
Winning with Watercolour
Trevor Waugh(Author)
Collins (Publisher)
Published on 6. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-00-721690-1 (ISBN)
Description
This best-selling guide to watercolour painting is relaunched in paperback in February 2006, with a fresh new cover design. In this superbly illustrated and practical book, Trevor Waugh shows how to interpret and develop atmospheric watercolours.
Colour and light provide the key to creating paintings that are exciting and full of atmosphere, and Trevor Waugh focuses on these important aspects throughout the book. He also teaches how to use bold brushwork, transparent washes and, most importantly, colourful lights and darks.
Winning With Watercolour includes the following features:
* Winning tips - helpful checklists and hints on painting successful watercolours
* Step-by-step demonstrations - detailed staged paintings of varied subjects
* Exercises - practical instruction in every chapter
* Watercolour techniques - essential guidelines on key topics
* Popular subjects - landscapes, flowers, figures and animals in a setting
The practical instruction and winning tips make this the perfect guide for the practised beginner wishing to move onto the next level of watercolour painting.
Colour and light provide the key to creating paintings that are exciting and full of atmosphere, and Trevor Waugh focuses on these important aspects throughout the book. He also teaches how to use bold brushwork, transparent washes and, most importantly, colourful lights and darks.
Winning With Watercolour includes the following features:
* Winning tips - helpful checklists and hints on painting successful watercolours
* Step-by-step demonstrations - detailed staged paintings of varied subjects
* Exercises - practical instruction in every chapter
* Watercolour techniques - essential guidelines on key topics
* Popular subjects - landscapes, flowers, figures and animals in a setting
The practical instruction and winning tips make this the perfect guide for the practised beginner wishing to move onto the next level of watercolour painting.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 265 mm
Width: 192 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-721690-1 (9780007216901)
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Person
Trevor Waugh is a popular painter who runs very successful workshops and painting holidays. He is a demonstrator for Daler-Rowney and author of two other painting books, Collins You Can Paint Flowers in Watercolour and Collins You Can Paint Animals. His work is also well known in the form of greeting cards and prints.