Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51385 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 294 pages

From the Back Cover
Filled with FULL COLOR, easy–to–complete projects and sample paintings

The fun and easy way to create beautiful works of art with watercolors

Would you love to paint with watercolors? You can! This friendly guide gives you hands–on instruction and easy–to–follow exercises to help you master the basics. You′ll see how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. And you′ll paint a variety of subjects, from animals and still lifes to landscapes and seascapes!

• Select the right painting supplies

• Mix colors and work with white

• Create backgrounds and foregrounds

• Transfer your drawings to watercolor

• Avoid common painting mistakes

About the Author
Colette Pitcher, an artist and educator, is a regular contributor to Paint Works magazine and a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society. Colette owns the Showcase Art Center in Greeley, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

A Great Book
I have had some basic training in composition, painting etc. When I decided to revive my interest in Watercolours I chose this book, because it was informative, useful and inspirational.

It's good for either dipping or reading through a technique and has lots of inspiring exercises. I can heartily recommend it.

Watercolour for Dummies
Although I'm not quite a Dummy at watercolour painting, I found this book crammed full of "how to do" techniques which introduce the new water colourist to this wonderful pass time. For everyone there are useful tips and demos. As all "Dummies" books it is written in a whimsical, easy to understand way and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Good value for money.

watercolour painting for dummies
Fabulous and extremely helpful for any problems or queries you may have regarding painting in watercolour.