The Art of Watercolor Painting: Thomas Needham, Roland Pratt, Helen Tse, Deb Watson, Nancy Wylie. master techniques for creating stunning works of art in watercolor /

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Tools & Materials -- Watercolor Techniques -- Color Theory -- Stretching Your Own Paper -- ch. 1 Beginning Watercolor with Nancy Wylie -- Exploring Color -- Developing Landscapes -- Working with Perspective -- Rendering Snow -- Painting Wet-into-Wet -- Taking Artistic License -- ch. 2 Seascapes & Sunsets with Thomas Needham -- Seascape Elements & Techniques -- Sunset Techniques -- Exploiting the Sunlight -- Adding Shadows -- Rendering the Coastline -- Painting from Imagination -- Painting in Sections -- ch. 3 Landscapes with Ronald Pratt -- Injecting Color -- Creating Soft & Hard Edges -- Adding Elements -- Conveying Depth -- Painting Buildings -- Depicting Water -- Evoking Mood -- Capturing Reflections -- ch. 4 Animals with Deb Watson -- Blue Jay -- Bunny -- Deer in Snow -- Kitten -- ch. 5 Chinese Brush with Helen Tse -- Tools & Materials -- Basic Techniques -- Warming Up -- Sunflower & Ladybug -- Mountains & Clouds -- Enhancing a Painting.

Contents note continued: Goldfish -- Lotus & Dragonfly -- Peach Blossoms & Fisherman -- Pavilion Landscape.

This book offers a fresh take on a beloved classic art medium. This how-to-paint book opens with a thorough introduction to the essential watercolor tools and materials artists need to get started, including paintbrushes, watercolor paints, sketchbooks, papers, and supports. Next, readers will learn about the fundamentals of watercolor, as well as a variety of painting techniques, including creating washes, mixing colors, preserving the white of the paper, painting soft blends, rendering realistic reflections, and working wet into wet, among others. Following this helpful introduction, four expert watercolorists show artists how to put their painting skills to use through simple step-by-step lessons, starting with initial sketches and culminating in final works of art. With subject matter that ranges from the whimsical to the traditional, including flowers, fairies, oceans, birds, and horses, this book features projects to suit artists of all tastes and skill levels.