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A best-selling artist shares his favourite tricks-of-the-trade so beginner to intermediate artists can take their watercolour paintings to the next level.
Includes viewfinders and colour mixes for mastering composition, proportion, perspective, and effects!
This indispensable watercolour painting book is like having a professional artist on your shoulder! Packaged in a small, journal-like format, it is designed for on-the-go reference whether you’re painting indoors or outside.
Inside you’ll find:
Colour swatches ('recipes') are also printed down the sides of the colour mixing pages, with the component colours and percentages alongside. Hold the swatches up to your subject, so you can match the colour and create the right mix.
Combining top tips, handy hints, and useful tricks-of-the-trade, this watercolour painting book is the perfect resource for beginner to intermediate watercolour artists!
Painting basics: Getting started 6, Preparing paint 8, What are key mixes? 10, Water and flow 12, Test your strength 14, Brushes and brushmarks 16, What paper? 18, Selecting colours 20, Adding more paints 22 Planning successful pictures: Using the picture finder 24, Finding time to paint 26, What to paint 28, Skies and light, Clear sky 30, Fresh cloudy sky 32, Evening sky 34, Key mixes for shadows 36, Sunset 38, Silhouettes 40, Moonlit sky 42, Stormy sky 44, Rainfall 46 Flowers: Masses of flowers 48, Daisies 50, Foxgloves 52, Poppies 54, Carpet of bluebells 56 Trees and woodlands: Trees in your paintings 58, Midground trees 60, Mixes for spring foliage 62, Cherry blossom 64, Distant woodland 66, Key mixes for summer foliage 68, Palm tree 70, Trees in rows 72, Key mixes for autumn foliage 74, Branches 76, Woodland 78 Building and mountains: Buildings in the landscape 80, Stonework 82, Doorways 84, Architectural accuracy 86, Rocks and cliffs 88, Mountains 90, Snow-capped peaks 92 Water and the sea: Key mixes for the sea 94, Waves and sea spray 96, The beach 98, Reflections 100, Boats 102 People and wildlife: Key mixes for skintones 104, Figures in your pictures 106, Adding a sense of life 108, Stag in wood 110, Small animals 112, Animals in the landscape 114, Kingfisher 116 Watercolour secrets and special effects: Falling snow 118, Fixing cauliflowers 120, Splashes and splatters 122, Leaf stencils 124, Beams of light 126 Glossary 128
Matthew Palmer is a renowned watercolour-painting teacher and best-selling author, with over 145,000 books sold worldwide. He has been painting for over 30 years, and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals.From his studio in Derbyshire, UK, he has taught thousands of beginner artists to paint online with watercolours, and has gained a devoted following, with over 175,000 subscribers on YouTube alone. When he's not giving online demos, hosting in-person workshops, exhibiting at art shows or appearing regularly on television, Matthew also runs his own online shop where he sells Matthew Palmer brush collections, paints and more.He has over 150k subscribers to his YouTube channel (@mattyartist); 10K followers on Facebook (@MatthewPalmerArtist); his own paint and brush collections; and an online watercolour school - Watercolour.tv
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