The Complete Watercolour Artist

Offering advice on choosing materials and step-by-step instructions on traditional techniques, a guide to watercolor painting covers color theory, composition, and painting styles, and explores the main subject areas of painting, from landscapes to portraits.

A must have resource for every level of watercolor artist, this book includes step-by-step instructions, insightful commentary on composition, color theory, style and master paintings.

This book is the perfect companion for the watercolour landscape painter. Richard Taylor looks at each element of the landscape in turn. He moves from small details, such as a quick painting of his backpack, drawn in a break from walking, to wide sweeping panoramas. Detailed annotations point to key areas of interest for each painting showing, for example, how a wash has been used to create shadows in still water, or how paper has been left blank to represent the tops of clouds. Alongside each painting you'll find the palette of colours used, with advice on combining colours for best effect. Step-by-step demonstrations show basic watercolour techniques in action and longer projects reveal how Richard develops a fully-realised painting. Packed with invaluable hints and tips and illustrated with the author's inspiring watercolours, this book is perfect for the beginner or more experienced watercolour painter.

This book begins with equipment and materials and how they are used--paints, palettes, paper, brushes, boards and easels are all fully explained with tips on a variety of alternatives. It continues with an introduction to the basic techniques required to start painting and the different effects of color washes and stippling. Then, using step-by-step examples, the book builds up a whole series of different treatments which enable the reader to see how a painting grows. The course also includes alternative techniques, how to rescue a painting, further skills, and how to mount and frame your work--Jacket.