The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Buildings - Hardcover

Taylor, Richard S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715308114 ISBN 13: 9780715308110

Publisher: David & Charles, 1998

Synopsis

Buildings -- old and new, ornate or simple -- provide an endlessly intriguing subject for watercolorists. Author and artist Richard Taylor gives you all the skills and techniques for capturing perspective, proportion, light and shade, detail and texture. After deciding on the right materials, try your hand at courtyards, quadrangles, and cloisters; formal architecture: domestic and seaside buildings; and street life..Make wood look weather-beaten produce the cool appearance of stone, and add reflections to windows. Throughout, 120 paintings in various stages of completion guide you, showing the effects of color, shadowing and balance. A Selection of F & W's North Light Book Club.

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Review:

...clear and instructive text...The colour reproduction is of a high quality and well up to the publisher's traditionally high standards. -- Leisure Painter, April 1999

...you won't be disappointed...a beautifully presented book...sound advice on techniques and tricks of the trade... -- The Artist, February 1999

Synopsis:

This guide to painting buildings in watercolours explores a range of subjects from a small shed to a large street scene. It covers basic and specialized techniques including how to create texture and achieve realistic light and shade. Other topics include perspective, proportion and colour.

About this edition

• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0715308114
• ISBN 13: 9780715308110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128