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101 techniques : watercolor
by Inc Barron's Educational Series
Presents exercises with color illustrations, instructions, and difficulty levels in order to practice different techniques used for watercolor paintings
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15 Minute Art : Watercolour
by Jola Sopek
From fruits and fish to flowers, animals and patterns, illustrator Jola Sopek encourages you to explore this popular craft in a relaxing, free and fun way. Each project can be completed in no more than six steps and includes practice pages, colour swatches and helpful hints to make light work of your artworks. Featuring traceable templates of all 50 projects, this book will helps you to get over the fear of the blank page and proves that watercolour painting doesn't have to be intimidating.
An engaging and inspiring hobby, 15-minute Art Watercolour inspires you to tap into your creativity for just a few minutes every day.
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Artful watercolor : learning to use the secrets of light
by Lou Bonamarte
Goes beyond traditional instruction to counsel developing artists on the timing and purpose of specific watercolor techniques, detailing the best uses of light and shadow, color values, exploring expressions of conflict and more.
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Botanical illustration course / : With the Eden Project
by Rosie Martin
Packed with practical information for illustrators of various abilities, this guide covers a range of subjects, from beautiful orchids and irises to complex forms, such as pineapples and artichokes - including chapters on drawing white flowers and illustrating roots. It guides the reader through basic drawing techniques.
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Breaking the rules of watercolour
by Shirley Trevena
Guides readers through some of the author's own paintings, sharing tips and explaining her decisions and techniques
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Complete book of watercolours in a weekend
by Hazel Harrison
This book teaches total beginners how to paint a complete picture in just one weekend. The featured projects combine to form a complete beginner's art course.
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Creating textures in pen & ink with watercolor
by Claudia Nice
Shows how to use fine lines, brushstrokes, dots, and a mixture of techniques and mediums to create such textures as ocean waves, wood grain, animal hair, driftwood, and glass
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Creating textures in watercolor : a guide to painting 83 textures from grass to glass to tree bark to fur
by Cathy Johnson
Offers step-by-step instructions on how to depict fruits, vegetables, hair, fur, glass, metal, fabric, flowers, rock, wood, and rust in watercolor paintings
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David Bellamy's complete guide to watercolour painting
by David Bellamy
Provides more than 300 step-by-step photographs, instructions, and finished paintings in a comprehensive introduction to watercolor that introduces basic techniques as well as next-level methods for creating composition, perspective, and texture.
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Modern watercolor botanicals : a creative workshop in watercolor, gouache, & ink
by Sarah Simon
"Modern Watercolor Botanicals is a comprehensive guide for all skill levels-beginner to advanced-that teaches everything you need to know about watercolor using easy-to-follow diagrams, pictures, and instructions. Learn how to paint and advance your skills using pieces of beautiful, traceable artwork, including detailed wildflowers, shade tropical leaves, eucalyptus wreaths, and more"
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No experience required : watercolor
by Carol Cooper
A beginner's guide to the basics of watercoloring features an introduction to color theory, design, and composition; twenty-eight step-by-step demonstrations; a materials list; a glossary of basic art terms; and "Quick Tip" and "Words to Know" sidebars that provides instant information. Original.
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Paint Yourself Calm : Colourful, Creative Mindfulness Through Watercolour
by Jean Haines
Life has a way of throwing unexpected obstacles in our path. Your personal anxieties can build up and seem overwhelming. Help is at hand. Master artist Jean Haines leads you on a journey through paint, showing how you can wipe away your worries with the soothing and gentle movement of watercolour on paper. Meditative, peaceful and calming, watercolour painting offers relief and solace to everyone, with no judgement or goal beyond itself. This book shows you the many ways painting can calm your life, and empower you so you have control over stress or boredom.
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Painting abstract nature on canvas : a guide to creating vibrant art with watercolour and mixed media
by Jane Betteridge
"Whether you are starting your painting journey or wish to improve your skills, abstract painting is achievable and satisfying for artists. Jane Betteridge is known for her use of vibrant color and she shows you the way to combine watercolor and mixed media and achieve great results. Using watercolor, inks, pastels, and other media, this book will help you to explore the abstract world of art. The book demonstrates skills and steps to start your art work, how to avoid pitfalls, and gives you inspirational ideas to start"
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Painting close-focus flowers in watercolor
by Ann Pember
Watercolorists want to infuse their flowers with drama and intimacy. This book shows them how by capturing nature's beauty from a close-focus point of view. Easy-to-learn techniques for mingling colors and manipulating light, insights into the character of petals, designing composition and more essential information for portraying these dramatic viewpoints is included. Artists will also learn to: choose the best materials and handle them properly; mix luminous colors and avoid making mud; paint with a variety of methods, from wet-in-wet mingling to glazing; master texture and lifting techniques; understand flower forms and shapes.
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Painting greeting cards in watercolor
by Jacqueline Penney
In this delightful book, award-winning painter Jacqueline Penney presents 35+ original projects with easy-to-follow techniques for greeting cards, framed art, gifts and postcards.
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Painting successful watercolours from photographs
by Geoff Kersey
A master watercolorist counsels developing artists on how to adapt and improve photographic source material to create successful paintings, displaying reference images, color charts and preparatory sketches beside finished works. Includes illustrated glossary. Original.
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Painting With Your Artist's Brain : Learn to Paint What You See-not What You Think You See
by Carl Purcell
Improving your artwork can be as simple as learning how to trust your eyes. Painting With Your Artist's Brain shows you how to portray even the most complex subject by focusing on what you really see - not what you think you see. Expert art instructor Carl Purcell shows you how to overcome dependency on the "intellectual brain" and listen carefully to the more observant "artist's brain."
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Watercolor for the first time : a beginner's guide
by Elizabeth Horowitz
A tutorial for the beginning watercolorist seeks to demystify the art of watercolor painting and provide useful and practical information on everything from materials and setting up a workstation, to developing the senses of perspective, composition, and design.
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Watercolour Problems and Solutions : A Trouble-Shooting Handbook
by Trudy Friend
Takes a practical, problem-and-solution approach to painting a range of popular subjects, showing common mistakes and how to rectify them. This guide begins with examples and exercises before moving the reader on to the eight themed sections designed to help them in their specific area of interest.
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