How To Paint Like Turner

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J.M.W. Turner was one of the greatest artists Britain has ever produced. His watercolours with their extraordinary effects of shifting light & dramatic cloudscapes are especially highly regarded. For the first time this book reveals the secrets of his technique allowing present-day watercolourists to try them out themselves. There is an accessible introduction that explores Turners life & career & the materials he used to achieve the masterpieces we know & love today. The book then goes on to list the modern materials the twenty-first century watercolourist will need if they aspire to take on similar subject matter. Successive chapters look at a particular theme such as Sky Water Trees Buildings People Animals Sunrise Moonlight & Fire illustrating each with one of Turners works. Expert contemporary watercolour artists then explain step by step how to paint a version of that particular picture & how to use the techniques learnt to paint other compositions. With a glossary of technical terms high quality colour reproductions & backed by the authority of Tate the world centre for Turner scholarship this is a must-buy purchase for all lovers of JMW Turner & of watercolour painting.