Painting with Watercolour

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Watercolours are the first choice for many painters, but few master the full potential of the medium. This book encourages you to be bold and colourful. Written by an internationally respected artist and teacher, it offers practical ways of working with watercolours, and shares ideas and thoughts that can make your painting methods more exciting and adventurous. With over 180 illustrations, it is a beautiful book that will be invaluable for both new and experienced painters alike.

AUTHOR:
David Howell is a professional painter who also regularly teaches, and is a past president of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. His paintings are primarily of landscape and marine subjects; they capture atmosphere and a sense of time and place, in locations as diverse as North Yorkshire or Arabia. He has also written Painting with Oils for Crowood.

SELLING POINTS:
• A beautiful and inspirational guide to mastering watercolours and painting bold and exciting pictures that capture the beauty of a figurative scene.
• Will be of great interest to all artists, in particular watercolourists, and also holiday painters and cruise ship passengers.
• Gives advice on materials and equipment; the importance of drawing and sketching; composition, shape and perspective; colour and tones and so much more.
• Beautifully illustrated with 180 colour illustrations.
• David Howell is an internationally respected artist and teacher and past president of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

180 colour illustrations

ISBN: 9781785002304
Author: HOWELL, DAVID
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/06/2017
RRP: $52.99
Pages: 128
Dimension: 280mm X 220mm
Imprint: Crowood Press