Download or read book Watercolor Simplified written by Pat Weaver and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-11-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how fresh and spontaneous watercolor can be! In Watercolor Simplified, Pat Weaver details the fundamental principles of good painting that will enable you to work faster and looser with more confidence. She shows you how to build a solid foundation then create fresh, beautiful work quickly. You'll learn how to: • Master the principles of good composition • Select the best color palette for your subject • Prepare, sketch, then execute your design • Paint with joyful spontaneity Weaver also provides nine step-by-step demonstrations, covering a range of subjects, from animals and people to flowers and buildings. In no time at all, you'll begin experiencing greater confidence and creativity every time you pick up a brush.
Download or read book Watercolor Simplified written by Pat Weaver and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2003-11-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how fresh and spontaneous watercolor can be! In Watercolor Simplified, Pat Weaver details the fundamental principles of good painting that will enable you to work faster and looser with more confidence. She shows you how to build a solid foundation then create fresh, beautiful work quickly. You'll learn how to: Master the principles of good composition Select the best color palette for your subject Prepare, sketch, then execute your design Paint with joyful spontaneity Weaver also provides nine step-by-step demonstrations, covering a range of subjects, from animals and people to flowers and buildings. In no time at all, you'll begin experiencing greater confidence and creativity every time you pick up a brush.
Download or read book Simplifying Complex Scenes in Watercolor written by Malcolm Beattie and published by International Artist. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author demonstrates the 7 watercolor techniques you should know, and then shows you how to apply these techniques in 18 start-to-finish projects.
Download or read book Watercolor Simplified written by John Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Watercolour Painting Made Simple written by Steven Cronin and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 8 million views, Steven Cronin's Watercolour Workshop YouTube channel has helped budding artists around the world learn the basics of watercolour painting in a loose and free style whilst avoiding fuss and excess detail. His work ethic of practise, practise, practise has challenged his viewers to break barriers and find success in a medium thought of as difficult and arduous. 'Watercolour Painting Made Simple' highlights his channel's premise that watercolour doesn't have to be complicated and is available to anyone with the desire and passion to learn. The exercises in this book are broken down into a series of step by step guides to help build your confidence and gain success. So grab your brushes and give it a go. It's not as difficult as you think. Happy painting!
Download or read book Watercolor Made Simple written by Nicki Traikos and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to paint in watercolor—with joy and confidence—as you explore simple techniques, popular subjects, and simple papercrafting projects. Watercolor is a wonderful medium to explore your creativity, unwind, and have fun. Whether you’re new to watercolor painting or looking to expand your skills, Watercolor Made Simple will guide you to connect more personally with your watercolor practice and build your painting skills in a relaxing, welcoming way. Nicki Traikos, founder of the popular online art school life i design, wants to help you avoid the struggles and frustrations she experienced when learning to paint with watercolors by providing encouraging instruction, easy tutorials, and beautifully illustrated step-by-step projects. Consider this your invitation to the world of watercolor as you: Get familiar with paints, brushes, and papers Learn fundamental watercolor washes and brushstrokes Explore simple color theory and color mixing Use a sketchbook to gather inspiration Paint more than 15 popular subjects, such as flowers, leaves, feathers, still lifes, and simple landscapes, step by step You’ll also find: Links to helpful video tutorials Charming papercrafting projects to feature your watercolor paintings Tips for storing and displaying your art—and even what to do with paintings you don’t love With gentle encouragement and techniques she has honed through teaching tens of thousands of watercolor students, Nicki will soon have you painting your favorite subjects with ease and enjoyment.
Download or read book Simplified Watercolor Landscapes written by Kooler Design Studio and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join master watercolorist Tom Jones in an exciting landscape painting adventure as he shares his passion for art and love of nature with painters of all skill levels. Learn how easy it is to replicate his vivid landscapes of tropical, desert, seaside, and mountain scenes. His clear step-by-step approach accompanied by value sketches, color worksheets, and line drawings will provide you with the know-how to create landscapes with texture and depth. 12 designs: British Columbia, Buffalo at Yellowstone, Abandoned Boathouse, Florida Lighthouse, Grand Canyon, Long Hike Up, Mountain Lake, Pumpkin Field, Savannah Marsh, Tropical Sunset, Wading Egrets, and Winter in the Smokies. Simplified Watercolor Landscapes (Leisure Arts #22659)
Download or read book Watercolor Simplified With Illustrations written by John Rogers (Artist.) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Easy Watercolor written by Kristin Van Leuven and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy Watercolor offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put paintbrush to paper!
