Take Three Colours: Watercolour Lakes & Rivers: Start to paint with 3 colours, 3 brushes and 9 easy projects - Softcover

Coates, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782216979 ISBN 13: 9781782216971

Publisher: Search Press, 2019

Synopsis

Even if you have never picked up a paintbrush before, professional watercolour teacher and artist Stephen Coates will show you how to paint lakes and rivers in watercolour using just three brushes, three colours, a plastic palette and a watercolour pad.

Using just red, blue and yellow paint Stephen shows you how to paint nine realistic watercolour scenes. There is no off-putting colour theory or long-winded mixing information, just a practical absolute beginner’s course that shows the three colours in action. Build your skills through each of the nine easy paintings, starting from the simplest of scenes and ending with a more challenging, stunning picture you’ll be proud to have painted.

There are step-by-step photographs for each project, clear instruction and advice throughout, and handy tips and jargon busters. Each of Stephen’s finished paintings is shown at full size for easy reference, which you can even use to trace from for a stress-free painting experience.

This is a straightforward, economical, practical progressive course to painting lakes and river scenes in watercolour.

Stephen uses the following paints and brushes in this book: 

• Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolours - Raw Sienna, Light Red and Ultramarine.
• Brushes - Proarte Series 101 round size 2, Series 101 round size 8, Proarte 3/4inch Mini hake flat goat hair brush.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Coates was born in Sheffield in 1960. The son of a draughtsman, he was introduced to drawing at a very young age. He excelled in art at school but chose a career in retail, working first in the music industry for 16 years followed by another 16 years running his own catering business.

Over a period of 20 years, Stephen learned and specialized in watercolours in his spare time, and gradually developed his own style and unique brand of teaching. In 2011 he became a full-time professional freelance artist, and set up his own studio in Sheffield with the purpose of teaching others watercolour painting. From here he runs courses, workshops and hosts his own amateur art groups. Stephen also demonstrates his skills and shares his expertise at art societies all over England, and exhibits at a variety of national art shows.

Stephen has authored three how-to books on painting with watercolours – The Watercolour Enigma (2018), Take Three Colours: Watercolour Lakes & Rivers (2019) and The Easy Guide to Painting Skies in Watercolour (2022).

Visit his website www.coatesart.co.uk

From the Back Cover

Welcome to the wonderful world of watercolour

If you’ve always wanted to paint meandering rivers and sunlit lakes, look no further: Stephen Coates will show you how to paint nine beautiful, simple water scenes with just three tubes of paint, three brushes, a plastic palette and watercolour paper.

Build your skills with every project and learn how easy it is to mix a whole range of colours with just red, yellow and blue. Follow Stephen's clear advice and step-by-step instructions, accompanied by friendly tips and no-nonsense jargon busters, and create finished paintings you'll be proud to display.

*Ideal for anyone new to watercolour painting

*Amazing results achieved in just a few simple steps

*Builds up skills and confidence as you paint

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782216979
• ISBN 13: 9781782216971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64