This liberating guide to pouring transparent watercolour makes this unusual technique achievable and enjoyable. Here, the author breaks down her innovative "pouring" process with visual guidance that includes: Beginning-to-end instruction Four full-length demos and multiple minidemos that show how to build strong light-based compositions Detailed shots to create transparent colour and translucent glazes Design summary sidebars Paintings from contributing artists that show how to apply this technique to many different styles Watercolourists of all levels will learn to capture the elusive qualities of light in their own work.
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Jean Grastorf is a well-known watercolour workshop instructor. Her paintings have won numerous awards and are featured in many exhibitions and private collections.
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
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Lucid Explanation of a Challenging Technique,
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This review is from: Pouring Light - Layering Transparent Watercolor (Hardcover)
Jean Grastorf's technique is both intuitive and cerebral. Instead of pouring freely and deriving a painting from the unpredictable result; Grastorf teaches careful drawing, value sketches, extensive planned masking and controlled pours (usually just three colors). The results of this patient work are gorgeous. Note how many of the paintings shown are in private collections.The book is well written and extensively illustrated with useful examples. The completion of several paintings is demonstrated in detail, including "masking maps". Other watercolor artists (Roland Roycraft for example) have books on pouring techniques, but they are more free-form and intuitive in their approach. I love Grastorf's work, but I would advise the casual painter to think carefully before undertaking the process. It requires good planning, careful value analysis, repeated masking and pouring, and above all, patience. Even if you decide the process is not for you, I'd still recommend purchasing the book to own and study the beautiful images and to understand the potent mixture of emotion and intellect Grastorf uses to produce them.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Outstanding Workshop in a Book,
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This review is from: Pouring Light - Layering Transparent Watercolor (Hardcover)
If you want to grow as an artist and put some new "tools" in your watercolor know-how kit, this is the book for you. If you have never taken a workshop with Jean Grastorf or, even if you have, you owe it to yourself to buy this book and learn or reinforce her exciting and unusual method for achieving beautiful, luminous paintings. If you are expecting the average, ordinary same-old, same-old watercolor how-to book, you will be unexpectedly delighted and surprised with this volume. And when you see her work, so beautifully reproduced in this book, you will understand why Jean uses this technique to create her award-winning paintings.Jean has done an outstanding job of demonstrating and explaining her method of pouring brilliant, glowing watercolors, and Northlight has done an outstanding job of setting up the book, complete with masking maps and other goodies that tell you exactly how to get from Point A to Point B to achieve the beautiful results possible only with this method. It's a book that every watercolorist should have on their shelf.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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As Good As It Gets,
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I've been fortunate enough to have taken a watercolor workshop with Jean Grastorf, and her book is almost as good as being in her presence and watching her work. The art itself is worth the purchase price, and Jean's step-by-step instructions are lucid and easy to follow. I especially appreciate Jean's emphasis on compostion and value studies. Her book--as well as her watercolor technique--are about much more than pouring watercolor. This book would be an excellent addition to any artist's library.
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