Product Description

This is a unique artist's reference offering easy-to-follow, ingenious ideas and techniques for painting 50 popular landscapes in watercolour.The 50 landscapes range from a gentle flower-filled meadow and hazy summer mountains, to a dramatic cliff scene and a rippling stream in sunshine.Each landscape is explored within a hardworking spread through exercises, step-by-step sequences and easy-to-follow instructions; master the principle and technique, and finish with the watercolour painting exercise.The comprehensive introductory section covering basic materials, techniques and colours makes this an indispensable reference for all artists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24006 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Joe Francis Dowden is a well-known artist, tutor and author specialising in realism in watercolour. He writes for A&I and Painting World magazines and Paint magazine (distributed to 32,000 members of the SAA). Joe's work has appeared in several partworks, DVDs and on TV, including a demonstration of landscape painting in situ on BBC's UK Style channel. Joe lives in Worthing.

Customer Reviews

Superb tutorial book
I bought this book to help me get back into watercolour painting after a 20 year break and it has very much inspired me to get painting again. The book is arranged so you can follow the techniques necessary to reproduce the stunning paintings that have an almost photographic quality to them. I found the tips on how to use masking methods and getting contrast and light into the paintings particularly valuable. I have also often had problems getting detail into the foreground of my paintings, this book gives you plenty of ideas to try. Another nice touch is the suggested colours to use which is often a big hurdle with watercolours as the way colours mix is not always as logical as you may hope. I can thoroughly recommend this book if you are into vibrant watercolours with a photo-realistic feel to them.

The Landscape Painters Handbook.
My wife being an amatuer artist, she seeks books that are informative and easy to follow.
This one was recommended to her and so she decided to order it - making a good saving using Amazon of course. She was delighted and found it more than useful. Yes, she would recommend it to any aspiring artist.

Karl Sheridan.

Superb
Put together by an excellent artist, this takes you through various landscapes and shows how they are reproduced, I would recommend this title to anyone starting watercolour, its one to keep by for reference.