Matthew Palmer's Step-by-Step Guide to Watercolour Painting - Softcover

Palmer, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782215107 ISBN 13: 9781782215103

Publisher: Search Press, 2018

Synopsis

This comprehensive step-by-step guide to producing landscapes and seascapes in watercolour is a natural progression in learning from Matthew Palmer's previous title Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner. Providing a more complete course in painting, this latest book explores in further detail the key techniques used in watercolour painting, including the application of resists; colour mixing; applying natural-looking foliage to trees and woodlands; use of dry-brush technique in depicting intricate detail, and using scratch-out techniques to add sparkle and movement to water. 

A six-step exercise helps demonstrate the stages of creating a landscape scene of snowy hills and dales – including laying the initial wash, lifting out highlights on the hills, and applying shadow. The book also features five full step-by-step projects to help readers develop their watercolour painting skills, featuring a waterfall scene, a poppy field with country cottage and New York in autumn-time; each accompanied with a full-size outline.

Matthew Palmer's Step-by-Step Guide to Watercolour Painting is the perfect companion for artists who have mastered the rudiments of the medium but are keen to improve their skills, develop their own style, and progress further on their journey to painting success.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Palmer is a renowned watercolour-painting teacher and best-selling author, with over 145,000 books sold worldwide. He has been painting for over 30 years, and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals.

From his studio in Derbyshire, UK, he has taught thousands of beginner artists to paint online with watercolours, and has gained a devoted following, with over 175,000 subscribers on YouTube alone. When he's not giving online demos, hosting in-person workshops, exhibiting at art shows or appearing regularly on television, Matthew also runs his own online shop where he sells Matthew Palmer brush collections, paints and more.

He has over 150k subscribers to his YouTube channel (@mattyartist); 10K followers on Facebook (@MatthewPalmerArtist); his own paint and brush collections; and an online watercolour school - Watercolour.tv

From the Back Cover

Let renowned artist and tutor Matthew Palmer guide you through this
step-by-step course in watercolour painting. With informative chapters on colour and colour mixing, applying special effects, mark-making and trouble-shooting, this highly practical guide is perfect for the amateur painter wishing to build on their skills and develop their own painting style.
• 5 beautiful step-by-step landscapes to recreate, including a harbour and
a pastoral meadow, with outlines to trace
• Learn how to build up a scene using key techniques in six simple stages 
• This course is a natural progression from Matthew Palmer’s previous title, Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782215107
• ISBN 13: 9781782215103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168