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Imagine an art school with over 15 popular watercolorists teaching, and you've envisioned a comprehensive 400-page anthology of watercolor instruction from leading authors. This resource covers essential tools and materials, followed by color palettes, mixing, and applied color theory. It presents a full range of painting techniques, including brushwork fundamentals, washes, wet-in-wet, drybrushing, masking, pouring, scratching, and glazing, along with methods for creating textures like tree bark and grass. Unconventional techniques such as painting with sand, collaging, and monoprinting are also explored. Various artists share insights on effectively working with value, form, light, and shadow, as well as achieving strong design and composition, including basics of perspective. The book features sections on specific subjects with detailed step-by-step sequences, some based on photographs and sketches, while others focus on plein air painting and live models. Demonstrations include landscapes, figures, and flowers, with lessons targeting specific techniques or artistic principles, such as “Underpainting to Capture a Certain Time of Day.” Overall, this anthology offers exceptional breadth and variety in teaching and painting styles, making it an invaluable resource for watercolor instruction.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Watercolor, Marian E. Appellof, Donna Andrews, Gerald Brommer, Dobie Jeanne, Howard Etter, Margit Malmstrom, Philip Jamison, Richard C. Karwoski, John R. Koser, Maxine Masterfield, David Millard, Alex Powers, Stephen Quiller, Barbara Whipple, Don Rankin, Charles Reid, Graham Scholes, Irving Shapiro, Valfred Thelin, Patricia Burin, Edward Norton Ward
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1992
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- (In brossura),
- Condizioni del libro
- In buone condizioni
- Prezzo
- 12,99 €
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- Titolo
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Watercolor
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Marian E. Appellof, Donna Andrews, Gerald Brommer, Dobie Jeanne, Howard Etter, Margit Malmstrom, Philip Jamison, Richard C. Karwoski, John R. Koser, Maxine Masterfield, David Millard, Alex Powers, Stephen Quiller, Barbara Whipple, Don Rankin, Charles Reid, Graham Scholes, Irving Shapiro, Valfred Thelin, Patricia Burin, Edward Norton Ward
- Editore
- Watson-Guptill
- Pubblicato
- 1992
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 399
- ISBN10
- 082305649X
- ISBN13
- 9780823056491
- Serie
- Tag
- Manuali e guide, Arte
- Descrizione
- Imagine an art school with over 15 popular watercolorists teaching, and you've envisioned a comprehensive 400-page anthology of watercolor instruction from leading authors. This resource covers essential tools and materials, followed by color palettes, mixing, and applied color theory. It presents a full range of painting techniques, including brushwork fundamentals, washes, wet-in-wet, drybrushing, masking, pouring, scratching, and glazing, along with methods for creating textures like tree bark and grass. Unconventional techniques such as painting with sand, collaging, and monoprinting are also explored. Various artists share insights on effectively working with value, form, light, and shadow, as well as achieving strong design and composition, including basics of perspective. The book features sections on specific subjects with detailed step-by-step sequences, some based on photographs and sketches, while others focus on plein air painting and live models. Demonstrations include landscapes, figures, and flowers, with lessons targeting specific techniques or artistic principles, such as “Underpainting to Capture a Certain Time of Day.” Overall, this anthology offers exceptional breadth and variety in teaching and painting styles, making it an invaluable resource for watercolor instruction.