Painting Light and Shade: How to Achieve Precise Tonal Variation in Your Watercolors - Softcover

Seligman, Patricia

 
9781581804485: Painting Light and Shade: How to Achieve Precise Tonal Variation in Your Watercolors

Synopsis

Paintings with light have a hidden energy--an energy that captures the attention of the viewer. Painting Light and Shade shows artists how to precisely control light and shade in their paintings to achieve masterful results. Readers will learn how to observe light and shade, and will discover helpful techniques for painting light from the sky, capturing highlights, painting shadows, and capturing the changing nature through the day. Featured paintings from professional artists, each accompanied by a tonal sketch, are broken down into step-by-step demonstrations that focus on relevant techniques, allowing readers to learn while simultaneously creating paintings that shimmer with light.

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Synopsis

Every practicing artist, amateur, and professional knows that precise control of light and shade is an essential step on the path to mastery of their chosen medium. Through analysis of painting with tonal scales, step-by-step demonstrations, and graded exercises, this book shows you how to succeed.

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9781903975923: Painting Light and Shade in Watercolour

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ISBN 10:  1903975921 ISBN 13:  9781903975923
Publisher: Search Press, 2004
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