Practical watercolour techniques - Sarah Buckley
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Includes practical step by step guides to help you build up complete pictures.
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Trouble shooting sections pinpoint common mistakes.
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Illustrated throughout with beautiful pictures by professional artists to stimulate your imagination.
(Backcover of book – 1991 Tiger Books edition) |
Painting watercolours is a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, allowing a unique way to record your impressions of a person, a view or an object. It sets even accomplished artists a challenge. PRACTICAL WATERCOLOUR TECHNIQUES is an invaluable guide for beginners and enthusiasts alike, for in this extensively and beautifully illustrated book there is everything you need to know to become an expert watercolour artist yourself.
Information on the materials and equipment required is followed by detailed guidance on the techniques of watercolour painting - from applying that first flat wash to correcting mistakes that threaten to ruin your masterpiece.
The following chapters look at specific subjects - from figures to clouds, still life to landscapes - in a series of deeply informative step-by-step guides. Each chapter reveals a wealth of expert tips and special points that will help you to create beautiful paintings.
Watercolour painting is a simple, yet subtle art that requires planning, skill and confidence. PRACTICAL WATERCOLOUR TECHNIQUES helps you towards all three of these requirements - and time spent studying it will be richly rewarding.
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Practical Watercolour Techniques was compiled from material supplied by the following authors :
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Stan Smith
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Adrian Bartlett
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Hazel Harrison
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Alfred Daniels
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Jenny Rodwell
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Jeremy Galton
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Angela Gair
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Lucy Willis
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Elizabeth Tate
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Professor H F Ten Holt
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Contents : |
| Materials and equipment |
A brief history
Supports
Stretching paper
Equipment :
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Paints
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Brushes
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Easels
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Water
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| Technique |
Laying a flat wash
Complex edges
Graduated and variegated washes
Dry brush and textural methods
Masking out and creating highlights
Mixing media
Problem solving
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| Figures |
Introduction
Portrait of Paul
Girl by a Window with a Blind
Blowing Bubbles
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Enlarging the image
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Be an opportunist
Against a Striped Blanket
Sitting cross-legged
Mouths
Trouble shooting
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No boundaries
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Keep it fluid
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| Flowers |
Introduction
Colour bleeding
Tones
Composition
Trouble shooting
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Be flexible
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Using a viewfinder
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| Landscapes and buildings |
Introduction
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Direct observation
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Composition
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The medium
Sand
A Glastonbury Romance
Irish Hills
Summer Painting
Creating effects
Building the image
Getting a perspective
Trouble shooting
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Tonal variety
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Textural details
Buildings
Vineyard in Italy
Church in France
Trouble shooting
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Lighting
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Lost and found edges
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| Skies |
Introduction
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Clear skies
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"Learning" clouds
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Methods
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Cloud formations
Light in the Sky
Select and simplify
Trouble shooting
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Linear perspective
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Atmospheric perspective
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Keep it fresh
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Good timing
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Three dimensions
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| Still life and animals |
Introduction
Fruit and vegetables
Still Life with Fruit
Creating patterns
Using shapes
Trouble shooting
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Unify the subject
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Repetition and variation
Animals
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Observing movement
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Understanding the basics
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Sketching from life
Pheasant
Feathers
Eyes
Trouble shooting
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| Water |
Introduction
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Observe and simplify
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Painting methods
View of Venice
Moving water
Still water
Trouble shooting
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| Index |
(Source – 1991 Tiger Books edition) |
