Watercolour for the absolute beginner

This popular book provides all the information you need to get started in watercolour painting. Filled with clear, simple tips and over 70 step-by-step demonstrations, Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner will teach even the least confident beginners the skills and techniques needed to start painting.

In this easy-to-follow step-by-step guide, three professional artists explain all the basic watercolour techniques.

Leading television artist Alwyn Crawshaw demonstrates the basic techniques, including brushstrokes, colour mixing, and rendering distance and foreground to get you started with watercolour.

Teacher and artist Sharon Finmark explains how to paint realistic figures, covering scale and proportion, mixing convincing skin colours and depicting movement and light effectively.

Artist and teacher Trevor Waugh demonstrates techniques for painting animals: domestic, farm and wild. Starting with simple animal forms, Trevor takes you through the rudiments of 3D shapes, tones and colours and the tricks of using foreshortening in your work.

• Pages: 224
• Language: English
• Author: Alwyn Crawshaw, Sharon Finmark, Trevor Waugh
• Year: 2006
• MODEL: 9780007236060

Publisher: Collins