Artful watercolor : learning to use the secrets of light
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Book
Title:
Artful watercolor : learning to use the secrets of light
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ISBN:
9781402754098
Publication:
New York : Sterling, [2012]
Physical Description:
224 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents:
pt. I Tools and Supplies -- pt. II Light -- Lesson 1 Light in Your Life -- Lesson 2 Planes, Angles, and Light -- Lesson 3 Skylight -- Lesson 4 Reflected Light -- Lesson 5 The Day's Light: Time and Season -- Lesson 6 The Day's Light: Weather -- Lesson 7 Indoor Light -- Lesson 8 Choosing Your Light -- pt. III Value -- Lesson 9 Value Scale -- Lesson 10 Major Value Masses -- Lesson 11 Object Values -- Lesson 12 Relative Value -- pt. IV Color -- Lesson 13 Color Wheels -- Lesson 14 The Personality of Watercolors -- Lesson 15 Mixing Colors -- Lesson 16 Relative Color -- Lesson 17 The Bonamarte Palette -- Lesson 18 My Sun-Color Theory -- pt. V Composition -- Lesson 19 The Question of Composition -- Lesson 20 Spatial Relationships -- Lesson 21 Two Kinds of Perspective -- Lesson 22 Perspective with Points -- Lesson 23 Focal Point -- Lesson 24 Eye Path -- Lesson 25 Unity, Balance, and All That Jazz.
Summary:
"Many art books offer advice on how to perform the techniques used by creative watercolorists, but this one goes farther by also explaining the "why" and "when" aspects of using these critical skills. Artful Watercolor exhaustively covers the best uses of light and shadow, color values, mixing custom colors, applying washes, and understanding shape, as well as exploring expressions of harmony and conflict, order and chaos within the composition. Numerous exercises and tips help guide readers through expressive detail work, wet/dry painting, and fixing mistakes."-- Provided by publisher.
"What makes this book special are the high caliber illustrations by an accomplished watercolorist/teacher and a text by a widely published reference author that go far beyond the typical how-to art book. In clear, step-by-step fashion, the authors explain concepts-not only "How" but "Why"--As well as the techniques of watercolor. Instead of just providing examples to imitate, this guide provides the aspiring artist with the fundamentals of light/shadow, shape, value, harmony/conflict, and order/chaos, along with exercises and assignments to make the concepts fully understood"-- Provided by publisher.
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