Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner Reviews

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• $11.58 from Amazon.com

• More than 70 simple step-by-step demonstrations
• Teaching expertise of three well-known professional artists
• TV Artist Alwyn Crawshaw introduces the reader to basic techniques including:
  • brush strokes
  • color mixing
  • making objects look 3-D
  • depicting distance and foreground
  • painting simple buildings
  • painting fruit, vegetables, flowers, skies, trees, landscapes and coastlines

• Lecturer and writer Sharon Finmark explains how you can paint realistic figures, covering:
  • scale and proportion
  • mixing convincing skin colors
  • painting from photographs
  • painting single figures and people in groups
  • depicting movement and light

• Popular painter and author Trevor Waugh demonstrates techniques for painting domestic, farmyard and wild animals.  Starting with simple shapes, Trevor takes you through the rudiments of:
  • 3-D shapes
  • tone and color
  • texture and pattern
  • individual animal features
  • movement
  • foreshortening

• Simple step-by step exercises throughout show you how to combine all these elements to complete a watercolor painting to be proud of.

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