Product Description

Providing 135 lessons from three previous volumes by this artist-photographer team - "The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Water", "The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Trees", and "The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Skies". A new introductory chapter has been added on materials and tools, as well as such basic techniques as mixing colours, laying in washes, and lifting colour. Each lesson is based on photography by John Shaw, one of America's leading nature photographers, and centres on a specific technique, from such basics as masking out or stippling to special effects like painting ice or capturing backlighting. Step-by-step demonstrations enhance the instruction, and assignments throughout the book encourage the reader to apply the lessons to other painting situations. Ferdinand Petrie is also the author of "Drawing Landscapes in Pencil" (Watson-Guptill). John Shaw is the author of "The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques" and "John Shaw's Closeups in Nature" (Amphoto).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #239601 in Books
• Published on: 1990-07-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Customer Reviews

The Best Landscape Watercolor Book I've Seen
As a beginning landscape watercolorist I've been reading a lot of books about technique. Some don't cover enough topics, some authors try to promote their own line of art supplies, and some authors use the same one or two techniques no matter what scene they are painting. Not so with this book: this one is excellent. The author presents many difficult topics (e.g. cresting waves, snowy forest) and presents solutions to breaking down complex topics into paintable scenes. If you are trying to paint landscapes and are looking for guidance, check this book out--it really is helpful and inspiring.