Author: Marina Bakasova Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing ISBN: 1607657910 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 548
Book Description
No experience needed! With Watercolor Success in Four Steps, you’ll learn to paint 150 objects, from fruits and flowers to animals, household items, and more! Understand the basics of watercolor with tried-and-true techniques and create beautiful watercolor paintings in just four simple steps!
Author: Sarah Simon Publisher: Blue Star Press ISBN: 195096826X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 89
Book Description
Build your watercolor skills with confidence with these 25 beautiful and beginner-friendly new projects on premium watercolor paper! This easy-to-use watercolor workbook is filled with unique and beautiful flower and nature sketches that are ready for you to watercolor--no drawing skills required! Each page is specially designed with simple step-by-step instructions so you can easily and confidently paint each project and create artwork that matches the quality of the author's example. Watercolor Workbook features: An introduction to fundamental watercolor techniques 25 projects on thick, 200 gsm premium watercolor art paper—no color bleed-through! Easy-to-follow instructions that can be completed in 30 minutes or less Beautiful floral and plant artwork, including: wild roses, poppies, sunflowers, buttercups, dandelions, and more Easy-to-follow instructions, including suggested paint and paintbrush materials, so you can start painting today Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to paint with watercolor. Her first book Modern Watercolor Botanicals provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and, now in this new workbook, Simon offers 25 watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today!
Author: Colette Pitcher Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118052005 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 361
Book Description
Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself. This friendly, guide gives you hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow, step-by-step exercises to help you master the basics. Filled with full-color projects and sample paintings, it shows you how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. You’ll find out how to select the best tools, materials, and supplies, practice basic brush strokes, and use the three best common techniques: flat wash, graded wash, and rough texture. Discover how to: Select the right brushes, pigments, and paper Mix colors and work with white Create backgrounds and foregrounds Transfer your drawings to watercolor Avoid common watercolor mistakes Experiment with texture using salt, sponges, plastic wrap, and more Find your way around the color wheel Practice the principles of design Plan compositions using thumbnails Work with one-point, two-point, and three-point perspective Paint fabrics, shiny surfaces, and organic textures Paint landscapes, seascapes, animals and more Complete with strategies for improving your painting immediately and marketing and selling your work, Watercolor Painting For Dummies, is the resource you need to make your creative dreams come true.
Author: Marina Bakasova Publisher: ISBN: 9781782218500 Category : Watercolor painting Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Marina Bakasova loves to paint, and with the help of this book, you will too! She has put together this varied collection of her favourite subjects and shows you how to paint each one in her loose, characterful style. Each project can be completed in just four simple steps, using a small selection of colours and a handful of tried-and-tested watercolour techniques. Maybe you want to create a hand-painted birthday card or a piece of artwork to frame and hang on the wall, or embellish your hand-written journals and planners? Or perhaps you simply want to learn the relaxing art of painting with watercolours? Whatever your motivation, with 150 projects to choose from you'll not fail to find something to inspire you.
Author: Parramon Editorial Team Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing ISBN: 9780764147913 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 144
Book Description
Presents exercises with color illustrations, instructions, and difficulty levels in order to practice different techniques used for watercolor paintings.
Author: Heather Jones Publisher: Quarry Books ISBN: 1610594835 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
This book is not only for "painters" but for all types of creative individuals who want to experience and play with watercolor, whether their background is mixed-media, textile art, journaling, or paper craft. Unlike the typical watercolor text books, this unique, beautiful volume is a field book of inspiration, creative ideas, how to's, and projects, all from an artist's perspective. Each creative exercise features a technique, shows step-by-step photographs, and includes a clever idea for a gift or project that can be made from the painted samples.
Author: Chuck Long Publisher: North Light Books ISBN: 9781581805536 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Make Every Painting a Success! A must-have for any novice watercolorist! This all-purpose guide is filed with classic lessons that cover all the material you need to get started in watercolor. This is simple yet imperative watercolor at its best - no frills or tricks. Your paintings will look better and you'll enjoy your painting time more when you follow Chuck Long's tried-and-true advice. With Chuck Long's experience and friendly teaching style, you'll soon make every watercolor you paint a success! Inside you'll find: The nuts and bolts of watercolor painting presented with a friendly voice so you can develop a strong foundation while having fun Over 200 illustrations that lead you through the basic principles and techniques of watercolor and foster your growth as an artist 11 demonstrations that encourage and challenge you to develop and hone your skills A variety of subjects, including boats, shore scenes, architecture, foliage and wooded landscapes, mountains, lakes and lighthouses
Author: Jenna Rainey Publisher: Watson-Guptill ISBN: 0399579737 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists who want to improve their watercolor skills, and visual creatives. From strokes to shapes, this book covers the basics and helps painters gain confidence in themselves along with inspiration to develop their own style over the course of 30 days. Featuring colorful contemporary art from Mon Voir design agency founder and Instagram trendsetter Jenna Rainey, this book's fresh perspective paints watercolor in a whole new light.
Author: Rachel Rubin Wolf Publisher: Northlight ISBN: 9780891347316 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 127
Book Description
Learn, from 11 outstanding artists, how to take advantage of watercolor's special properties to create realistic paintings of men, women and children of all ages. Assembled from some of the best teaching available, this book contains everything you need to get off to a smooth start - from basic information about materials, color and design to demonstrations that illustrate the figure-painting process from head to toe. You'll learn the techniques of: Barbara George Cain, Roberta Carter Clark, J. Everett Draper, Cathy Johnson, Carole Katchen, Jan Kunz, Tony van Hasselt, Bill Vrscak, Judi Wagner, Arne Westerman and Stephen Scott Young.
Author: Marina Bakasova
Author: Marina Bakasova
Author: Sarah Simon
Author: Colette Pitcher
Author: Marina Bakasova
Author: Parramon Editorial Team
Author: Heather Jones
Author: Chuck Long
Author: Jenna Rainey
Author: Rachel Rubin Wolf