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.
Colette Pitcher, an artist and educator, is a
regular contributor to Paint Works magazine and a signature
member of the Colorado Watercolor Society. Colette owns the Showcase
Art Center in Greeley, Colorado.
