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This original approach to
abstracts features 50
projects that will show
you the many different
ways you can use
non-representational
painting to express your
personal interpretation
of your subject. None of
the exercises, however,
provide any sort of
step-by-step
demonstration, but show
you how to build up the
ideas and use painting
techniques to show what
you feel rather than what
you see. If that sounds
like an abstract concept,
that's exactly what it
is but, by showing
specific examples,
Rolina will extend your
understanding of abstract
work immeasurably. Each
project features an
outline of the study
task, a list of
materials and a summary
of the picture elements
as well as notes on the
techniques used and the
main points of
composition. You also get
a work sequence and study
tips to take you further,
but the emphasis is not
so much on recreating
Rolina's own example,
but of using it as a
starting point for your
own creativity. If
you've started working
with abstracts and are
looking for the crucial
next step, you're pretty
much certain to find it
here. Search Press.
Paperback. 160 pages.
Colour throughout Author:
Rolina van Vilet ISBN:
978184448715
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The world's first truly
interactive art
instruction book! The
Watercolour Wheel Book
has a unique watercolour
mixing wheel on the
front, helping you to
learn the art of colour
mixing and ensuring you
get your colours right
every time. It's perfect
for beginners and will
help you to produce
quality art in days,
from discovering how to
use watercolour to
finding out how to create
fantastic special
effects. After teaching
you the basics, this
innovative workbook takes
you step-by-step through
eight easy to follow
projects, covering;
landscapes, still life,
flowers, boats, water,
buildings and woodland.
A great book to get you
started! Book: Search
Press. Paperback. 160
pages. Colour
throughout Author: John
Barber ISBN:
9781844483518
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Are you looking for a new
direction in your
work? In this
introduction to the ideas
and practice of abstract
painting Kees van Aalst
will show you how to blur
the edges of reality
rather than going
straight for the full-on
effect. It's a good way
of getting into a style
which may initially seem
alien and where colour
and shape take on a
greater importance than
perhaps you're used
to. If you're looking
for a new direction for
your work and you feel a
bit adventurous, this is
one of the best
introductions to
abstraction you'll find.
It's comprehensively
illustrated with
demonstrations and
example paintings in
watercolour, gouache and
acrylics. Search Press.
Paperback. 160 pages.
Colour throughout Author:
Kees Van Aalst ISBN:
9781844485604
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This inspiring book is
filled with everything
you need to start
painting gorgeous flowers
in watercolour. Julie
shows you some basic
techniques such as
negative painting,
masking and overlaying
glazes, which will
really make learning to
paint flowers simple and
enjoyable. Discover how
to paint the colours,
shapes, patterns and
textures of many
different types of flower
before capturing the flow
and vitality of a
Clematis, Peace Roses,
Delphiniums and Stocks in
the three beautifully
illustrated step-by-step
projects. Book: Search
Press. 64 pages.
Paperback. Colour
throughout Author: Julie
King ISBN: 9781844482672
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The highly anticipated
first book from popular
artist Jean Haines! In
this exciting book Jean
will show you how to
create a whole new
watercolour world filled
with colour and
light. Jean will show
you how to paint in her
unique loose and
expressive style in this
exciting book. It covers
a huge range of subjects
and each page is packed
full of ideas, tips and
expert advice. The book
includes three stunning
step-by-step projects
which will get you well
on your way to creating
stunning paintings that
exude colour. Book:
Search Press. Paperback.
64 pages. Colour
throughout Author: Jean
Haines ISBN:
9781844484881
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This innovative approach
to the process of
learning to paint in
watercolours features
more than 200 hints and
tips. The book is
organised in a logical
sequence that begins with
the process of selecting
materials and explains
not just the what but the
why, going into the sort
of detail that other
books often omit, such
as staining versus
non-staining colours,
papers by the sheet, pad
or block, how to choose
the best brushes for you
and even how to organise
your working space. The
main body of the book
looks at both techniques
and subjects and features
a vast array of example
paintings and
demonstrations,
accompanied by short and
easy-to-follow paragraphs
that pick out the key
points. One of its best
features is that sections
are not limited by the
book's format, but are
rather given space to
breathe and develop in a
way that never leaves you
feeling
short-changed. An almost
unique cross between a
course and a
hints-and-tips
encyclopaedia, this
extensive guide is the
ideal introduction to
working in a rewarding
medium. Search Press.
