Download or read book Watercolor Bright and Beautiful written by Richard C. Karwoski and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on creating watercolor landscapes and still lifes, suggests practice exercises, and tells how to work with color
Download or read book Bright Beautiful Flowers in Watercolor written by Jean Spicer and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2004-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring new life to your watercolor paintings! Experienced instructor Jean Uhl Spicer shares with you her secrets for using clean, transparent colors and simple design for outstanding watercolor florals. Through easy-to-grasp instruction including 21 exercises and 8 complete demonstrations, Spicer provides techniques and tips for mastering color, composition and basic painting concepts. Above all, you'll find encouragement to have fun while you paint in a loose, confident style. With Bright & Beautiful Flowers in Watercolor, you'll discover all the instruction you need to improve your paintings and create bold, bright florals with impact. Book jacket.
Download or read book Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color Light written by Chris Saper and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-08-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEARNING HOW TO CAPTURE SUCH QUALITY HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER!Inside you'll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media, including watercolor, oil and pastel. You'll begin with a review of the five essential painting elements (drawing, value, color, composition and edges), then learn how light and color influence the appearance of skin tones. Best-selling artist Chris Saper provides the advice and examples that make every lesson and technique easy to understandâ€"immediately improving the quality of your work. You'll discover how to: • Paint the four major skin color groups (Caucasian, African American, Asian, and Hispanic) • Refine these colors into dozens of possible variations within each group • Select your palette and mix hues for clean, beautiful colors • Determine the color and temperature of light that falls on your subject • Paint direct and indirect sunlight, artificial light and highlights of light • Master the four elements that determine color in shadow • Use photographic references when you can't paint directly from life You'll also find seven step-by-step demonstrations and an appendix of sample color charts for each major skin type under a range of lighting variations. It's all you need to bring your portraits to life!
Download or read book Sketching Stuff written by Charlie O'Shields and published by Doodlewash Books. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash®, founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that day and posted it on his blog. These are some of the collected favorites along with some brand new musings. With over 180 illustrations, this book is part personal memoir and sometimes just a randomly fun romp through the sillier bits of this crazy world we all inhabit. Written to take on the impossible task of inspiring creativity, unleashing your inner child, and instilling hope, it will, at the very least, make you smile and touch your heart.
Download or read book Painting Vibrant Watercolors written by Soon Y. Warren and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paint Watercolors that Shine! Make the most of watercolor's fresh, vibrant nature through light, color and contrast. In the first few chapters, artist Soon Y. Warren helps you lay the groundwork—everything from choosing and lighting subjects to color theory and perspective. Then, follow along with a thrilling series of step-by-step demonstrations to put your ideas into action for paintings that shine! Learn how color, value, contrast and composition affect the impact of your paintings Discover the plans and techniques you'll need for successful, realistic watercolors Follow 16 demonstrations to create brilliant paintings Paint a variety of subjects, including still life, landscapes, water scenes, flowers, architecture and animals This book is the perfect balance of classic theory and hands-on technique. Engaging and easy-to-follow instruction gives you a solid foundation so you can take your work to the next level as you create dynamic paintings.
Download or read book The Ultimate Mixing Palette a World of Colours written by Jane Blundell and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PDF - This could be the most useful watercolour reference book you will ever find. This book has been designed for use by anyone with an interest in watercolour, whether beginner or very experienced artist. It contains hand-painted mixing charts created using a palette of only fifteen carefully chosen colours. Every possible 2-colour mix is shown, along with the most useful 3-colour mixes. The charts have been professionally photographed and colour-matched to be as true to life as possible. Each page is rich with notes about the various colour mixes and their suggested uses in paintings. This is a private PDF listing. Please do not share.
Download or read book Light and Movement in Watercolour written by Jake Winkle and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Winkle's loose, fresh and spontaneous style of painting is very popular. His paintings are full of light and movement and a key feature of his technique is that he doesn't work in the traditional way of light to dark but by placing the darks first. In Light and Movement in Watercolour, his first book, he demonstrates how to paint watercolours in a loose, direct way by step-by-step demonstrations and practical projects. Watercolours are often spoiled by a desire to be entirely truthful to the subject matter, which can lead to a painting that is overworked and tight. Jake's loose approach avoids those problems. He looks at subject simplification and shows how to focus on shapes rather than objects and, by painting what you see and not what you know, demonstrates how to capture the essence of the scene with freshness and clarity. The main topics in this book are: Understanding Watercolour; Building Confidence; What to Paint; Shapes, Tones and Colours; Dark to Light and Freshness and Clarity. Jake considers each topic in detail and shows the reader how to create paintings that glow with life, interest and spontaneity.
Download or read book Bright and Beautiful written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an account of watercolor painting in Northern California in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Between 1890 and 1930, the San Francisco Bay Area saw the emergence of excellent painters in watercolor, including L.P. Latimer, Chris Jorgensen, Percy Gray, Francis McComas, Mary de Neale Morgan, and Gunnar Widforss. The book gives short biographies of these and other painters and analyzes the forty paintings that appear as color illustrations throughout the book. Bright and Beautiful will be the first in-depth analysis of this neglected corner of American art history and will serve as the catalogue for the exhibition of that title held at the Saint Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, California, July 12 to September 13, 2015. Author Alfred C. Harrison, Jr. is a specialist in early California art who has published many books and articles on the subject.
