Complete Guide to Watercolor Painting

by Whitney, Edgar A.

• ISBN13: 9780486417424
• ISBN10: 0486417425
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-23
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Comprehensive, popular guide by renowned artist and teacher presents a full course of watercolor painting, from basics to creating landscapes; painting portraits and figures; drawing; following design principles; and matting, framing, and selling completed works. Two full-color sections show how to create 7 of the author's watercolors. 37 color illustrations, over 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(3)
Tools for Watercolor	12	(7)
The Virtues of Watercolor	12	(1)
Watercolor's Nature	12	(1)
The Tools	13	(1)
Paper and Colors	13	(1)
Stretching Paper	14	(1)
Cold Press Paper	14	(1)
Smooth Paper	14	(1)
Palette	15	(1)
Brushes	15	(1)
Color Palette	16	(1)
Water Can	16	(1)
Knife	16	(1)
Other Tools	17	(1)
Carrying the Tools	18	(1)
The Drills	19	(7)
Flat Wash on Dry Paper	19	(1)
Flat Wash on Wet Paper	20	(1)
Graded Wash on Dry Paper	20	(1)
Granulated Wash	20	(1)
The ``Lift''	20	(1)
Wet in Wet Diffusions	21	(1)
Color Drill	21	(5)
Painting the Picture	26	(29)
The Creative Concept	26	(1)
Emotional Involvement	27	(1)
Being Selective	27	(1)
Subject Matter	27	(1)
Symbols	28	(1)
Significant Design	28	(1)
Shapes	28	(1)
Patterns	29	(3)
Six Pattern Schemes	32	(2)
Contriving the Design	34	(1)
The Small Rough	34	(1)
Designing with A Large Brush	34	(1)
``Seeing'' A Valid Design	35	(1)
Designing With the Pencil	35	(1)
Notated Sketches	35	(2)
Quickies	37	(1)
Choosing the Technique	38	(1)
Organizing Your Picture	38	(1)
Expression in Lowest Possible Terms	38	(1)
Restricting Your Values	39	(1)
Seeing Value Differences	39	(1)
Best Value Sequence	39	(1)
``Keying''	39	(1)
Visual Strength of White	40	(1)
Mix Color on the Paper	40	(1)
Watercolor Methods	41	(1)
Wetting the Paper	41	(1)
Keeping the Paper Wet	42	(1)
Re-Wetting	42	(1)
Drying	43	(1)
Dry Brush	43	(1)
Corrections	43	(1)
Reclaiming Lost Whites	44	(1)
Using Unsuccessful Paintings	44	(1)
Demonstration Paintings	45	(10)
Landscape Painting	55	(22)
Sun on Paper?	55	(1)
Trees	55	(2)
Wood Interior	57	(2)
Birches	59	(1)
Sand Dunes	59	(1)
Moonlight	59	(1)
The Ocean	60	(1)
Surf	60	(1)
Rocks	61	(1)
Snow	61	(1)
Reflections in Water	61	(1)
Skies	62	(1)
Clouds	63	(2)
Fog	65	(1)
Outdoor Light	65	(1)
Gray Days	65	(1)
Interiors	65	(1)
Other Laws of Three Dimensions	66	(1)
Design Character	67	(1)
Gradation	67	(1)
Foregrounds	68	(1)
Related Figures	68	(1)
Edges	68	(1)
Demonstration Paintings	69	(8)
Figure and Portrait Painting	77	(10)
Freshness Essential	77	(2)
The ``Puddle'' Method	79	(1)
Dry Method A	79	(1)
Dry Method B	79	(1)
Dry Method C	80	(1)
Dry Method D	80	(1)
Wet Method A	81	(2)
Wet Method B	83	(1)
Backgrounds	84	(1)
Seeing Your Model	84	(2)
Using the Laws of Light	86	(1)
Painting Means Work	86	(1)
Principles of Design	87	(27)
Unity	89	(1)
Conflict	90	(1)
Dominance	91	(1)
Repetition	91	(2)
Alternation	93	(1)
Balance	93	(1)
Harmony	94	(1)
Gradation	95	(1)
A Necessary Tool	96	(1)
Eight Words: Design Principles	96	(1)
Fifteen Words: Principles and Elements of Design	96	(1)
Paintings in Color	97	(17)
Elements of Design	114	(10)
Line	114	(1)
Value	114	(2)
Color	116	(1)
Hue	117	(1)
Value	117	(1)
Intensity	117	(1)
Monochromatic Harmony	118	(1)
Complementary Harmony	118	(1)
Analogous Harmony	118	(1)
Split Complementary	118	(1)
Triadic Harmony	118	(1)
Texture	119	(1)
Shape	119	(1)
Size	119	(1)
Direction	120	(1)
Using These Elements	120	(1)
Both Artist and Critic	121	(3)
Drawing	124	(14)
Drawing is the Foundation	124	(1)
Understanding the Figure	125	(1)
Using Principles	125	(1)
Drawing Everywhere	126	(1)
Vary Your Drawings	126	(1)
Vary Your Tools	127	(1)
Seeing Volume	128	(1)
Vary the Lines	129	(1)
Drawing with all the Senses	129	(1)
Contour Drawing	129	(1)
Gesture Drawing	130	(2)
The Experience	132	(1)
Study the Lighting	132	(2)
Cast Shadows	134	(1)
Drapery	134	(1)
Solid Forms	135	(1)
Shade and Shadow	135	(1)
Perspective	135	(1)
Local Color Value	135	(1)
Freshness	135	(1)
Structure	136	(1)
Draughtsman's Miscellany	136	(1)
Be Bold	137	(1)
Draw Continuously	137	(1)
Matting, Framing, and Selling	138	(3)
Matting	138	(1)
Framing	139	(1)
Pricing	139	(2)
A Craft Philosophy and Art Today	141	(4)
Your Emotions	141	(1)
A Craft Philosophy	142	(1)
Painting Today	142	(2)
What is Art?	144	(1)
Color Demonstrations	145	(16)
Notes	161	(7)
Conclusion	168	(2)
Epilogue	170	(1)
Bibliography	171	(2)
Index	173