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Ray Campbell Smith shows how to capture the freshness and beauty of watercolours and a wonderful range of buildings in his own distinctive style. He explains all his techniques clearly, from the initial planning and composition of a picture, to choosing colours, applying washes and portraying the different effects of age and weathering.
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Ray Campbell Smith FRSA, FBSP, BWS is a well-respected and well-known professional artist, author, tutor and lecturor. He demonstrates regularly to students, art groups and societies, and has written several successful art instruction books. He regularly contributes articles to leading art magazines and his work is featured in collections all over the world. Ray lives in Kent.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Beautiful book with practical advice. The author demonstrates his wonderful pictures and explains how they were made. He describes techniques, relates what colours he used, and singles out details. You can see what he does to paint weathered brickwork, old colour washed wall, signs of rising damp. Next to many picture there is a list of colours used and an explanation of how they were applied and why. Step by step demonstrations at the end of the book provided great results.
Captions to many pictures describe colours in detail. For example: "... cumulus sky went in first, with washes of pale raw sienna for the lower sky; French ultramarine and light red for the cloud shadows, and Winsor blue and French ultramarine for the blue sky. I let these washes blend softly but retained some hard edges. The sunlit brickwork and tiles were various pale blends of light red and burnt sienna, with touches of ....". And it goes on to describe all the other colours and methods, so the explanations are thourough.
Captions to many pictures describe colours in detail. For example: "... cumulus sky went in first, with washes of pale raw sienna for the lower sky; French ultramarine and light red for the cloud shadows, and Winsor blue and French ultramarine for the blue sky. I let these washes blend softly but retained some hard edges. The sunlit brickwork and tiles were various pale blends of light red and burnt sienna, with touches of ....". And it goes on to describe all the other colours and methods, so the explanations are thourough.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a beginner but found this book very easy to follow.The instructional pictures are easy to follow and I'm quite proud of my first efforts...recommended
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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a good all round book,not many pages though and could easily have left out intro,paints,paper etc etc which you expect to find in beginners books,many examples are copies from his other books.still good value though with building details etc well explained and demonstrated.
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