Download or read book Simplifying Design Color for Artists written by Linda Kemp and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you become a better designer and colorist, you become a better painter. Painting doesn't have to be complicated to be good. In fact, it shouldn't be. Artist and best-selling author Linda Kemp (Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines) bypasses all the complexities of design and color to focus on a fresh, simplified strategy for success that features negative painting--a method that uses the space around your subject to help define it. Improve your painting step by step with projects and exercises that will help your work stand out from the crowd. With Simplifying Design & Color for Artists, you'll learn: • Strategies for creating simple yet effective compositions, focusing on the relationship between shape, space, and color. • Useful tips on color--how to simplify it, mix your own, and work with value, hue and intensity. • Techniques for designing with shape: size and edge, layering, and building dimension and movement. • 18 step-by-step projects in watercolor and acrylic. The approach may be simple, but your art will be spectacular!
Download or read book Watercolour Simplified written by Pat Weaver and published by Bilimsel Eserler. This book was released on 2003 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume helps readers take the transparency of watercolour and use it in a loose spontaneous way to paint faster and with increasing confidence.
Download or read book Watercolor written by Mel Stabin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaches three main concepts of watercolor painting--simplicity, clarity, and timing
Download or read book Zoltan Szabo s 70 Favorite Watercolor Techniques written by Zoltan Szabo and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lessons of a lifetime from one of watercolor's greatest painters Avoid problems, create better paintings and take leaps forward in your art. Learn how from Zoltan Szabo, one of the most revered watercolor teachers in America. Using the same ease of approach that made his workshops so popular, this book makes watercolor painting simple, straightforward and fun. 43 mini-demonstrations teach a wide range of useful watercolor techniques 13 complete step-by-step demonstrations show these techniques applied to mountains, harbors, forests, flowers and other subjects 10 rules of painting reflections offer unique help for painting water scenes that look just the way you want Page after page of proven approaches for painting clouds, trees, rocks, grass, snow and more These are tried-and-true methods that Zoltan perfected over 65 years of painting. Now you can put them to work in your paintings immediately!
Download or read book The Landscape Painter s Workbook written by Mitchell Albala and published by For Artists. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Landscape Painter's Workbook takes a modern approach to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting, from accomplished artist, veteran art instructor, and established author Mitchell Albala"--
Download or read book Tiny and the Big Dig written by Sherri Duskey Rinker and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling powerhouse team presents a doggie, a bone, and tons of determination to remind us that going for what you want brings ginormous surprises. Sniff! Sniff-sniff!I smell a bone. A bone that's BIG.I'll get it out, I'll dig and dig.A big, BIG bone! I know it's there!It will take work, but I don't care!Tiny may be a small dog, but don't let that fool you. He's a pooch with power who knows what he wants. And he's going for it. But oh, those pesky pessimists -- they're trying to rain on Tiny's dig-parade! Thank goodness for one special boy who believes in Tiny, because in the end, this dog's grit proves that he's the little pup who could... dig up some giant surprises!
Download or read book The Figure in Watercolor written by Mel Stabin and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2002 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing a figure's unique personality and multifaceted quality inatercolour is challenging - but Stabin demonstrates step-by-step how the newrtist can capture the figure by painting simply, directly and with intenseocus on the "essence" of a person. He provides tested techniques andands-on tips for painting portraits, people in an environment and groups ofeople, as well as for painting people from photographs. Advice is given onesign, composition, shape, value, colour and more.
Download or read book Watercolor For The Soul written by Sharone Stevens and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use watercolor to soothe your soul with this beginner’s guide to painting for relaxation. This fresh approach looks first at the process of painting as a means to de-stress and unwind. Many people love the idea of painting but hold themselves back from starting because they are worried about not being good enough or not feeling as though as are creative. In this guide for the absolute beginner, artist and teacher Sharone Stevens shows you that watercolor can be accessible to everyone and that just painting very simple lines, patterns and shapes in calming colors, concentrating on each brush stroke, can have a powerful meditative effect, while at the same time allowing you to create beautiful art you can be proud of. She also encourages you to connect more with the world around you, finding inspiration in your every-day life and discovering the beautiful textures found in nature, from tree trunks to fruit and butterflies! The aim of the techniques and projects in this book is to create art that relaxes both the artist and the viewer of the finished piece. Projects range from simple gift tags, bookmarks, cards and small wall pieces to larger art pieces that you never thought possible – all done with a focus on relaxation – which is so important in today’s fast-paced, increasingly digital world. Learn how to mix a calming color palette, try simple painting exercises to get into a relaxed flow, and create beautiful artworks that will lift the spirits both during the painting process and beyond, as finished pieces of art. Author Sharone Stevens is an established art teacher and talented artist who is passionate about using art for relaxation and encouraging others to build a regular creative practice. Her gentle lessons and nurturing reassurance will guide even total beginners through the process of making soothing, soulful modern watercolor art.
