Product Description

Paint beautiful, inspirational watercolour angels, fairies and mermaids in ethereal settings. Author walks readers through her process, showing and describing her techniques for creating fantasy scenes full of wonder and mystery.Learn about the essential materials, including brushes, paints, paper, then move on to important techniques such as planning and sketching; figure proportions; specific characteristics of angels, fairies and mermaids, including clothing; developing backgrounds; and, finishing techniques that add an air of magic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25556 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law is a freelance artist whose work is inspired by mythology, legend and folklore, and consists of fantasy, the otherworld and the surreal. Her portfolio of published work and list of recent clients including Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering collectible card game, Forgotten Realms) and Cricket and Cicada magazines. She has a website: www.shadowscapes.com.

Customer Reviews

brilliant
I don't paint in watercolours, but I bought this anyway in the hope that there would be something in it I could use. I was not wrong. This is the best art instruction book I have bought so far, and the hand and foot tutorials really helped me nail what has up to now been a problem area for me, she doesn't go into all the itsy bitsy little bones and muscles but gives a simple demonstration using block shapes and lines which I found very easy to understand and apply to my own art. The walk-throughs are great, but it's the little side notes and tips that really make this book worth having - such as how foliage lies on a tree, how hair looks dry, wet, underwater, how clothes flow in the wind etc.
I would highly recommend this book even if you don't use watercolours, a lot of the lessons can be applied to any media.
Although I think I may give watercolours a go now....

An absolutely invaluable book!
This book has all the basics of techniques (very clearly explained), and plenty of step-by-step demonstrations. It is crammed with stunning artwork, very original, and totally inspirational! My only problem was deciding which fabulous creature to try first (the Mermaids won).

Magical book!
This is an amazing book for learning watercolours and fantasy drawing with beautiful illustrations I just want to look at all day!