All About Techniques in Watercolor [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Series: All about Techniques | Publication Date: October 1, 1997

Ambitious art students, teachers, and hobbyists seeking more comprehensive instruction manuals than "Barron's Art Guides", will find what they're looking for in this substantial book. After covering much of the same material contained in the easier "Art Guides", the "All About Techniques" book illustrates and explains the fundamentals of art theory, then proceeds to step-by-step advice on how to create complete, highly finished artworks. All volumes are filled with full-color photos and art illustrations, the latter in some cases showing reproductions of well-known paintings. Emphasizing paints, materials, brushwork technique, color theory, and the various kinds of paper available to watercolor artists, this volume offers a comprehensive art course, starting with basics, including "tricks of the trade", and ending with instruction on creating highly professional watercolors of a wide variety of different subjects.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764150464
• ISBN-13: 978-0764150463
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #764,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "All about Techniques" is an artist's essential, April 6, 2000

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Marie Antoinette (Gardiner, Montana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All About Techniques in Watercolor (Hardcover)

I have been looking for an in-depth watercolor reference book for some time and I was not satisfied until I received this book. It is so complete, so perfect, that you'll feel as if you never need another book to draw from. In clear, practical language, combined with vivid illustrations, the book covers all about materials and tools. Then it goes on to cover just about every possible technique and seven basic watercolor subjects. What makes this book so wonderful to me is that it builds its information from beginners level to advanced and it does that so clearly that you have no problem following it or recreating the samples yourself. So apart from being an invaluable reference book, it is also a great confidence builder. Yes, you can paint.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best teacher I have found, July 25, 2000

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Wanda Thomas (Wright City, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All About Techniques in Watercolor (Hardcover)

Not only are the most basic & most complex techniques explained, the step by step instructions on re-creating their sample paintings are the best. If you do every exercise in the book, you will have all the techniques. Then all you have to do is practice, practice, practice....

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A student's reference for creating the appearance of . . ., November 20, 2001

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Gary Mager (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All About Techniques in Watercolor (Hardcover)

I'd recommend this book for anyone with beginning through intermediate watercolor skills. It is especially useful for learning how to create special textures and surfaces such as skin, trees, fish, feathers, et cetera. As the name suggests, it covers technique rather than design, layout, color harmony, and the like. Its focus is on how to create the appearance of various surfaces used in nearly every painting. I think of it as a must have on every student's reference shelf.