Tate Watercolor Manual: Lessons from the Great Masters. This item is unavailable.Tate Watercolor Manual: Lessons from the Great Masters

A classic medium, watercolor is practiced by many but mastered by few. This accessible and clear workbook is both a practical guide and an informative history. Beginning with a "1-day course," the chapters cover technique, equipment, general theory, painting plein air, and conservation. The authors also examine the work of watercolor masters, among them Claude Lorrain, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, John Constable, J. M. W. Turner, and John Ruskin. Each chapter includes photographs and helpful examples of works in progress, explanations of methods, and how-to demonstra tions. Designed for those who have not picked up a paintbrush since high-school art class as well as more seasoned practitioners, this guide is a must-have for anyone who wants to start out in watercolors, become a more assured and better artist, or simply gain a new understanding of the great watercolorists.

Tony Smibert is a painter based in Tasmania who has held over forty exhibitions worldwide. His paintings are in many public and private collections. He is a co-author of How To Paint Like Turner and a Visiting Artist Researcher at Tate. Joyce H. Townsend is Senior Conservation Scientist at Tate and the author of Turner s Painting Techniques and a co-author of How to Paint Like Turner.