Watercolour Textures

Product Description

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.