Easy Watercolor: Learn to Express Yourself [Hardcover]

Marcia Moses (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 28, 2002

“Beginners eager to try their hand should take Moses as their tutor. She sensitively guides readers through a complete starter course...discusses color and various time-honored techniques. Readers are then directed step-by-step through a series of projects of increasing difficulty...for inspiration and sheer enjoyment, she provides...a galleryof her own paintings....beautifully designed....An excellent place to start.”—Booklist.

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What other medium has the delicate power or the ethereal resonance of watercolor? It appears so easy to do, but at second glance, it looks so difficult to do. Beginners eager to try their hand should take Moses as their tutor. She sensitively guides readers through a complete starter course in watercolor. She begins with information on tools and materials, including paper, paint, and brushes; then she explains the seven elements of design. After that, Moses discusses color and various time-honored techniques. Readers are then directed step-by-step through a series of projects, of increasing difficulty, to apply what they have learned so far. And for inspiration and sheer enjoyment, she provides at the end a gallery of her own paintings. The entire book is beautifully designed for easy eye movement over its rich pages. An excellent place to start. Brad Hooper
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About the Author

Included in Who's Who in American Arts, Marcia Moses is an accomplished artist, teacher, and now, author. Her award-winning works are exhibited in numerous shows across America, and her watercolours appear on greeting cards available through many galleries. Adding Southern and Western Caribbean cruise ships as a venue, her popular workshops are held in all across America.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; 1st ISBN#0-8069-9542-4. edition (November 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806995424
• ISBN-13: 978-0806995427
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,017,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Watercolor REALLY IS Easy, December 20, 2002

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This review is from: Easy Watercolor: Learn to Express Yourself (Hardcover)

This book offers a refreshing look at watercolor painting regardless of the reader's skill level. Detailed instructions are written and illustrated in a most comprehensible manner. The illustrations are step-by-step providing the artist with the insight of the author's years' in watercolor! It is the most all-inclusive, easy to follow art instruction book that I have ever encountered. I recommend it for beginners, intermediate and advanced watercolor artists. IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO EMBRACE WATERCOLOR PAINTING, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Designing a painting, and a painter, November 29, 2002

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"whitneythompson2" (Gloucester, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Watercolor: Learn to Express Yourself (Hardcover)

Easy Watercolor, by Marcia Moses, is designed to provide a beginner with all the necessary information and techniques to achieve a high level of skill in watercolor painting.
The training process is systematic and precisely detailed. It begins with the selection of tools and materials. It shows how they are used. It demonstrates the principles of design, composition and color. It illustrates and discusses these principles in reproductions of works of 10 other artists, in addition to her own.

She teaches her students the skills to produce paintings which can stir a coherent response in the viewer. The response is to the totality of the painting, not just to the sum of its parts. In short, it is an aesthetic response.

The author's tone of instruction is personal, almost in the style of speech, doubtless a result of her years of teaching. It is technical and precise where appropriate, but also guiding, encouraging, and occasionally humorous. The effect goes beyond teaching an aesthetic perception and technique. It shapes an aesthetic way of thinking in the increasingly engaged student.

Easy Watercolor is also a beautiful book in its own right.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, December 17, 2002

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Mary Nieto (Canton, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Watercolor: Learn to Express Yourself (Hardcover)

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not only does it inspire, but it excites the reader in an easy to understand format.I studied art on the university level and truly learned more from Marcia Moses than I did in two years of art instruction. She establishes a rapport with the reader, which makes them feel like even as a beginner that they too can create, paint like a professional. Her explanations of technique and theory, make it easy to comprehend and entices the reader to "go get started". It not only is comprehensive, but invites the reader to explore their creativity on every level. I highly recommend this book to existing and future artists as well. A definite must have for your collection! It was a pleasure to experience!