Master Strokes: Watercolor: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Techniques of the Masters

By Hazel Harrison

Book Overview

"[This book is] unique and exciting...it works beautifully."-- Library Journal Hone your skills on depicting water, dramatic landscapes, the nude, still lifes, and nature--all based on celebrated works by Cotman, Constable, Monet, Bonnard, Gainsborough, Fantin-Latour, and Homer. With the masters as inspiration, even budding painters can create evocative watercolors. Each of the seven exciting lessons here focuses on a single masterpiece by a great artist, providing background information, discussions of the work as a whole, and a detailed evaluation of stylistic intricacies. An in-depth examination of the most vital watercolor techniques-including backruns, blending, body color, brushwork, dry brush, glazing, and impressing-reveals all the possibilities of this luscious medium.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402722117
• ISBN13: 9781402722110
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 0.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A great book at turning point for watercolorists.

If you are pursuing watercolor painting, have achieved a reasonably good drawing skill, and are ready to take on some significant watercolor projects, this book is right for you. The book consists of three main sections. After a brief coverage of color, papers, and equipment, the book presents tutorials on painting water, landscape, trees, figures, portraiture, and landscapes, after some masters of these subject matters, including Cotman, Constable, Monet, to name a few. These step-by-step tutorials are discussed in detail and easy to follow, along with emphasis on key techniques. Finally, the last section of the book demonstrates important techniques in watercolor to achieve desired effects.STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.