colors); "populate" a scene with incidental figures; create textures; work with saturated colors to get good values; simplify and rework the scene for impact; know when to quit.
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Artists who work from photographic source material need to learn how to adapt and improve in order to create a successful painting. Geoff Kersey is a master of this way of working, and here he shows how it is done. Reference photographs, colour charts and preparatory sketches are shown alongside all the finished paintings in this book, with full details of the adaptations and creative processes involved. There are plenty of clear tips and advice,...
18) Watercolor
Author
Language
English
Description
A visual history of watercolor painting from its ancient beginnings to the works of modern masters.
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