Painting in watercolor is without doubt the most popular medium for aspiring artists today and yet, behind its apparent simplicity, there are many pitfalls to snare the unwary watercolorist. The Complete Watercolor Course guides the reader through a myriad of methods, from wet-into-wet washes through to the elegance of dry-brush techniques. The book is illustrated with dozens of inspiring examples and hundreds of easily understood staged examples. The Complete Watercolor Course shows how to achieve professional results with a few simple washes to a more complex painting using glazes and additives on a range of papers giving an enormous variety of effects and finishes.
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John Raynes is a practicing artist and an experienced teacher of art to students of all levels. He has written a number of highly successful books including The Figure Drawing Workbook and Drawing and Painting People and, with these two books, is the only author to have been twice awarded the prestigious Artists' Choice Practical Art Book of the Year Award. John lives in Cornwall.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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John Raynes has authored a few books, and one of them is this one on watercolours.
There are two editions for this one. One's the hardcover published in 2004 by Collins & Brown. The other's the one I'm reviewing, a paperback published by Batsford (an imprint of Anova Books) in 2008.
This book is for the beginner watercolour artists. All the tutorials in the book are guided exercises with step-by-step pictures and instructions. It is very detailed and easy to follow.
There's an exercise on seeing and creating tones that I find to be very useful. In that exercise, several coloured boxes are stacked to create shadows, and the author goes on to demonstrate how physical form can illustrated with just tones. The exercise is really simple and is one of the most effective exercises on tones that I've seen in any instructional art book.
The first half of the book is on the techniques. It explores not just watercolour techniques like glazing and mixing colours but also some art basics like composition.
The latter half has a several lengthy projects on painting subjects, ranging from still life to landscapes to people. Everything is still step-by-step. The examples are pretty nice looking as well.
This is a helpful book. Highly recommended to watercolour beginners.
(There are more pictures of the book on my blogs. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
There are two editions for this one. One's the hardcover published in 2004 by Collins & Brown. The other's the one I'm reviewing, a paperback published by Batsford (an imprint of Anova Books) in 2008.
This book is for the beginner watercolour artists. All the tutorials in the book are guided exercises with step-by-step pictures and instructions. It is very detailed and easy to follow.
There's an exercise on seeing and creating tones that I find to be very useful. In that exercise, several coloured boxes are stacked to create shadows, and the author goes on to demonstrate how physical form can illustrated with just tones. The exercise is really simple and is one of the most effective exercises on tones that I've seen in any instructional art book.
The first half of the book is on the techniques. It explores not just watercolour techniques like glazing and mixing colours but also some art basics like composition.
The latter half has a several lengthy projects on painting subjects, ranging from still life to landscapes to people. Everything is still step-by-step. The examples are pretty nice looking as well.
This is a helpful book. Highly recommended to watercolour beginners.
(There are more pictures of the book on my blogs. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Jay Siena
Format:Hardcover
One of the finest books about this un-forgiving medium called water-colour. Simply brilliant. Purchase this book before it goes out of print.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I'm doing a watercolour course here in Dorset and while my tutor is very good I find The Complete Watercolour Course a most valuable addition to my library. From the tools which are vital to detailed examples of the many different types of watercolour techniques, this is an exhaustive and most approachable work, which I would strongly recommend to anyone embarking on a watercolour course or starting out on their own.
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