This new title in the Watercolor Basics series provides artists with all the step-by-step guidance they need to bring people and portraits to life through the beauty of watercolor. From achieving proper proportion to rendering skin tones, author Butch Krieger makes mastering the basics--value, shape, line and color--a snap. Seventeen complete demonstrations and thirteen mini demos take readers through every step, everything from selecting materials and mixing colors to creating effects. Whether the reader is an absolute beginner striving to paint people realistically, or a more advanced artist looking to improve a specific technique, Watercolor Basics: People will make a noticeable difference in the quality of their work.
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Butch Krieger is a regular contributor to the "Drawing Board" feature in The Artist's Magazine. In it, he focuses on teaching the essentials of portrait and figure drawing. Butch has also won many awards and his work appears in Best of Portrait Painting. He lives in Port Angeles, Washington.
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This book is a great step-by-step guide for portrait painting in watercolor. The importance of value is well illustrated. A wonderful book for the beginner and experienced watercolor painter.
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Cobalt Blue, New Gamboge, Watercolor Basics, Rose Madder Genuine, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Alizarin Crimson, Indanthrone Blue, Quinacridone Sienna, Burnt Umber, Bathe Your Figures, Enliven Your Portraits, Living Color, Yellow Ochre, Capture the Moment, Daniel Smith, Quinacridone Gold, Choose Your Materials, Model Form Add New!
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Cobalt Blue, New Gamboge, Watercolor Basics, Rose Madder Genuine, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Alizarin Crimson, Indanthrone Blue, Quinacridone Sienna, Burnt Umber, Bathe Your Figures, Enliven Your Portraits, Living Color, Yellow Ochre, Capture the Moment, Daniel Smith, Quinacridone Gold, Choose Your Materials, Model Form Add New!
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