You Will Be Able to Paint with Watercolour by the End of This Book

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781840919196

Price: £19.99

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Genre: Hobbies / Painting & Art Manuals / Painting & Paintings / Watercolours

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Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour.

The perennial favourite material for beginner artists, watercolour can be a surprisingly tricky medium to get to grips with. In this essential guide, bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton walks readers through all the essential materials, tools and techniques to get started with creating art in watercolour. Readers will then feel empowered to approach 20+ step-by-step projects ranging from very simple to more complex works, and dealing with landscapes, flowers & botanicals, still lifes and abstracts.

Pick up a new creative skill with confidence with this comprehensive, accessible guide.

Topics covered include:

– Washes and gradients
– Highlights and lowlights
– Underpainting
– Lifting and blotting
– Shadow and light sources
– Perspective
– Depth and distance
– Finding your style