Create Dramatic Coastal Scenes in Watercolor: How to Inject Light, Life and Character Into Your Maritime Paintings

From the pounding surf to the interior of a fisherman's hut, coastal scenes provide infinite inspiration and drama for beginning and advanced artists. In Create Dramatic Coastal Scenes in Watercolor, award-winning artist Carlton Plummer teaches artists how to capture the elements of the coast to make a dynamic watercolor. Readers will learn how to utilize the keys to drama--lighting, scale, value patterns, color, and more--so they can add intensity to their paintings. Plummer also shows how to use technical and intuitive thinking when portraying subjects, and how to accurately paint tidal pools and the surf, lobstermen and clam diggers, and other elements of coastal life.

Carlton Plummer, AWS, has been a professional artist in oils and water media since 1960. His work is included in permanent corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. A multi-award winning artist and veteran of 200 painting workshops, Plummer currently maintains studios in East Boothbay, Maine; Chelmsford, Massachusetts; and Tequesta, Florida.