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Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding!
Watercolor's vivid colors and fresh, direct brush strokes make it the most exciting way to paint. "But," you think, "Learning to paint must be hard and frustrating." Not with Cathy Johnson as your teacher! Here, she makes learning to paint in watercolor fun. Even easy!
With "Painting Watercolors," you'll learn to paint by picking up a brush and painting - not by reading about a bunch of confusing theories.
Cathy tells you everything you need to begin - including:
Which tools and materials you should buy to get off to a good, affordable start
When, what, even where to paint
Explanations of watercolor terms (such as "washes" and "puddles")
Easy and useful painting tricks - such as glazing and drybrush.
Exercises help you loosen up and learn the ins and outs of putting paint on paper. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions show you how to paint water, believable skies, a variety of trees in different seasons and other popular elements. Plus, a dozen demonstrations show you how paintings come together, from initial sketch to final brushstrokes.
With Cathy's help, you can start painting right away.
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This review is from: Painting Watercolors (First Steps) (Paperback)
An absolutely excellent book which even for those of us who are 'accomplished' artists, can enjoy. Cathy Johnson's book offers a wide range of helpful hints and sound advice.
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4.9 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews) 103 of 106 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book!,
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This review is from: Painting Watercolors (First Steps) (Paperback)
A great book for the person who wants to try a new medium, or begin painting for the first time. Cathy Johnson's step by step instructional demos and great sense of humor make you want to get in there and just do it. The instructions are VERY clear and easy to understand--she never assumes you know what any given painting term means.
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent For Beginners,
By Ganapathy Subramaniam - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Watercolors (First Steps) (Paperback)
Of all the books out there on Beginning watercolors, this one ought to stand among the top.
This is a no-nonsense, direct, practial and applicable book. Cathy Johnson, has covered a wide range of topics in a concise and apt manner that makes the most sense for the beginning watercolorist. Here is what is covered in the book. MATERIALS Papers, Brushes, Palettes etc. are covered enough to get started. THEORY Colors, Values, Composition are briefly discussed, again enough to get going. EXERCISES This is a beautiful part of the book, some of the exercises are : Round brush Exercise, Flat brush, fan brush etc.. Some of them introduces to different materials tools such as palette knife. And there are a few interesting ones, which she calls "fear conquering" exercises. these are beautiful and essential, particularly useful to learn and understand watercolor. In these exercises she explores 'happy accidents' which is the key to successful watercolor. TECHNIQUE Various techniques are covered next such as Flat wash, graded wash , wet-on-wet,dry, wet on dry, and the Glazes. SPECIFIC SUBJECTS After the essential techniques are introduced, and one is familiar with how to use the tools and paint, we next move to specifics. A variety of subjects are covered, and the color palette is discussed along as these are taken up one by one. Trees, foliage, grass, skies, water, surfing, falling water, snow, mountain, cliff, rocks, buildings, flowers, fruits, animals, and common things are some of the subjects that are dealt with. DEMONSTRATIONS The book concludes with a series of demonstrations of landscape and still life, such as Farm scene, boat scene, etc. wich are step by step, and applies the material covered so far in the book. This is the point when the learner can slowly take to his/her own wings and start creating their own paintings. There is one particular demo where the same scenery is painted using different palettes to create different seasons. Overall, this is a very crisp and effective introduction to watercolors. 44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
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What I was looking for,
By edward filek - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Watercolors (First Steps) (Paperback)
I do not have an extensive art background. Without becoming arcane, the author gives sufficient knowledge and support TO GET YOU GOING. This is the right book for someone who wants to try watercolor but lacks the art background and/or the creative support one would get from an instructor.
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