Paul's unique style embraces the vitality that watercolours can bring to a painting. He concentrates on light & shade & studies how to capture these effects through the use of tone. Paul explains how by clever use of just one single colour you can lift a painting that could otherwise look extremely flat. Projects featured in the video include buildings, flowers & landscape scenes. Throughout the DVD Paul uses easy-to-follow advice that can help bring your paintings to life. This DVD is suitable for any level of painter holding a desire to add depth of tone to their pictures. DVD: 61 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Author: Paul Talbot-Greaves Tape Length: 61 mins ...

Create your own colour wheel with this NEW practical, hands-on tool, for teaching painting, colour mixing & colour relationships. Ideal for both beginners & professional artists, this simple wheel can be used for your favourite medium & comes with complete painting instructions, definitions of commonly used terms, important concepts for painting & examples of colour harmonies. ...

Part 1 Keith demonstrates how to achieve atmospheric skies to bring life to your painting. Also featured are techniques on how to paint difficult backgrounds & fast flowing water. Using the Scottish highlands as a subject, Keith unfolds the methods used to create a wonderful picture that can be easily perfected. Part 2 Concentrating on the finer details of painting, Keith demonstrates how to use masking fluid to its best effect & also how to paint beach scenes. Keith shows how to achieve realistic trees, describing the brush strokes required for a perfect painting. This enlightening DVD has an easy-to-follow format that will leave you eager to start painting. DVD: 124 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Medium: 1 Author: Keith Fenwick Tape Length: 124 mins ...

Give your painting a new lease of life with professional artist Geoff Kersey! Back by popular dem&, this double DVD course reveals some invaluable tips & techniques for mastering both depth & distance in your watercolour painting. In part one, Geoff finds inspiration in some Derbyshire hillsides as he demonstrates how to create depth & distance by blending warmer colours in the foreground & paler tones for the background. In part two, Geoff introduces new challenges such as reflections in water, boats, skies, light on buildings & much more. Watch & learn as Geoff explores a variety of subjects with both depth & distance in mind. With this fantastic twin DVD set, you'll learn how to bring new levels of depth & distance to your watercolour painting! Double DVD: 142 mins (total) Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Author: Geoff Kersey Tape Length: 142 mins ...

Richard has a great love & awareness of the landscape & the effects of light & weather. In this film, his inspiration comes from the coastline around his home in Dorset. Working outdoors with a small pochade, he draws & paints small studies in & around the harbour at Lyme Regis, the shore at Charmouth & on Eggardon Hill. Back at the studio, he uses much of this material to work up large canvases of Lyme Regis. DVD: 120 mins Medium: 1 Author: Richard Pikesley Tape Length: 120 mins ...

The combination of the boldness of pen & ink, the subtle qualities of watercolour & the creation of texture are only as limited as your imagination. Part 1 Follow Claudia as she expertly demonstrates a range of textural techniques such as contour lines in a smooth onion, a manor house in the background with parallel lines, jagged & smooth rocks with cross-hatching, a velvety African violet with stippling & hot chilly peppers with a scribbly line. You'll understand the bold contrast of light against dark tones, before the entire pen & ink skills are brought together in a dramatic seascape with watercolour. Part 2 You'll add even more great textural techniques to your existing knowledge. You'll learn how to create criss-cross lines for soft fur, wavy lines that imitate wood grain, how sand can be added to paint to help create rust & even how a kitchen sponge can be used to make a pebbly beach. Brush techniques are introduced, such as dancing a brush over the sky to create clouds & for a grand finale, Claudia combines all of the techniques learnt in the two videos into a beautiful painting of a soft & gentle cat. The techniques are simple, but it does take time to create texture. You'll need plenty of practice, patience & perseverance, but the results are definitely worth it! DVD: 143 mins Please note this DVD title is only available in PAL format & therefore is unlikely to play in North America, Japan, South Korea & some of the Pacific Islands. However, all DVDs will play on personal computers & laptops. Medium: 14 Author: Claudia Nice Tape Length: 143 mins ...

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Capture nature's beauty as you never have before. Beloved artist & teacher Claudia Nice leads you on an inspired journey through the great outdoors. With paints in h&, she shares with you her best techniques for creating landscapes that come alive with richness, depth & textural detail. Open this guide & start painting right away. As you follow engaging, step by step demonstrations & excercises, you'll learn to recreate the textural elements of a range of terrains & landscapes. Chapters inlcude: - Creative Clouds & Skies - Majestic Mountains, Hills & Mesas - Texturing Trees, Trunks & Foliage - Rugged Rocks & Gritty Gravel - Transparent Textiles for Rivers, Falls & Lakes - Flowers of the Field In a special section, Claudia covers basic texturing techniques with mini demos using lines, dots bruising, scribbling, spattering, blotting, printing, stamping & more. From paints & pens to sponges, leaves & facial tissue, you'll explore all kinds of fun & inventive ways to create amazing textures. To help you put it all together, Claudia

Includes:: her masterful advice for creating compositions using reference photos, field sketches & your own creative license. Each demonstration features a large image of the completed landscape, so you can see exactly how Claudia's methods work- from start to finish. North Light
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- 144 Pages
- Colour Throughout Author: Claudia Nice ISBN: 9781581809275




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Pencil is a remarkably versatile & rewarding medium. This handy guide shows you how to bring depth & detail to your work. The book takes the form of single-page demonstrations of a wide variety of subjects. Each is simply explained & illustrated & it's easy to find what you want. After an introduction to materials, tools & basic drawing techniques, its chapters explore natural & man-made textures. Each chapter is further subdivided so you get all the flowers together, for example. There's also useful information on capturing water, people & animals. The chapter on man-made textures covers glass, paper, rust & brickwork. Books on texture usually treat it as a subject in its own right. But this one strikes a nice balance: it lets you concentrate on texture as a detail. It's easy to read & a delight. Book: Northlight. Paperback. 120 pages ISBN: 9781440308505 Author: Gary Greene ...

Try this inspirational guide to acrylics & you will be creating masterpieces in no time at all! Using innovative acrylic techniques such as adding texture, splattering & using painting knives, Wendy looks at landscape shapes, tone, composition, basic techniques, foreground & distance, painting skies & variations on theme. Wendy will then take you through six step-by-step demonstrations, showing you how to bring each inspirational project to life. You will be able to transport yourself to beautiful locations all from the comfort of your own home, & paint stunning projects such as a gorgeous Colarado pine forest with hills sweeping down to the water's edge, lakeside houses reflecting into the twinkling waters of Lake Garda or dramatic Tuscan Sunflowers with their magnificent beaming heads. For something a bit closer to home the Cows by a River scene, Golden Woodland & Constantine Bay are sure to please. Book: Search Press. Paperback. 96 pages. Colour throughout Author: Wendy Jelbert ISBN: 9781844481712 ...