Paperback. 176 pages.
Colour throughout Author:
Robin Berry ISBN:
9781844487714
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This handy-sized volume
contains answers to the
basic questions that
every artist asks from
time to time. Sitting
nicely in the hand and
with a wipe-clean soft
cover, this is something
you really can take out
with you. It'll tell you
quickly and succinctly
about techniques from
flat and graded washes to
overlays and optical
mixing and subjects that
include landscapes,
figures and still
lifes. Each section is
normally covered in a
single spread so that you
can find not only the
answer to, What is meant
by working light to
dark?, but also example
illustrations, side by
side. Because the book
covers both techniques
and subjects, its
practical credentials are
second to none. Culled
from a variety of
sources, this is a book
that feels like real life
rather than a series of
made-up topics that suit
that author more than the
user. Book: Search
Press. Paperback. 224
Pages. Colour
throughout Author: George
James ISBN: 9781844488315
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The late Zoltan Szabo was
one of the leading
exponents of the concise
teaching aid. This timely
reissue is one of his
classics - as fresh today
as it ever was. Based on
a lifetime's teaching,
the book showcases 70
essential techniques for
the landscape painter.
And the topics covered
are the ones you really
want to know about.
Allocating a page or two
to a single idea is
commonplace today. But
Zoltan did it first. And
he brings incredible
clarity to everything he
covers. You get some
technical hints, such as
the uses of transparent
and opaque colours,
staining and non-staining
pigments. And there's an
entire chapter on the
rules of reflection.
There's also advice on
problem subjects like
clouds, trees, negative
shapes and the use of
granulating washes. This
is an American book. But
Zoltan used the kind of
muted colours we're more
accustomed to in the UK.
This superb book is
therefore entirely
relevant this side of the
Atlantic. Book: David &
Charles. Paperback. 144
pages. Colour
throughout. Author:
Zoltan Szabo ISBN:
9781446301241
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This unique artist's
guide offers
easy-to-follow plant
specific information on
how to paint a variety of
flowers. The book
includes photographs,
details and instructions
on capturing the
individual essence of the
flower. You will be
taught the essential
skills of creating
realistic structure and
form by observing
patterns of light and
shade on petals and
foliage. A source of
inspiration as well as a
rich manual of
techniques, a must-have
for every flower
painter. Book: Search
Press. Paperback. 128
pages. Over 400 colour
illustrations Author:
Adelene Fletcher ISBN:
9781844481255
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This book explores
traditional watercolour
as well as more
experimental methods and
tricks of the trade. It
also covers techniques in
context, showing how
particular skills are
ideally suited to
particular subjects and
includes a range of new
finished works by
internationally
recognised
artists. Book: Search
Press. Paperback. 144
Pages. Colour
throughout ISBN:
9781844486496 Author:
Diana Craig Medium: 1
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Orchids are the most
varied of all the flower
species, with an almost
infinite variety of
colours and shapes to
tempt and challenge the
artist. Ann describes
them in her introduction
as "exotic, sensual and
mysterious" and this
perfectly sums up their
appeal. In former times,
people risked (and lost)
their lives to collect
specimens, but today we
can adopt a safer
approach and examples can
be seen in most
collections and even
domestically. Ann
demonstrates several
varieties including the
Miltonia and the Slipper.
Each is, as usual with
the Ready to Paint
series, accompanied by
an outline tracing and up
to 30 individual steps
showing you how to build
up the painting and to
place and blend the
colour and get the
shading just right. This
is a beautifully
illustrated and easy to
follow guide to an
intriguing subject that
will also help you
develop your general
flower painting skills in
an enjoyable way. Book:
Search Press. 48 Pages.