Download or read book Bright and Beautiful Flowers in W Col written by F & W Buy in and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with inspirational paintings and practical advice, this book will guide the beginner or intermediate painter towards better watercolours through its emphasis on good design, interesting shapes and clean, bright colours.
Download or read book Mastering Watercolors written by Joe Cartwright and published by Ashton Publishing Group. This book was released on with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watercolor is a magical and often challenging medium. Once mastered, it will reward you with the pleasure of creating striking works of art of infinite variety. This book is a culmination of many years of teaching. Through it, I set out to clear up widespread misconceptions about painting with watercolors. These common confusions hold watercolor artists back from achieving their full potential. Full of practical advice and techniques, my aim is to simplify watercolor painting to assist you in your personal watercolor adventure. Enjoy the journey!
Download or read book Watercolour Triads written by Jane Blundell and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following from 'The Ultimate Mixing Palette: a World of Colours', which explored two-colour mixing using a 15-colour palette, this book looks at working with watercolour triads. The book shows triad wheels and charts for a range of triads, with sample paintings and sketches showing the triads in action. The triads are cross-referenced with mixes in the previous book.
Download or read book Watercolor Meets Handlettering written by Christin Stapff Mädchenkunst and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring projects from successful bloggers, this book presents on-trend combinations of sayings and motifs in a watercolour style.
Download or read book All Things Bright and Beautiful written by Cecil F. Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All things bright and beautiful; all creatures great and small; all things wise and wonderful, the incredible Ashley Bryan illustrates them all!
Download or read book Bold and Beautiful Watercolor Skies written by Zaneena Nabeel and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a 30-day art challenge and build watercolor skills while creating 30 gorgeous skies for every time of day and light effect. Art challenges are a popular way for artists at all skill levels to learn about and master a medium and establish a consistent creative practice. Written and illustrated by Zaneena Nabeel, popular Instagram artist and online art instructor also known as Aurora by Z, Bold and Beautiful Watercolor Skies teaches aspiring artists how to master simple techniques to create inspiring images of striking skies through 30 sky projects. Getting to Know Watercolor. Learn about the essential supplies, techniques, and color knowledge through easy exercises that give you the skills you’ll need to create the projects. Bold and Beautiful Skies: 30 Days, 30 Projects. Explore what an art challenge can help you achieve as an artist, then follow the 30 step-by-step tutorials to create a range of stunning, colorful skies and light effects, from a bright blue morning to a fiery red sunset, from a starry night to the aurora borealis. Whether you follow the program to make a painting a day or choose to create your paintings over a longer time frame, Bold and Beautiful Watercolor Skies will teach you how to master basic techniques to create amazing images through the support of a structured approach.
Download or read book Painting Florals with Gouache written by Vidhi Khandelwal and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the Art of Gouache with Easy-to-Paint, Stunning Floral Designs Let your creativity bloom with this inspiring step-by-step guide to painting lush roses, delicate daisies, blossoming cacti and more. Gouache makes it easy to create rich, bright colors for an impressive impact in just a few strokes. This forgiving medium is great for beginners, as well as watercolor artists looking for a bold, new way to create stunning artwork that pops. Vidhi Khandelwal, founder of The Ink Bucket art and stationery brand, guides you each step of the way through simple techniques to recreate her signature florals. Use your new skills to begin a daily art habit, create stunning compositions to brighten up your home and add a personal touch to homemade cards and gifts. With a trove of traceable flower sketches right in the book, you can focus on your painting journey without worrying about how to draw every line. Along with the essential strokes, you’ll learn simple shading methods for realistic petals, and lovely layering techniques to add fullness and texture in each blossom. Bring your project to life with fun details like veined leaves and colorful backgrounds, and even venture into floral hand lettering. Whether you’re looking to boost your painting skills or enjoy a relaxing new hobby, this book provides a refreshing creative escape.
Download or read book You Can Paint Vibrant Watercolors written by Dan Burt and published by Northlight. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow along with 11 complete painting demonstrations to learn effective techniques for keeping your colors bright and beautiful!--Jacket.
Download or read book Mastering Light in Watercolor written by Kolbie Blume and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively representing light can be one of the most nuanced and challenging elements of painting for an artist, but in this stunning collection of projects, artist and author Kolbie Blume brings her signature skill at breaking down complex concepts into easily grasped steps, so that anyone—even beginners—can paint beautiful, vibrant scenes full of light and luminance. Kolbie equips you with all the knowledge you need to represent light in all its forms in your watercolor scenes. Paintings like Milky Way Wanderer, Waiting for Dawn, A Walk in the Park and Twilight Ridge teach you how to master everything from bright afternoon sunlight and glowing golden hour beams to shimmering starlight and magical misty dawn. Each gorgeous painting teaches you new tricks and techniques to beautifully represent outdoor scenes during any time of the day. Kolbie’s thoughtful, easy-to-follow instructions make it simple to see how you can harness color and light in watercolor paintings to completely transform them from ordinary to extraordinary.
