Look inside Charles Evans’ Pocket Book for Watercolour Artists

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: BC Paperback flexibinding
Publication: 01 August 2018
ISBN 13/EAN: 9781782216377
Stock: 50+
Size: 148x210 mm
Pages: 96
RRP: £8.99
Series: Watercolour Artists’ Pocket Books

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Charles Evans’ Pocket Book for Watercolour Artists

£8.99

Over 100 essential tips to improve your painting by Charles Evans (Author)

Book Description

THE BEST-SELLING WATERCOLOUR PAINTING GUIDE: Discover 100+ tips for improving your watercolours with this pocket-sized reference perfect for painting on the go!

Renowned artist Charles Evans takes the mystery out of watercolour painting! In this slim, notebook-sized guide, he shares his best tips for watercolour techniques and tricks, such as:

Finding the right materials
Creating depth Introducing harmony
Mastering light and shade, mood and atmosphere
Creating texture
Painting skies, trees, landscapes, water, and so much more!

Previously published as Charlie’s Top Tips for Watercolour Artists, this updated watercolour painting book offers clever tips and easy-to-follow instructions in a compact package perfect for on-the-go transportation and reference.

Introduction8
Materials10
Sketching22
Colour24
Skies30
Creating depth41
Introducing harmony44
Light and shade46
Trees50
Life in the landscape62
Creating texture70
Man-made structures72
Water80
Mountains and cliffs86
Mood and atmosphere92
Index96

About the Author

About Charles Evans

Charles Evans studied at Lincoln Art College and has since developed a career in art, painting and teaching. Appearing regularly for ITV regional programmes, painting out on location, gave him plenty of practice in working under all conditions. Today, Charlie lives in Northumberland, England and travels the country, and abroad, taking his no-nonsense approach to painting to hundreds of amateur artists.

Reviews

Paint magazine (September 2018)

Search Press have reissued their eminently useful Top Tips series in paperback. If you haven't encountered these before, they're a handy way of taking the advice of your favourite artists out in the field with you. Got a problem with skies, water, washes, colour mixing or almost anything else? You'll find quick solutions, often in a short paragraph and a single illustration that'll get you back on track in minutes. Ideal as a source of inspiration, as well as an antidote to frustration, these are easy to pack and use.

Leisure Painter, September 2018

Search Press's new series of pocket books for watercolourists by popular tutors - Charles Evans, Terry Harrison and Geoff Kersey - is taken from the previously published Top Tips for Watercolour Artists series. The material isn't new, but the format is. Notebook-sized, it fits perfectly into your kit bag so makes the ideal reference tool when you are working out in the field.

Charles Evan's books includes tips on sketching, skies, light and shade, trees, man-made structures, mood and atmosphere. Terry Harrison includes chapters on how to use photographs, wet into wet, masking and lifting out, grasses and flowers, and winter scenes, while Geoff Kersey includes tips on mixing colours, the importance of shadows, hills and mountains and adding signs of life. The popular Top Tips series was well planned providing would-be artists with tips from experienced watercolour painters to help them with specific areas of painting. This new pocket book series gives them a new lease of life.