Paperback.
ColourThroughout. Author:
Ann Mortimer ISBN:
9781844488216
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Greek in origin, the
word "iris" means
"rainbow" or "colourful"
and Julie King's
beautiful paintings
reflect that very
quality. Her five full
demonstrations, with the
usual pre-printed
tracings, also bring out
the subtleties of tone
and shading that
characterise these
popular garden
flowers. To concentrate
on a single variety might
seem a little
specialised, but it also
has the advantage that
you don't have to
consider greater
complexities of
structure, an invaluable
aid if you're trying to
get to grips with flower
painting for the first
time. This tried and
tested series has proved
its worth many times over
and this volume is a
welcome addition. Book:
Search Press. 72 pages.
Paperback. Colour
throughout Author:
Julie King ISBN:
9781844487219
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If you want to take
flower painting
seriously, this is one
of the best introductions
you could wish for. The
book begins with an
extensive introduction to
botanical painting,
including the materials
you will need and how to
choose your subject as
well as composition,
drawing and the use of
colour. This and the
Six Stages of Painting
that follow are far more
than the usual
preliminary remarks and
are, in fact, some of
the main meat of the
book. By doing things
this way, Michael only
has to give you one set
of demonstrations instead
of 26, leaving the rest
of the book free to
concentrate on
information specific to
each plant rather than
endless repetition. Each
species is thus dealt
with in two double-page
spreads. The first will
show you details of the
flowers, leaves and
stems and also a drawing
of the whole plant. The
second spread contains
the painting instructions
and the finished work
side by side. This
unusual approach works
well in conjunction with
the introductory sections
and means that you are
presented with all the
information you need both
efficiently and
concisely. Many books on
botanical illustration
(the rather scientific
art of flower painting)
can bog you down in
detail, but Michael
Lakin has found a neat
and innovative way round
this that will make
learning a
pleasure. Book: Search
Press - Hardback - 144
pages - Colour
throughout Author:
Michael Lakin ISBN:
9781844485628
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This innovative guide
will show you how to
paint realistic flowers
even when they are not in
season. Featuring a
whopping 60
demonstrations, Robin
deals with a huge variety
of individual flower
types as well as single
specimens, still lifes
and outdoor settings.
In this book, you are
freed from the need to
find the perfect
specimen, from being
constrained by what's out
at any particular time of
the year and from needing
to get things finished
before the bloom wilts
and fades. Each
demonstration includes
advice on the techniques
you'll need, from laying
the first wash to wax
resist and salt
granulation. Robin also
has notes on the palette
to choose and on mixing
the colours specific to
the subject in
question. Search Press.
Paperback. 160 pages.
Colour throughout Author:
Robin Berry ISBN:
9781844486120
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At last, here's a book
on colour mixing that's
about painting! Given its
quite small format and
relatively short length,
you wonder how Sharon
Finmark can have included
the 600 mixes of the
title. The point,
however, is that this
isn't a dry-as-dust,
rather academic
collection of shades and
hues that you might,
conceivably, need one
day. Rather, it's about
how to get the right
colours into a finished
painting. The first
thing you notice is that
the book is not divided
by colour and that's
important, because
no-one paints by colour.
No-one says, 'I think
I'll do yellows today'.
You have a subject and
you paint it, choosing
your palette to suit
what's in front of you.
Flick through the book
and the first thing you
notice is how many actual
paintings there are.
These are not the token
illustrations that
bedevil so many mixing
guides, but practical
examples of mixing in
action. In short, this
is a book about how to
mix colour, not what
colours to mix, and it's
a first! Batsford.
Hardback. 176 pages.
