Watercolor with Me in the Ocean

Author: Dana Fox
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1624148581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
5O No-Sketch Projects That Bring the Ocean to Life Dana Fox, author of Watercolor with Me: In the Forest and founder of Wonder Forest, provides fifty new marine-themed projects in this beginner-friendly watercolor guide. Known for her whimsical art style and straightforward instruction, Dana leads you through three major watercolor techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and ink-and-wash. Best of all, there’s no sketching required, so you can focus on each painting method. Bring adorable sea creatures like octopuses and otters to life on high-quality art paper. Start simple with shading in a monochromatic orca, experiment with adding depth to color with a bright bobbing seahorse and practice stylizing your subject in a charming lighthouse scene. With inspired art and step-by-step instruction, it’s easy to pick up a paintbrush, break out your palette, and create something beautiful.

The Easy Guide to Painting Skies in Watercolour

Author: Stephen Coates
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1782219447
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The ultimate, accessible, no-nonsense guide to painting watercolor skies There are some areas of watercolor painting that beginners often have trouble with, and one of these is skies. In Stephen’s characteristic style, he approaches the subject in a no-fuss, technique-led way that aims to demystify sky painting so that you, the novice watercolorist will be able to approach it with confidence. Beginning with advice on key tools and materials, how to prepare your palette and achieve the right consistency of paint, Stephen takes you through seven common skies, ordered by difficulty: from simple plain blue skies and white cloudy skies to sunsets and storms. Every sky includes invaluable guidance on how to plan your sky, dozens of handy tips and clear step-by-step instructions and numerous examples. This is an essential book for watercolur artists starting out, as well as the more experienced looking to hone their landscape painting skills.

Everyday Watercolor

Author: Jenna Rainey
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0399579737
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists who want to improve their watercolor skills, and visual creatives. From strokes to shapes, this book covers the basics and helps painters gain confidence in themselves along with inspiration to develop their own style over the course of 30 days. Featuring colorful contemporary art from Mon Voir design agency founder and Instagram trendsetter Jenna Rainey, this book's fresh perspective paints watercolor in a whole new light.

Skies in Watercolour

Author: Ron Ranson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780007182923
Category : Skies in art
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
This best-selling title will be relaunched in September 04 with a fresh new cover design. Ron Ranson has a huge following among amateur painters and skies are a fundamental element of any landscape painting, essential in creating atmosphere. Learning how to paint impressive skies can enable artists to produce landscape paintings that are full of vitality and atmosphere. In Learn to Paint Skies in Watercolour experienced teacher Ron Ranson provides plenty of practical advice on how to achieve this. He gives guidelines on techniques, colour and aspects of composition, as well as tips on working on location and in the studio. Contents include: * guidelines on choosing materials and equipment; descriptions of basic cloud formations; simple sky exercises; advice on creating atmosphere; using a camera to provide good reference; stage-by-stage demonstration painting

Watercolor Color

Author: Ray Smith
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789432926
Category : Color in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Twelve art projects with step-by-step instructions and advice on materials, subjects, and methods.

Expressing Land, Sea, and Sky in Watercolor

Author: Rowland Hilder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823016174
Category : Landscape painting
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
How often have you wished you could instill stronger atmosphere in your paintings to evoke a strong emotional response? In this book the author shows you how.

Terry's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists

Author: Terry Harrison
Publisher: Search Press
ISBN: 9781844483358
Category : Watercolor painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Easy tips for buying and using materials, mixing colours, creating texture and correcting mistakes, as well as for painting skies, fields, trees, water, roofs, winter scenes and much more. Terry demystifies the painting process, reveals his secrets and shows how to produce perfect pictures every time.

Painting Skies

Author: Geoff Kersey
Publisher: Search Press
ISBN: 9781844481293
Category : Skies in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Geoff Kersey shares his mastery of watercolour techniques in this detailed and fascinating guide to painting skies in landscapes. Beginning with invaluable advice on sketching, using photographs, colour and mastering sky painting techniques, he goes on to demonstrate six beautiful paintings with remarkable skies. Learn how to paint a clear winter sky over a crisp snowscene, a sky reflected in water, a stormy sky, a sunset in Venice and more. Both beginners to watercolour and experienced painters will benefit from this essential guide to painting skies.

Ireland in Watercolour

Author: Terry Harrison
Publisher: Search Press
ISBN: 9781844483631
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
People who want to learn to paint without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Terry Harrison shows how to paint five beautiful Irish scenes including a crofter's cottage, cliffs, mountains and a Dublin doorway, and all the outlines are provided as pull-out tracings.

Terry Harrison's Sea and Sky in Watercolour

Author: Terry Harrison
Publisher: Search Press
ISBN: 9781844481989
Category : Landscape painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The illustrations in this book enables the painter to follow a defined sequence to achieve the desired result.