Alwyn Crawshaw’s Watercolour Painting Course - Softcover

Crawshaw, Alwyn

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9780007164035: Alwyn Crawshaw’s Watercolour Painting Course

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007164033 ISBN 13: 9780007164035

Publisher: Collins, 2005

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In this best-selling book well-known TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw helps the beginner to master the popular art of watercolour painting. All the essentials are covered in a comprehensive, practical course of 28 lessons.

Starting with the basics, readers are encouraged to work through each lesson in turn, enabling them to gradually improve their technique and gain in confidence. Alwyn explains each process clearly and offers advice and encouragement at every stage.

The book is divided into different sections, each dealing with a specific aspect of watercolour painting, such as how to get started, simple exercises, drawing, painting, working outdoors and using photographs. Within each section is a series of practical lessons covering all the basic watercolour methods and techniques, and including many simple exercises. There are also several step-by-step painting demonstrations, with clear and detailed instructions.

A wide variety of subjects is featured throughout the book, including still life, trees, water, skies, flowers, buildings, people, boats and animals, and a gallery of finished painting provides additional ideas and inspiration.

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Synopsis:

This is an updated paperback edition of top TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw's guide to watercolour painting. Covering everything that the beginner needs to know in 32 comprehensive lessons, it has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. Starting with the basics, readers are encouraged to work through each lesson in turn, enabling them to gradually 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

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In this bestselling book (over 60,000 copies sold in hardback), well-known TV artist Alwyn Cranshaw helps you to master the popular art of painting in watercolour. He covers everything the beginner needs to know in this complete course of 32 lessons, with many step-by-step demonstrations.

The course is progressive and really does start with the basics. Readers are encouraged to work through each lesson in turn, in this way gradually improving their technique and gaining in confidence.

CONTENTS INCLUDE:
� 32 self-contained progressive lessons
� Simple exercises on brush control and how to use washes
� Advice on colours and how to mix them
� Basic exercises on drawing, measuring and perspective
� Hints on how to paint from your photographs

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