Complete Book of Watercolours in a Weekend
Published on 27. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7153-2882-8 (ISBN)
Description
The unique and enduringly popular 'weekend' formula allows eager beginners to build skills gradually and produce an attractive, frameable painting in a weekend.Materials and basic technique sections are designed to provide a fast grounding in the skills required for painting watercolour landscapes.Budding artists can then tackle nine short landscape-painting courses: each starts with practise exercises to be completed on Saturday ready to complete the full painting on Sunday.Clear instruction accompanies step-by-step photographs throughout, and technical information is given in handy special feature boxes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Newton Abbot
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7153-2882-8 (9780715328828)
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Persons
Hazel Harrison is an accomplished art-instruction writer with many books to her credit. She lives in Hayfield, Derbyshire. Frank Halliday runs landscape painting courses from his home and demonstrates to art societies throughout England. He lives in Felthorpe, Norfolk.
Content
Introduction; Materials; Basic techniques; WEEKEND PROJECTS; 1 Land and sky; 2 Land and water; 3 Moutains and lakes; 4 Reflections in the landscape; 5 Trees and foliage; 6 Flowers; 7 Buildings and textures; 8 Winter landscapes; 9 Summer landscapes; Index.