Spending hours or even days on a watercolor painting can lead to dull, muddy results. But a surefire way to keep your paintings loose and fresh is to work quickly! In this informative, 64-page book, accomplished artist Paul Talbot-Greaves proves that painting in watercolor doesn't have to be an all-day event. In fact, an impressive landscape scene can be created in just 30 minutes or less, which Paul demonstrates in 27 step-by-step lessons. To discourage readers from overworking their paintings, the author breaks down each lesson into short blocks of time, indicating how many minutes should be spent on each stage. In addition, he provides practical information on tone, color, pattern, light, and more, so readers can improve their skills and develop their "artist's eye."
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Discover the benefits of completing a watercolor painting in 30 minutes or less
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A professional watercolorist and art teacher, Paul Talbot-Greaves (West Yorkshire, UK) holds numerous workshops and demonstrations throughout the British Isles. He has been a member of several art organizations, including the International Guild of Artists, the British Watercolour Society, the Halifax Art Society, and the Society for All Artists (SAA). Paul has written for a number of UK publications, such as Paint and Artists & Illustrators Magazine, for which he is a regular contributor. He also has produced four art instruction videos and DVDs on watercolor painting.
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This review is from: Watercolor Made Easy: 30-Minute Landscapes: Quick and easy lessons for keeping your paintings loose and fresh (Paperback)
If you want easy step by step watercolour exercises to do, then this is the book for you!
It is full of useful information from the introduction to the closing words. The simple instructions which accompany the 27 exercises enable even a novice to create little masterpieces in their own right. The instructions are easy to follow and the illustrations are excellent. This is the best book of its kind for ease of use and will help anyone achieve success in watercolour painting.
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This review is from: Watercolor Made Easy: 30-Minute Landscapes: Quick and easy lessons for keeping your paintings loose and fresh (Paperback)
I was so excited to order this book but when it arrived I found that the art lessons for each picture consist of 4 steps. Each step is accompanied by 1 paragraph and 1 picture per step. The paintings were disappointing. Maybe the book I received was a poor print copy but the paintings are drab as in many generations of photocopy. There are no bright highligts (they are dull) and the contrast is non existent, the darks are dull. In my opinion contrast is the most important aspect to learn and to get right in a watercolor painting. Well contrast is discussed as necessary in the paragraph but there is no visual to back it up. There is no great painting to aspire to. How can you learn to paint a great painting with good contrast without a great example of what constitutes good contrast and how to accomplish it. If I had looked through this book at the bookstore I would never have purchased it.
I'll try a few practice pictures because the painting look easy to sketch out but I will apply techniques that I am picking up from other books such as 'Creating Luminous Watercolor Landcapes' This artist suggests painting the same painting with different lighting (different times of day, different weather, gray day, bright day, stormy day in order to practice making every picture pop off the page.
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watercolor tutorial,
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Paul Talbot- Greaves are wonderful painter and instructor.
The book is easy to understand and full of step-by-step instructions. I recommend this book to every watercolor lover.
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