How to Draw and Paint Watercolours ~ Paperback

This work covers the techniques necessary to create beautiful watercolour paintings of people, landscapes, seascapes, still life, children and animals. It seeks to show the versatility of the medium, teaches methods and techniques, with step-by-step exercises to assist in practising watercolour, and guides to the tools and materials necessary to produce an accomplished painting.Table of ContentsMaterials and techniques: tools and materials; colour and the colour wheel; drawing techniques; painting techniques. Watercolours step-by-step: painting effects; special effects. Watercolour workshop: painting exercises; drawing the subject; colour harmonies; special effects - vignette and negative areas; high key/low key painting; special effects - salt. Animals in water colour: painting exercises. Seascapes in watercolour: painting exercises; wave action; rocks; sand; reflections; birds; windswept trees. Children in watercolour: painting exercises. Watercolour on rice paper: supplies/ mixing colours; painting exercises.Author BiographyWilliam F. Powell is an internationally recognized artist and one of America's foremost colorists. A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Bill studied at the Art Student's Career School in New York; Harrow Technical College in Harrow, England; and the Louvre Free School of Art in Paris, France. His experience as an art instructor includes oil, watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil, and pastel-with subjects ranging from landscapes to portraits and wildlife. Additionally, Bill conducts painting workshops and produces instructional videos that employ unique methods of in-depth presentation and demonstration. Bill holds awards for his technical art, which has been used for major projects, such as space programs and environmental studies. He lives in Temecula, CA.