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"Paint Watercolors That Dance with Light" is a collection of the best tricks and techniques used by artist Elizabeth Kincaid to create breathtaking paintings filled with light and contrast.By following her advice, you'll master each individual step of the painting process to capture the brilliant glow of light and colour found through nature.With her as your guide, you'll learn to paint luminious flowers and light-drenched landscapes by: layering transparent watercolour for glowing colours; protecting the crisp, bright white of the paper with masking materials; creating wonderful compositions with colour, light, shadow, line and form; using your eyes to fully see as an artist; and, correcting your mistakes to save a flawed painting.
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Elizabeth Kincaid teaches and paints in her home studio in Soquel, California near Monterey Bay. Her paintings have appeared in Splash 6, Splash 7 and Splash 8. She exhibits her work in galleries and solo exhibitions.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Elizabeth Kincaid's book Paint Watercolors That Dance with Light" has a few strong points: a clear explanation of general rules applied in watercolour painting (design, colour theory, glazing rules, properties of paint and water), beautiful photos of the author's works, lucid structure and good descriptive language.
However, the author only offers 3 (three) step-by-step presentations (one of which is partial, two are complete). The above mentioned, nicely compiled rules, are only illustrated with finished paintings. Elizabeth explains the theory and presents the outcome without showing how it can be achieved. In this way she actually advertises her paintings instead of actually teaching how to paint. I am not a complete beginner, but, still, I think the book keeps most of the mystery to itself.
I decided to buy this book because I wanted to achieve good light effects in my watercolours.
I learned that I should glaze unmixed colours on one another, I was generally instructed on how to apply colours and how to avoid problems with water, but I couldn't actually practise the effect of light in numerous exercises.
In this way the title of the book is misleading.
However, the author only offers 3 (three) step-by-step presentations (one of which is partial, two are complete). The above mentioned, nicely compiled rules, are only illustrated with finished paintings. Elizabeth explains the theory and presents the outcome without showing how it can be achieved. In this way she actually advertises her paintings instead of actually teaching how to paint. I am not a complete beginner, but, still, I think the book keeps most of the mystery to itself.
I decided to buy this book because I wanted to achieve good light effects in my watercolours.
I learned that I should glaze unmixed colours on one another, I was generally instructed on how to apply colours and how to avoid problems with water, but I couldn't actually practise the effect of light in numerous exercises.
In this way the title of the book is misleading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A lovely book, full of interest, ideal for the study of transparent watercolour. To read and reread.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Its a good book and worth having on the shelf with your other art books.
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