Watercolour: A Step-by-step Guide to Watercolour Techniques (Practical Arts S.) - Hardcover

Gair, Angela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852384204 ISBN 13: 9781852384203

Publisher: Letts of London, 1994

Synopsis

Excellent condition, light wear to jacket, small bumping to corners, pages appear untouched. A superb step-by-step guide to watercolor techniques, featuring 12 original, exciting and colorful projects, that will excite and challenging both the novice and the more experienced painter alike. (non)

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From the Back Cover

A COMPREHENSIVE AND SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON THE MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES AND INSPIRATION OF PAINTING IN WATERCOLOUR

'Collins Artist's Guide to Watercolour' provides an insight into the exhilaration of painting in watercolour, the most popular medium for artists of all levels of experience and ability. It also illustrates how pigments, water and paper interact in the most beautiful and sometimes unexpected ways.

Contents include choosing, caring for and using the many and varied types of watercolour materials – paints, brushes, papers and accessories.

There is advice on all the diverse techniques – washes, textures and the variety of effects that make watercolour such an exciting and challenging medium. Includes information on gouache, egg tempera and watercolour sketching.

Synopsis

In this book for beginners, approximately 12 projects are included, each of which highlights a particular technique and is discussed at the beginning of each project with the use of illustrations. Some of the techniques covered are wet-in-wet, wet-over-dry, using body colour, using a drybrush, how to work with masking fluid, lifting out and creating highlights, and spattering. The instant-start approach of Letts Practical Art books is designed for the new artist to start work immediately. After a brief introduction, an accumulative teaching course follows of a dozen projects. With each new project comes new skills, starting with the easiest and most useful. As experience is gained, new techniques are added to the basic ones.

Edition details

• Publisher: Letts of London
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852384204
• ISBN 13: 9781852384203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96