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Painting Vibrant Watercolors: Discover the Magic of Light, Color and Contrast
Paint Watercolors that Shine!Make the most of watercolor's fresh, vibrant nature through light, color and contrast. In the first few chapters, artist Soon Y. Warren helps you lay the groundwork--everything from choosing and lighting subjects to color theory and perspective. Then, follow along with a thrilling series of step-by-step demonstrations to put your ideas into action for paintings that shine!
Learn how color, value, contrast and composition affect the impact of your paintings
Discover the plans and techniques you'll need for successful, realistic watercolors
Follow 16 demonstrations to create brilliant paintings
Paint a variety of subjects, including still life, landscapes, water scenes, flowers, architecture and animals
This book is the perfect balance of classic theory and hands-on technique. Engaging and easy-to-follow instruction gives you a solid foundation so you can take your work to the next level as you create dynamic paintings.
Learn how color, value, contrast and composition affect the impact of your paintings
Discover the plans and techniques you'll need for successful, realistic watercolors
Follow 16 demonstrations to create brilliant paintings
Paint a variety of subjects, including still life, landscapes, water scenes, flowers, architecture and animals
This book is the perfect balance of classic theory and hands-on technique. Engaging and easy-to-follow instruction gives you a solid foundation so you can take your work to the next level as you create dynamic paintings.
- GenresArtNonfiction
144 pages, Paperback
First published April 8, 2009
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April 16, 2021
8/10 stars
Amazing skill, absolutely jaw-dropping attention to detail and ability to paint in a realistic style - not easy with watercolors, let me tell you. The renderings of glass are simply stunning.
There are some tips and tricks, the process of painting shown step-by-step, but if you think you can just follow it and produce the same or even similar effect, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. The steps shown are few and far between, and the magic ingredient is the meticulous, time-consuming attention to detail that fills most of that between. So if you're looking for help, you might want to look somewhere else. But if you're looking for inspiration - this can be a pretty good resource.
All in all, a good reference that can double as a coffee table book as it includes a nice selection of well-reproduced paintings by one of the most important watercolor artists of our day.
Amazing skill, absolutely jaw-dropping attention to detail and ability to paint in a realistic style - not easy with watercolors, let me tell you. The renderings of glass are simply stunning.
There are some tips and tricks, the process of painting shown step-by-step, but if you think you can just follow it and produce the same or even similar effect, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. The steps shown are few and far between, and the magic ingredient is the meticulous, time-consuming attention to detail that fills most of that between. So if you're looking for help, you might want to look somewhere else. But if you're looking for inspiration - this can be a pretty good resource.
All in all, a good reference that can double as a coffee table book as it includes a nice selection of well-reproduced paintings by one of the most important watercolor artists of our day.
July 21, 2020
This was a really good book for beginners who are a, looking to make photo-realistic watercolors and b, want them to be of professional standards. Some good tips here for people who are just getting started.
June 29, 2021
Excellent book
Very nice book to learn and paint. I bought kindle version. It was good though.it is Illustrated well for beginners.
Very nice book to learn and paint. I bought kindle version. It was good though.it is Illustrated well for beginners.
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December 22, 2022Very well laid out, with good color pictures and illustrations. Excellent book.
February 26, 2015
Step by Step
Although you don't see the artist actually painting, you do see the results after each step and have the process described by the artist. Several paintings are done step by step this way. As a beginner, I found this valuable. Warren is very much into details and does beautiful work. The details are daunting but worth striving for in my own painting.
Although you don't see the artist actually painting, you do see the results after each step and have the process described by the artist. Several paintings are done step by step this way. As a beginner, I found this valuable. Warren is very much into details and does beautiful work. The details are daunting but worth striving for in my own painting.
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