Watercolor Painting for Dummies by Colette Pitcher (2008, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Colette Pitcher
Language:	English
Publisher:	For Dummies
Series:	For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0470182318
ISBN-13:	9780470182314

Size
Length:	294 pages
Height:	10 in
Width:	8 in
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	34.9 oz

Publisher's Note
Enhanced by more than two hundred full-color illustrations, a comprehensive guide to watercolor painting offers a simple, step-by-step approach to teach aspiring artists how to master the watercolor medium, covering everything from selecting the right supplies to mastering the techniques of painting still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and more. Original.

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.