Watercolor Essentials

Author	Birgit O'Connor
Binding	Hardback with DVD
Dimensions	279 x 216
No. of Pages	128
Imprint	F+W
ISBN/EAN	9781600610943

£26.35

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Everything you need to know to make magic with watercolour!Features 80+ lessons, exercises and demonstrations, including live instruction on the enclosed DVDWatercolour moves like no other medium. Just add water, and the pigment takes on a life of its own. This book makes learning to paint equally dynamic, with page after page of step-by-step demonstrations, plus more than 40 lessons on the companion DVD.Get off to a happy start with basics such as laying a wash, applying a glaze and keeping whites white. Expand your skills and discover new ways to express yourself with advanced techniques, including special effects using salt, rubber cement and foil. From selecting and caring for your brushes to secrets for painting big, bold, beautiful shadows, Watercolour Essentials contains everything you need to paint with confidence.33 exercises, from foundational skills to advanced techniques for painting clouds, rock textures, moonlit water and more7 start-to-finish demonstrations take you through the process of painting a variety of subjects, including atmospheric landscapes, waterscapes and flowers70-minute DVD puts it all into action, so you can see how the paint is applied and reacts on the paper