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Hazel Soan is a well-known and popular artist and an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher. In The Essence of Watercolour Hazel shows how wonderfully versatile and beguiling the medium of watercolour is and how to get the most out of it. Hazel stresses how important it is to understand the characteristics of the medium in order to exploit it to the full. She encourages the reader to explore the properties of watercolour and to be unafraid of strength of colour and brushstroke. Hazel shows through demonstration and projects that tone is king in watercolour and illustrates how to paint light with the use of shade. Armed with this understanding she demonstrates that watercolour is not such an unforgiving medium after all: accidents and mistakes can be disguised, overridden and corrected. The Essence of Watercolour is a culmination of many years of Hazel's teaching and demonstrating, in which she offers inspirational insights into the secrets of watercolour painting and encourages artists to take their art to the next level.
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Hazel Soan is a popular and successful artist who divides her time between London and Cape Town, exhibiting her work widely. She has her own gallery in Fulham, London. She is author of seven bestselling books for HarperCollins and has made several successful DVDs. She was one of the art experts in the popular Channel 4 TV series Watercolour Challenge.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having spent most of my life working in watercolours, I wanted to develop the media in more depth and this book is absolutely superb for this....I didn't need the average watercolour book that gives you the basic level of techniques but wanted to get deeper into the use of them. It covers the use of your brush - holding it loosely; transparent v opaque; laying the paint; building the tones - something I find scary/hard; using the white of the paper; with 'Explore!' pages at the end of each chapter and the most awesome watercolours that could make you want to give up painting for ever but don't as they are so exciting; to know that I can get to that level...maybe!!!!!
So; if you want a jolly good watercolour book this is a must...THANK YOU Hazel Soan your work is an inspiration to us all!!!! Sarah Orchard UK
So; if you want a jolly good watercolour book this is a must...THANK YOU Hazel Soan your work is an inspiration to us all!!!! Sarah Orchard UK
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Written in easy to follow brief paragraphs, I cannot rate this book highly enough. Hazel's use of colours is just amazing, and makes anyone who has tended to use earth colours really sit up and take notice.
I think anyone, from beginner to pro could learn lots from this book. I'm sure I will.
The book is worth it just for Hazels paintings, but offers so much more for anyone willing to take the time.
I think anyone, from beginner to pro could learn lots from this book. I'm sure I will.
The book is worth it just for Hazels paintings, but offers so much more for anyone willing to take the time.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Taught me more in an hour about the characteristics of watercolour than I had learnt in 10 years of struggle. The section on the difference between transparent, semi-opaque and opaque watercolours is particularly useful.
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picture book
Very disappointing. Nothing new. Some instructions, but not really very well explained. The best picture is the one on the cover of the book.
Published 6 days ago by Simonne Mason
Its different !!
An amazing book which unlike most others I've read, instead of giving step by step demo's, talks about how to get the most out of water and colors with minimum of brush-strokes... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sandesh
great
this s of a great help to my students and i we can now get a great insight into how we could be going wrong and ihow to rectify it
Published 5 months ago by jojo
Watercolour Inspirations
Hazel Soan is an inspirational watercolourist,so well worth learning from.
Her examples are well presented and her process is easy to follow. Read more
Her examples are well presented and her process is easy to follow. Read more
Published 5 months ago by V. Edge
The Essence of Watercolour
I recently came across Hazel Soan in an article in 'The Artist' and being unaware of the impressionistic qualities of watercolour I purchased her book to learn more. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Howdoo
Not up to Hazel Soans usual standards
This book is not one of Hazels best. I have all her others, and her dvds. In this book I think she overdoes the waxing lyrical about how much she loves painting and how wonderful... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Manbythebridge
Beautiful and inspiring book
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Published 8 months ago by Parka
Learning watercolour
Hazel Soan is one of my favourite watercolour artists and her usual generosity shines through this latest book. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. A. Galloway
The Essence of Watercolour
This book is informative and exactly the book I required. I do not think I would have appreciated it as much had I been a total novice at watercolour; however, for me it is a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Grandma
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