Light and Shade in Watercolour (Collins Learn to Paint) - Softcover

Soan, Hazel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007248946 ISBN 13: 9780007248940

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

All painters want to know how to portray light successfully in order to create atmospheric and dramatic effects. Using techniques and tricks specific to watercolors, this innovative resource demonstrates how to create highlights and use color to shape a work’s mood and atmosphere. Invaluable guidelines are provided for beginners to enable them to paint watercolors that are vibrant and full of life and light. With clear instructions, helpful illustrations, and several step-by-step demonstration paintings, this is the only resource novice painters will need to paint luscious, light-filled watercolors.

About this title

About the Author:

Hazel Soan is an internationally renowned artist. She is the author of seven books on painting, including 10-Minute Watercolours, The Secrets of Watercolour Success, and Vibrant Watercolours.

Review:

'Every page is a delight and filled with ideas, instruction and information.' Artists' Coice Book Club 'As ever, Hazel's text is easy to follow, and illustrated with a wide range of studies and paintings for inspiration. This book will help readers to see light through an artist's eye, and thereby allow them to create paintings with a greater sense of life and energy.' Leisure Painter 'An excellent little guide that packs in more than many much bigger books,' The Artist

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0007248946
• ISBN 13: 9780007248940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64