Customer Reviews

Fill Your Watercolors with Nature's Light

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Having read "enough" art technique books, I have learned that until one gets "down and dirty" trying out what is discussed in the book, then one does not actually spend the money wisely (on the book).

The same for this book. Beautiful artwork by the author. Did I say beautiful? No, BREATHTAKING, rather. However, to be able to generate beautiful artworks, the readers will need the following:

- An ability to SEE (light, dark, positive and negative space)

- Follow instructions from the book (which is PROBABLY the easy part, since it is rather well-written)

- A decent craftsmanship to finesse the final painting after the "mask and pour paints" phase of the process.

Briefly, I would think this is a power tool for watercolorists. How great the final products turn out to be will depend on the aforementioned factors.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I love these books by Roycraft. If you love painting landscape or natural subjects, you cannot go wrong reading this book. Roycraft's techniques look simple (a lot of splashing going on) but they are controlled and well thought out. If you love floral painting you should not miss his examples here of a peony and an iris. JUST Breathtaking. I picked up so many ideas from this book.

Not only are Roycraft's paintings beautiful to see, he knows how to communicate his techniques incredibly well. I'm glad I found this watercolor artist's books.

This is a nice book for soft landscapes. However, I don't use it nearly as much as I thought I would. Check out the authors style first, and if you really like it...then the book is for you. I use some techniques, but the subject matter is a little soft for me. I didn't stay interested enought to use the lessons, but I did read it through and apply concepts to some of my own work.

I bought this volume after I read it from my public Library. I paint and found it to be an invaluable resource. It has changed the way I look at painting and strongly influenced my painting technique. I would recommend it to anyone that paints or wants to learn how.

Fill Your Watercolor With Natures Light: Features Masking, Pouring & Spatering Techniques

Book offers new ways to create really dramatic, luminous landscapes especially with snow, water and even flowers. Author/painter keeps the promise of the book's title! Glad that I bought it.../pae

The artwork is lovely and inspiring. The teaching could have been a bit more detailed, but I got some terrific ideas about technique from it. It's another angle on the Nita Engle style of paintings "painting themselves". (I can't seem to get them to paint themselves, however...)

This book is set out clearly and attractively which makes you want to get going and try the methods suggested.

This was a delightful book with clear illustrations of how to add the look of light and atmosphere to your watercolor work. The illustrations are delightful. The directions are made clear with photographs of each step. It is a technique that takes practice (like everything else), but yields very unique results. I will be referring to the book again for sure.

I'm enjoying the wonderful instructions on "how to" and with all the techniques one can apply for interesting results. Also, out of the ordinary tools to apply color and texture. Certainly worth having in my source collection. I will come back to this book many times.

I liked the way each method was explained in this book and created more appreciation for watercolours.