Learn Watercolor Techniques"At Last! You Can Learn To Paint Beautiful Watercolors Perfectly…Without All the Trial and Error"
Step-By-Step Watercolor Guide Gives You All The Secrets To Creating Fresh and Vibrant Watercolor PaintingsStart Now The work is divided up into 16 comprehensive sections:
Section 1: Materials
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What you need to know about choosing paper |
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How to choose the essential elements of your artist's toolbox - you can even find some of these things laying around the house! |
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The one common household item that will show you how your finished painting will look on the wall - before you're even complete! |
Section 2: Palette
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How to organize your palette |
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How to avoid the biggest mistake beginners make - one that can cause serious trouble! |
Section 3: Composition
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How to establish a horizon line |
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How to create your center of interest |
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Using abstractions to pull your picture together |
Section 4: Figure
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The importance of thumbnail sketches |
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The secret to the six-stroke figure |
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Composition and placement |
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| Section 5: Color
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How to divide pigments for the best results |
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Determining the emotional impact of color |
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Using color to suggest movement |
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The correct way to add reflections |
Section 6: Special Effects
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Using action to paint convincing waterfalls |
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The secrets to fog, rain and reflections |
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How to paint shadows, intense light, haze and smoke |
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The versatility of maskoid |
Section 7: Trees
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Step-by-step demonstration of how to paint thickly wooded areas |
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Determining the direction of light and it's effect on vegetation |
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How to create tree trunks and branches, knots and bark |
Section 8: Landscapes
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How to work from a pencil sketch |
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Using color to create a Winter mood |
Section 9: Windows
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The 3 secret stages of painting the perfect window |
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Detailed pencil sketches |
Section 10: Textures
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How to achieve the texture of old wood |
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The secrets to painting a realistic stone wall |
Section 11: Edges
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How to create realistic pictures |
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How to avoid the "pasted in" look of sharp edges |
Section 12: Interiors
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How to choose an interesting subject |
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Using abstraction to define the composition |
Section 13: Street Scenes
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Using lighting to make your street scene more interesting |
Section 14: Use of Forms
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Using abstractions as a basis for your compositions |
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Looking for the "big shapes" |
Section 15: Seascapes
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How to paint breaking surf |
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How to use maskoid to create whitecap waves |
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How to create a calm beach scene |
Section 16: Planning and Selection
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A complete step-by-step demonstration of how to work from a photograph to a finished watercolor! |
And there's more.... Learn Watercolor Techniques
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