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David Bellamy's Watercolour Landscape Course

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins UK
Year
2004
ISBN
0007163894, 9780007163892
Open Library ID
OL7262866M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (27811799 bytes)
Pages
148\148
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

In this section you are introduced to the basic techniques of watercolour painting. At this stage you willbe carefully quided along the way, while you become familiar with your materials. The essentials groundwork is covered here, including such topics as application of paint, mixing colours, using tone to maximum effect and building up a painting gradually. The importance of keeping your painting methods simple is stressed and you are also shown compositional techniques which, if applied as demonstrated, will add power and appeal to your work. By the time you have completed all the exercises in this section your work should be starting to show definite signs of improvement. For greatest benefit, try to put aside regular time for doinmg the exercises. Dont despair if you do not progress as fast as you would like you can always redo some of the exercises to ensure that you are confident enough to proceed to the next section. Nobody finds painting easy, so you will not be alone!

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