This practical & inspirational book reveals how to paint a wide range of flowers in watercolour from delicate bluebells & daisies to intricate hyacinths roses & liles. Learn how to analyse the structure of flowers & break them down into simple shapes; create delightful compositions; & mix beautiful flower colours from delicate pastels to rich & vibrant hues. Step-by-step illustrations reveal all the skills you will need from laying washes & building tone & texture to creating backruns & highlights & there are demonstrations of complete flower paintings. ...

Be inspired in your flower painting with the beautiful individual styles of four respected watercolour artists in this comprehensive guide. This title

Includes:: information on the materials you will need instruction on vital wash & softening techniques & many step-by-step flower projects for you to follow. This book is packed with fantastic guidelines on composition colour mixing & more advanced techniques.

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You have always wanted to paint you have some materials & time put aside & suddenly faced with that scary sheet of paper you need help. This book is here to help you take those first daunting steps. Keen to paint but your drawing skills let you down? This book provides pull-out tracings for five beautiful floral paintings along with full step-by-step instructions for how to bring them to life with watercolour paint.A clear guide on how to transfer the tracings to your watercolour paper is included along with a helpful section on what materials to use. Wendy Taits new book makes painting flowers simple & accessible & offers guidance on how you can develop your new painting skills. This book helps readers to learn how to paint beautiful pictures. It provides five easy to follow demonstrations. It features step-by-step photographs & clear instructions. It contains six reusable tracings to pull out. ...

This popular book provides all the information you need to get started in watercolour painting. Full of clear simple advice & more than 70 step-by-step demonstrations Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner will teach even the least confident of beginners the skills & techniques needed to start painting. In this easy-to-follow step-by-step guide three professional artists explain all the basic watercolour techniques. Top TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw demonstrates the basic techniques including brushstrokes colour mixing & depicting distance & foreground to get you started in watercolour. Lecturer & Artist Sharon Finmark explains how you can paint realistic figures covering scale & proportion mixing convincing skin colours & portraying movement & light effectively. Artist & teacher Trevor Waugh demonstrates techniques for painting animals
- domestic farmyard & wild. Starting with simple animal shapes Trevor takes you through the rudiments of 3D shapes tone & colour & the tricks of using foreshortening in your work.
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This is a practical & comprehensive guide for all watercolour enthusiasts from the beginner to the experienced artist. Starting with advice on materials colour & composition it goes on to describe basic & more advanced techniques & the wonderful effects they can produce. This title

Includes:: easy-to-follow step-by-step demonstrations that show the reader how to paint skies trees water buildings & flowers & each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the seven featured artists in a rich variety of styles. Seven respected & well-loved authors share their expertise offering a wide variety of styles for readers to admire & emulate. This is a comprehensive guide to watercolour including many techniques styles & subjects. Its step-by-step photographs & clear instructions make watercolour painting accessible for beginners as well as more experienced painters. Originally published as Working with Watercolour" this book uses material from the " Leisure Arts" series."

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Ann Blockley is a very successful artist known for the innovative way in which she uses texture as a key element in her work. This book in Collins Artists Studio series looks at how she achieves her stunning effects & provides essential guidelines for the intermediate painter wishing to develop this aspect of their own painting. Creating texture in watercolour can be quite a challenge but this book provides a fresh approach to the subject. It focuses on a wide range of unusual techniques some of which depart from the more conventional methods revealing how to portray texture by a variety of means. Ann explains how to manipulate the paint by lifting out colour scraping & scratching the paint & by using additional materials such as wax clingfilm salt & metallic pigments. She also explains how the surface itself can play an important role in the effects that can be achieved & experiments with acrylics inks gouache & collage as well as watercolour. In later chapters Ann looks at the creative process & provides insights into how to develop ideas then concentrates on how to portray texture in specific subjects such as flowers & foliage animals still life buildings & landscapes. Practical exercises projects step-by-step demonstrations & studio tips are included as well as the work of several guest artists
- John Blockley Moira Huntly & Shirley Trevena.
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The Collins Gem series is being relaunched in Spring 2004 & this new title features a new internal design & a strong new cover design. Packed full of tips for the aspiring watercolourist its handy format makes it absolutely ideal for quick reference either in the studio or out in the field. Contents include: * essential tips on all the basic watercolour techniques plus helpful advice on sketching & drawing * guidelines on painting skies backgrounds foregrounds the main subject trees details & shadows * clear & straightforward step-by-step instructions for painting a complete landscape in 7 easy stages * tips on painting water in various forms & adding people to a painting ...

This title teaches the 70 favourite painting techniques of one of the most revered watercolour teachers of all time the late Zoltan Szabo. It uses basic supplies to achieve a variety of special effects in landscape painting such as wispy clouds falling snow jagged rocks trees & surf. Readers will also learn the characteristics of different kinds of watercolour pigments & how they behave on paper. It features 43 mini demonstrations to show how to achieve the techniques & 13 full step demonstrations to show how to apply them. ...

Readers who want to learn to paint trees & woodlands but can not rely on their drawing skills have everything they need in this book. No drawing skills are required. The outlines of five paintings (plus one bonus picture) are provided to pull out from the centre of the book. Clear instructions & step-by-step photographs show how to transfer the outlines on to watercolour paper & then how to capture the beauty of trees in striking watercolour paintings. Geoff shows how to paint a bluebell wood a snow scene an Autumn woodland a pair of ancient oaks & a willow leaning over a boat. Learn how to capture the beauty of trees in watercolour. This title

Features: five easy to follow demonstrations; step-by-step photographs & clear instructions; & six reusable tracings to pull out.

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Do you eat next to nothing & exercise for hours every week but find it impossible to lose weight? Do your friends seem to eat what they like but if you so much as look at a cake you pile on the pounds? If so your problem may not be too much fat but too much fluid. THE WATERFALL DIET is a revolution in dieting. Linda Lazarides reveals that many women who are trying to lose weight (40% of the female population) would lose weight more effectively if they controlled fluid retention. Linda shows you how to easily identify if fluid retention is your problem & help you to safely lose a stone in seven days. This revised & updated edition focuses more attention to the health benefits of dealing with water retention which is a major cause of high blood pressure as well as overweight. It is also more practical as the author proves a 7-day menu plan & provides clearer instructions on how to follow the diet. The new edition will also include a section on water retention in pregnancy & testimonials & feedback from followers of THE WATERFAL DIET. ...