Author: Samantha Nielsen Publisher: 5-Minute ISBN: 9780228101147 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
"5-Minute Watercolor comprises of 60 exercises for new and aspiring artists. Dust off your palatte and paint pan and loosen up your creativity in a short amount of time. This bite-sized approach will help readers to make watercolor painting a part of their everyday lives. Many new artists are intimidated by the prospect of trawling through very technical drawing books or having an elastic amount of time to draw, so 5-Minute Watercolor is the perfect way to focus their energies. Within five minutes it is perfectly possible to produce a great painting. Every spread in the book features five expert tips and ideas, as well as examples of amazing 5-minute watercolor sketches to inspire readers who are short on time."--
Author: Bridget Woods Publisher: Crowood ISBN: 1847977510 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 457
Book Description
Watercolour offers great potential for expression. Its fluidity, full colour range, generous spread and variety of marks can portray a likeness, a response, a feeling - even the notions of time and speed. This book is a practical guide to watercolour painting and more. It explains the importance of colour, tone, shape, texture and scale through exercises and shared techniques, but it also encourages the artist to express sensations and ideas in watercolour - and by exploring the joy of the medium, to develop handling skills, confidence and a unique painting 'voice'. Includes: getting started; materials, fundamentals and mark-making; ideas to trigger the imagination for developing personal style; a variety of images to inspire and encourage; and help and advice throughout to practice new skills and gain confidence with a medium that has the potential magnificence of a 'full orchestra', yet can be slipped into the pocket. Lavishly illustrated with 259 colour photographs.
Author: Liz Chaderton Publisher: The Crowood Press ISBN: 1785007882 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
Artists seem compelled to try to capture the amazing variety of the animal kingdom; the challenge remains how to breathe energy into your paintings and make the animals jump off the paper. This deeply practical book offers an accessible introduction to sketching animals from life, to try to capture that essence. It gives instruction on how to approach drawing; covers ideas for materials and supplies to make sketching from life a joy; gives step-by-step demonstrations of different watercolour techniques; offers specific advice on using colour and painting, fur, feathers and features and gives ideas for mixed-media experimentation. Full of colourful examples and guidance, this new book explains how to transform your studies into finished artwork that are brimming with character. It encourages you to find the extraordinary in the everyday, as well as revelling in the breadth of nature. Taking a contemporary approach to traditional watercolour, the author shows how a few, well-chosen brushes of paint can reveal the soul of your subject.
Author: Simon Fenwick Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429760620 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 379
Book Description
First published in 1997, this volume will revolutionise the study of watercolour painting in Britain. The Royal Watercolour Society archive constitutes a major academic resource covering two hundred years of the history of watercolour painting in Britain. The rediscovery in 1980 of ‘the Jenkins Papers’, the early records of the Society, was a major find for the history of British art. The archives are substantial and remarkably comprehensive. Minutes of annual general meetings, Council and committees, are all intact; extraordinarily, the Society’s catalogues for its own exhibitions have also survived, with details of who bought the pictures and for how much. It contains biographical information on several hundred artists who practised throughout the United Kingdom from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. Prepared by the archivist to the RWS, Simon Fenwick, this is not just a work of reference, but an absorbing book to dip into again and again. The Society of Painters in Water Colours, as it was then titled, was founded in 1804 to promote the interests of painters using watercolour and to provide a platform for members to sell their work. As such, its archives provide an excellent insight into the evolving debate on the status of the artists and their medium, and an authoritative account of the way in which watercolour paintings were sold, distributed and acquired. The substantial introduction by Greg Smith surveys some of the purposes and practices of watercolour from 1750 to the present day and highlights key issues, many yet to be examined, relating to the study of watercolour. His survey is arranged around a number of topics including the notion of watercolour as a British art, collecting and display, book illustration, architectural drawing, map-making and topography, antiquarian studies, decorative arts, printmaking, portrait miniatures and drawings, amateur practices and the changing status of the sketch.
Author: Naomi Cummings Publisher: Liberté Enterprises ISBN: 0980435609 Category : Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
MODERN FICTION. AUSTRALIAN. Brady Ellis returns to her childhood home in the small coastal town of Little Bay with the hope of escaping her somewhat dismal existence. Settling her six-year-old daughter Cali into school, and living with her mother Bee after thirteen long years is not an easy quest. Brady must first face the life she left behind, her father's death, her mother's absence, and her husband's infidelity, before she can begin to rebuild her carefully constructed life that was so devastatingly crippled in the car accident that caused her to flee the city in the first place. It doesn't take long for Brady to find herself attached to the one thing she promised herself she would never turn to - the bottle. This is a lyrical, naturalistic piece of literature about relationships, family and survival, set in a fictional town in the north of Western Australia.
Author: Leo Crane Publisher: Batsford Books ISBN: 1849947368 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
Dive into figure painting with this fresh take on capturing the human form in watercolour. Painter Leo Crane and art model Roy Joseph Butler explore how to interpret the gestures and movements of the figure through the language of paint. Through a range of exercises, they show how to work with the fluidity and immediacy of watercolour to create lively paintings that are bursting with character and narrative possibility. With experience in both fine art and animation, they share tips on bringing life to the figure, and encourage you to discover a liberating and enjoyable approach to paint. Packed with techniques, exercises and step-by-step demonstrations, the book covers: The Figure: Observing the human figure and working with life models. Watercolour: Materials, tools, techniques and colour theory. Speed: Capturing movement and painting at speed, with two-minute studies. Gesture: Poses, sequences and conveying expression. Story: Creating mood, context, composition and narrative. Beyond the Figure: Bringing human energy and movement to still life, animals and landscapes. From the models: Life model case studies. Paintings by Leo feature throughout to demonstrate the working process through to finished product. With a focus on the dynamic exchange between artist and subject, speed, gesture and story, this book will appeal to artists looking anew at life painting and who are eager to capture the essence of character in movement.
Author: Edward Billson Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 150350560X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 168
Book Description
I decided to write this book for a number of reasons, to impart what I have learnt over 40 years of painting, to show my paintings and because I have read many books and not one of them has given the full facts.
Author: Samantha Nielsen
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