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Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself.
This friendly, guide gives you hands–on instruction and easy–to–follow, step–by–step exercises to help you master the basics. Filled with full–color projects and sample paintings, it shows you how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. You’ll find out how to select the best tools, materials, and supplies, practice basic brush strokes, and use the three best common techniques: flat wash, graded wash, and rough texture. Discover how to:
- Select the right brushes, pigments, and paper
- Mix colors and work with white
- Create backgrounds and foregrounds
- Transfer your drawings to watercolor
- Avoid common watercolor mistakes
- Experiment with texture using salt, sponges, plastic wrap, and more
- Find your way around the color wheel
- Practice the principles of design
- Plan compositions using thumbnails
- Work with one–point, two–point, and three–point perspective
- Paint fabrics, shiny surfaces, and organic textures
- Paint landscapes, seascapes, animals and more
Complete with strategies for improving your painting immediately and marketing and selling your work, Watercolor Painting For Dummies, is the resource you need to make your creative dreams come true.
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Filled with FULL COLOR, easy–to–complete projects and sample paintings
The fun and easy way to create beautiful works of art with watercolors
Would you love to paint with watercolors? You can! This friendly guide gives you hands–on instruction and easy–to–follow exercises to help you master the basics. You′ll see how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. And you′ll paint a variety of subjects, from animals and still lifes to landscapes and seascapes!
Select the right painting supplies
Mix colors and work with white
Create backgrounds and foregrounds
Transfer your drawings to watercolor
Avoid common painting mistakes
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Although I'm not quite a Dummy at watercolour painting, I found this book crammed full of "how to do" techniques which introduce the new water colourist to this wonderful pass time. For everyone there are useful tips and demos. As all "Dummies" books it is written in a whimsical, easy to understand way and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Good value for money.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fabulous and extremely helpful for any problems or queries you may have regarding painting in watercolour.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have had some basic training in composition, painting etc. When I decided to revive my interest in Watercolours I chose this book, because it was informative, useful and inspirational.
It's good for either dipping or reading through a technique and has lots of inspiring exercises. I can heartily recommend it.
It's good for either dipping or reading through a technique and has lots of inspiring exercises. I can heartily recommend it.
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Watercolor Painting for Dummies
Awesome book, really nice condition and so conveniant. Received book way before due date. Thank you for being so prompt !
Published 2 months ago by KScheepers
Excellent book.
This book is exactly what I needed to help me understand tha basics of watercolour painting and then leading onto more complex work. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jan Parr
Excellent book
This book is really easy to understand. Although I haven't got the paints out yet I will be doing so in a couple of weeks.
Published 10 months ago by Biddy
brilliant value for money
I have painted in acrylic,oil and pastels, but have never bothered with watercolour, so decided that at age 73 I would "give it a go", I went to evening classes and bought The... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mw R. Moore
Watercolour Painting for Dummies
A very comprehensive and detailed Manual
much more technical in approach than I
had imagined. Read more
much more technical in approach than I
had imagined. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by A. J. Davis
dummy no more
it is what it says on the front,
everything is simply explained and in plain english
a very good buy
everything is simply explained and in plain english
a very good buy
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by D. A. Beechey
Good for Beginners
I have found this book to be very comprehensive explaining things simply but in detail.
It is much better than the author's recently published "Acrylic Painting for Dummies"
It is much better than the author's recently published "Acrylic Painting for Dummies"
Published on 4 July 2009 by Mr, Roberts
Disapointing
I was looking forward to this after buying the drawing for dummies one which is brilliant. I could not have been more disappointed. Read more
Published on 20 May 2009 by Ms. L. Jones
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