Watercolor Painting For Dummies Date: 28 April 2011, 11:05
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Product Description Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself. This friendly, guide gives you hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow, step-by-step exercises to help you master the basics. Filled with full-color projects and sample paintings, it shows you how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. You’ll find out how to select the best tools, materials, and supplies, practice basic brush strokes, and use the three best common techniques: flat wash, graded wash, and rough texture. Discover how to: * Select the right brushes, pigments, and paper * Mix colors and work with white * Create backgrounds and foregrounds * Transfer your drawings to watercolor * Avoid common watercolor mistakes * Experiment with texture using salt, sponges, plastic wrap, and more * Find your way around the color wheel * Practice the principles of design * Plan compositions using thumbnails * Work with one-point, two-point, and three-point perspective * Paint fabrics, shiny surfaces, and organic textures * Paint landscapes, seascapes, animals and more Complete with strategies for improving your painting immediately and marketing and selling your work, Watercolor Painting For Dummies, is the resource you need to make your creative dreams come true. From the Back Cover Filled with FULL COLOR, easy-to-complete projects and sample paintings The fun and easy way to create beautiful works of art with watercolors Would you love to paint with watercolors? You can! This friendly guide gives you hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow exercises to help you master the basics. You'll see how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. And you'll paint a variety of subjects, from animals and still lifes to landscapes and seascapes! * Select the right painting supplies * Mix colors and work with white * Create backgrounds and foregrounds * Transfer your drawings to watercolor * Avoid common painting mistakes
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