50x waterverf: Avocado, Alpaca en co

by Lena Yokota-Barth

In 50 x Waterverf laat Lena Yokota-Barth je kennismaken met aquarel en waterverf. Deze vorm van schilderen is populairder dan ooit en met dit boek is een mooi resultaat voor iedereen haalbaar! Voor wie kennis wil maken met aquarel of waterverf is dit het ideale beginnershandboek, vol handige technische informatie en tips en vooral veel stap-voor-stap illustraties van trendy afbeeldingen. In een mum van tijd tover je de mooiste werkjes tevoorschijn, van lama tot flamingo en van ananas tot watermeloen. Ideaal voor toepassingen in bullet journals, op kaarten of posters!

Genres: Art

112 pages, Paperback

Published February 26, 2019

Reviews

[Kris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great subjects to paint, but poorly organized. If it had been organized by subject or difficulty, I would have given it 5 stars.

[Bookatrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for the beginner to gain the confidence in watercolours.

[Bella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely, especially for a confident beginner.

I wish the artist had not been limited to "5 easy steps". Step one being 'draw a flamingo' is not an easy step! I get that "5 easy steps" is good marketing but allowing more complexity (e.g. a strawberry being done in three steps but a garland of flowers taking 12 steps, rather than everything being forced into the '5 step' format) would have produced a better book.

I would also have loved to see some pictures where the artist had combined multiple motifs to make larger images. Something to aspire to!

Each image has the five aforementioned steps. For most images, the first step is a drawing, the second, third and fourth steps are layers of paint, and the fifth step is the finishing touches. Below the final image is a short paragraph giving useful tips and information, I relied heavily on the text.

Despite my complaints about the format, the book is just too cute to rate lower. So far, I have painted four of the cactus, a llama, a flamingo, a "swiss cheese" leaf, three of the ice creams, and some flowers. The book has given me the confidence to do these, which I just wouldn't have otherwise had.

ETA: Bumped to five stars. Above complaints still stand but I'm still using some of the techniques I learnt from this book.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's not a lot of instruction - mostly tips - but the illustrations are cute. It's a good starting point for inspiration and not too formal or technical, great for someone who is testing out the medium. All of the images used are very on-trend for 2019 - eucalyptus leaves, cactus plants, llamas, succulents.

[Eswee42 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book mostly exists of examples you can paint, explaining in 5 pictures how to build up the layers and with a couple of sentences giving more tips. There are some nice tips I didn't know yet, but what I really want is to go paint the alpaca!