Colour throughout Author:
Sharon Finmark ISBN:
9781906388829
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Wet-on-wet Watercolour
Painting A Complete Guide To
Techniques And Materials Book
With Ewa Karpinska
Painting A Complete Guide To
Techniques And Materials Book
With Ewa Karpinska
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Watercolour is one of the
most popular media to
work with. To begin
painting in watercolour
all you need are a few
tubes of paint, a
selection of brushes, a
pad of paper and, most
importantly,
water. Working in
wet-on-wet can be a very
exciting journey of
discovery and creation.
This book will help you
get to grips with the
basic principles and
techniques used in this
method of watercolour
painting. Learning to
prepare your surface,
choosing the right
brushes, mixing and
applying your paints and
timing your washes are
all clearly explained
through number of
practical step by step
demonstrations. Wet-on-wet
Watercolour Painting: A
complete guide to
techniques and materials
is a comprehensive and
informative guide to
mastering this delicate
medium. Artists new to
the wet-on-wet technique
will find this reference
book invaluable; the more
experienced artist will
find it a source of
inspiration. Subject:
8 Medium: 1 ISBN:
9781845370497 Author: Ewa
Karpinska
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Book of the month 33%
OFF! (members only) Take
your artwork to a whole
new dimension with this
NEW book by award winning
artist Laurie Humble.
Laurie shows you just how
to create watercolour
paintings with a
compelling sense of space
by using five
straightforward
techniques which will
give your artwork a
realistic,
three-dimensional effect.
Laurie looks at how to
value contrast, colour
saturation, perspective,
detail, how to unify
washes and how to
successfully combine all
of the five
techniques. Featuring 12
exercises and
mini-demonstrations,
from how to paint puffy
clouds by creating soft
and hard edges, to using
masking fluid to recreate
a pond scene?this book
really illustrates the
basics of achieving depth
and realism. There are
six step-by-step painting
projects which focus on
value contrast, colour
saturation,
persepective, detail and
unifying washes with the
final project showing you
how to paint a vibrant
caf? river walk scene by
successfully combining
all of the five
techniques. Whether
you're painting a grand
landscape, an intimate
portrait or an up-close
study of a single
flower?the techniques in
this book are guaranteed
to capture your
imagination. And if
you're a beginner who'd
like to explore depth and
realism a little bit
further, this book will
help you do just
that! Book: North Light.
Paperback. 128 pages.
Colour throughout Author:
Laurie Humble ISBN:
9781600610455
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Although landscapes are
one of the most popular
subjects for painting,
they present a great
range of challenges for
the artist. From
composition and colour to
perspective, brushwork
and detail, you need to
get every element right
if your work is going to
be a success. It's not
an accident that there
have been more books over
the years on this subject
than any other or,
indeed, that many of
them have been by Terry
Harrison, himself one of
the best exponents of the
topic. By selecting just
five representative
projects, Terry narrows
your choice of subject
down before you start
and, by giving you the
pre-printed tracings,
solves the first problem:
exactly what are you
going to paint? Each
project is accompanied by
a generous number of
step-by-step photographs
that show you exactly how
to use your colours and
brushes to work on each
area of the painting, as
well as how to get that
all-important sense of
depth that brings reality
to your work. Whether
you're a complete
beginner or just looking
to give your work that
final polish, Terry has,
as he usually does,
much to tell you. Book:
Search Press. Paperback.
64 pages. Colour
throughout Author: Terry
Harrison ISBN:
9781844486434 Medium: 1
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Make painting flowers
less of a challenge and
more of a pleasure with
Michael Lakin's latest
book. From capturing
the delicate petals of a
Rose to the subtle
intricacies of an Iris,
let Michael take you on
an artistic journey
through a veritable
garden of watercolour!
