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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor
January 29th, 2011 by Aldouspi

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor

An anthology of Watson-Guptill’s finest watercolor instruction from recent bestselling authors. This treasure trove reviews the tools and materials of watercolor, then proceeds with the color palette, color mixing, and applied color theory. Different artists explain how to work effectively with value, form, light and shadow. 600 illustrations, 525 in full-color.

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  • Kevin Hing writes:
    January 29th, 201111:23 amat
    81 of 82 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Unveils a Fantastic World of Possibilities in Watercolor!!!, October 9, 2001
    By 
    Kevin Hing (St. Petersburg, Florida United States) –
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    This review is from: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor (Paperback)

    If my experience is typical, then most beginners watercolor havent the slightest idea what an amazing range of visual expression is possible with watercolor…even with a novice’s palette of nine colors.

    This wonderfully illustrated anthology of techniques provides both inspiration and instruction. Starting from the beginning, with tips on choosing paper, brushes, paint, and which colors to use to set up a novice, intermediate and advanced working palette, the book then moves on to cover hundreds of well-illustrated micro-lessons in watercolor techniques. These lessons are organized in sections:

    Color
    Basic Painting Techniques
    Textures & Special Effects
    Collaging & Other Unusual Techniques
    Artistic Principles
    Perspective
    Landscape Painting
    Figure Painting
    Flowers

    Each section has 15 – 30 lessons, each of which is illustrated with color photographs and good text instruction, and often with a series of photographs to show how the artist progresses to achieve the desired effect.

    This book shows there is a wide array of special techniques and effects that can be achieved in watercolor that you could never dream of in acrylic or even oil.

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  • Stephanie Manley writes:
    January 29th, 201111:39 amat
    51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    If I could have only one watercolor book, I’d want this one!, December 6, 2001
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor (Paperback)

    A collection of how-to-do-it articles by many famous watercolorists. What makes this book special is the wide spectrum of approaches, from the traditional to the experimental. It’s got everything from selecting material and preparing paper, theory and practice of color (selecting, mixing, schemes), basic painting techniques, collaging and less traditional techniques, artisitic principles (value, composition),perspective, and painting of textures, landscapes, figues, flowers, and special effects. Great for beginners and more experienced painters. It’s simply the best, most comprehensive, watercolor book.

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  • Anonymous writes:
    January 29th, 201112:03 pmat
    47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Wondeful book for beginers, January 30, 2003
    By 
    Stephanie Manley (Houston, TX) –
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    This review is from: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor (Paperback)

    My experience with water colors is not broad. In fact, I just picked up painting with water colors. I found this book to cover most everything I needed to know. The book discusses paints, paint quality, demystifies the selection of paper, and spends a good deal of time on technique. The book also has tons of exercises to help you better your skill. The projects are interesting too. I liked that they used a variety of authors to discuss things, as different people have new perspectives and experiences to share.

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