Fill Your Watercolors With Light and Color

If you've always wanted to make your watercolors sparkle with light--this book will show you how. Roland Roycraft takes you step by step through his unusual watercolor painting technique of pouring paint. You'll see first-hand how to use his special masking and pouring techniques to give a glowing quality to your work. You'll learn how to capture the sparkle of light on snow . . . the gentle glow of the sky dawn and sunset . . . and the way light shines on and through water. This pouring technique is a new way to use glazing to capture dozens of subtle color variations across an area -- the gradations of blue in water, and the various blues and grays found in the sky. Because pouring causes the color to tint rather than cover the paper, your colors remain brilliant even after as many as ten to fifteen layers have been poured. You'll learn how to use masking to allow you more freedom in applying colors. Masking also allows you to work from dark to light -- the reverse of the usual procedure. Whether you're a beginning artist or an experienced painter who wants to explore new techniques, this book will give you inspiration and insight into the art of watercolor.

Roland Roycraft spent 35 years as a commercial artist and art director with work appearing in national publications such as Saturday Evening Post, Life and Look. He is the author of the best-selling Fill Your Watercolors with Light and Color and teaches popular watercolor workshops throughout the United States.