Simply Watercolor : Paint Techniques that Work Every Step of the Way

by Dowden, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780823048144
• ISBN10: 0823048144
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Summary

Simply Watercolor holds the beginning artist's hand from start to finish, from selecting the right materials, to picking up a brush for the first time, to completing a simple still life or landscape. Readers will receive hands-on practice with such essential techniques as mixing paint, brushwork applications from wet-on-wet to dry brush, layering and glazing, creating special effects with razor blades erasers and sponges, and more. Close-up photos break down every paint stroke and explain essential techniques in easy, bite-size chunks. Finally, a series of demonstration tutorials takes artists step-by-step through the creation of their own paintings.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Materials	p. 8
Techniques	p. 12
Color mixing	p. 14
Washes
Flat wash	p. 18
Graded wash	p. 19
Multicolored wash	p. 20
Lost-and-found edges	p. 21
Line and wash	p. 22
Brushwork
Wet in wet	p. 24
Wet on dry	p. 25
Drybrush	p. 26
Detail	p. 27
Stippling	p. 28
Feathering	p. 29
Gouache	p. 30
Light to dark	p. 31
Letting color in	p. 32
Mottling	p. 33
Hard-and-soft edges	p. 34
Layering
Layering	p. 36
Glazing	p. 37
Wet-on-dry spatter	p. 38
Wet-in-wet spatter	p. 39
Reserving whites
Saving whites	p. 40
Masking	p. 42
Granulation
Granulation	p. 44
Special effects
Tissue	p. 46
Sponging	p. 47
Salt	p. 48
Dropping	p. 50
Sgraffito	p. 51
Ox gall liquid	p. 52
Projects	p. 54
Wild poppies	p. 56
Fruit bowl	p. 62
Cafe at noon	p. 70
Reading in the sun	p. 76
Parrot in wild thicket	p. 84
Family portrait	p. 90
Tuscan vineyard	p. 98
Sailing in Zanzibar	p. 106
Fall copse of trees	p. 112
Broad sunlit river	p. 118
Index	p. 126
Credits	p. 128
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