With 3 colors, 3 brushes and this practical advice, you can start
painting water scenes in watercolor with just 9 projects.
Even if you have never picked up a paintbrush before, professional
watercolor teacher and artist, Stephen Coates, shows you how to paint
convincing water scenes in watercolour using just three brushes, three
colors, a plastic palette and a watercolour pad.
Only students' range watercolour paints are used, yet from these Stephen
shows you how to paint nine realistic watercolor scenes. There is no
off-putting color theory or long-winded mixing information, but a
practical absolute beginner's course that shows the three colors in
action. You need only three affordable brushes: a hake and a no. 8 and
no. 2 rounds in a synthetic range, to achieve all of the paintings
shown. Build your skills through nine easy exercises, starting from the
simplest of scenes, resulting in paintings of rivers and lakes you'll be
proud of.
There are step-by-step photographs for each project, meaning clear
instruction and advice throughout, and handy tips and jargon busters
appear alongside the steps for short and simple answers to your
watercolor woes. Each of Stephen's finished paintings are shown at full
size for easy reference, which you can even use to trace from for a
stress-free painting experience - a helpful how-to-trace section at the
back of the book shows you how to do this too, with Stephen's friendly
instruction.