With clear and
easy-to-follow
instructions, and a full
set of tracings included
free of charge, you'll
hit the ground running -
even if sketching isn't
your strong point! Get
started producing
lifelike watercolour
flowers which will
delight anyone that sets
eyes on them with this
fantastic book. Search
Press. Paperback. 48
pages. Colour
throughout. Author:
Michael Lakin ISBN:
9781844484294
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Learn to capture a
wonderful array of
wildlife on paper with
the help of award winning
authors Rosie Martin and
Meriel Thurstan. This
book is packed with
detailed information on
painting the natural
world from rocks,
shells, fossils and
bones to fleeting fish,
birds, bugs and
butterflies. All the
techniques to complete
your own natural history
illustrations are
included, from learning
how to capture colours,
impressions, textures
and patterns in pencil to
more advanced techniques
with watercolour such as
capturing the iridescence
of scales and
feathers. The stunning
illustrations will
inspire you as you work
through the book's
practical
exercises...helping you
to achieve your very own
compendium of the natural
world! Book: Batsford.
Colour Throughout. 144
pages. Hardback Author:
Rosie Martin ISBN:
9781906388492
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In this, his first book,
the popular artist and
writer Jake Winkle
introduces his innovative
and adventurous ways with
colour and
light. Working in a
loose style characterised
by the use of washes,
wet-in-wet and free
brushwork, Jake captures
his subjects by using
dynamic colour
combinations that reflect
their vitality and
movement. Shapes are
never rigidly defined but
have a fluid quality,
and shadows are a mix of
blues, browns, greens
and purples that dance on
the paper as they dance
in life; just look at the
boxing hares on the front
cover. Jake's subjects
range from landscapes and
buildings to wildlife,
people and still lifes
and it is fascinating to
see how he adapts his
style to each, rather
than forcing them to
conform to his own way of
working. The result is
paintings that tell you
more about what they
depict than do simple
representations and which
burst with the life
within them. Jake
explains and illustrates
his working methods
extensively, but also
includes some
step-by-step
demonstrations that will
allow you to practise for
yourself. Author: Jake
Winkle ISBN:
9781849940276
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In his latest volume,
David returns to one of
the subjects for which
he's best known and he
concentrates on the how
rather than just the what
and the why of a subject
that can be difficult to
pin down. Using plenty
of examples, as well as
short demonstrations,
David explains simple and
complex skies, clouds
and sunlight. He also
shows you how to use
layered glazes to
increase light effects,
how to handle light that
comes from more than one
direction and how to give
real depth to shadows.
In the section on
atmosphere, he
demonstrates how to make
the most of mist and
rain, as well as how to
create the effect of
space and
distance. Although he
treats them separately,
all of the subjects link
together and you'll soon
be getting the passion
and inspiration that
David says are as
important as composition
for a successful
painting. Generously
illustrated and superbly
reproduced, this is one
of Davids most
instructive books. Book:
Search Press. Paperback.
80 Pages. Colour
throughout Author: David
Bellamy ISBN:
9781844486779
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This is a celebration of
the wet-in-wet technique,
and yet it's not a
technical book. Jean
Haines explores the
creative possibilities of
one of watercolour's best
tricks, showing you how
it can be used for
abstraction as well as
enhanced reality. While
all of her subjects are
recognisable for what
they are, her paintings
are also pure watercolour
as she revels in the
freedom that the medium
allows. As well as
water, which softens
shapes and hues, Jean
also uses colour to give
depth and her control is
impressive. Leading by
example, she'll show
you, through studies and
step-by-step
demonstrations, how she
achieves her remarkable
results. The book
progresses from ways to
get started, how to
choose your subject and
some basic techniques
with washes, through
more adventurous ways,
including negative
shapes, to the final
touches that give your
paintings life. This is
very much a book about
creativity and
inspiration - the
mechanics of the
technique very much take
a back seat - and one
which will fill you with
enthusiasm. ISBN:
9781844486748 Author:
Jean Haines
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An artistic greetings
card and gift in
one! Each card contains
a complete step-by-step
project on a pull-out
sheet, so the person
receiving it can admire
the painting then have a
go at it themselves! The
inside of the cards are
left blank and come
complete with an
envelope, so they're
perfect for any
occasion! Author: Julie
King ISBN: 9781844485956
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£1.69
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