Watercolour is the most popular painting medium, yet many leisure painters, although good at the technique, lack originality in their composition. In this book, John Blockley attempts to stimulate the readers' own artistic perceptions and encourages them to be more imaginative and adventurous in their painting. The author paints a variety of subjects in differing ways and from several viewpoints. By following through various interpretations of the same painting the reader is able to see how varying light effects, a change of palette, or altering the angle of vision can totally transform the look of the same subject.

Watercolour interpretations

Arts & Photography

John Blockley

History & Criticism

HARPER/COLLINS

The books in this series are aimed at the amateur leisure painter. They are written by professional working artists who guide the reader through each subject in easy stages. Included are step-by-step demonstrations and the aim is to provide a valuable library of practical advice and inspiration.

Learn to Paint Pastels (Collins Learn to Paint)

HarperCollins, Publishers

This best-selling title will be relaunched in September 04 with a fresh new cover design. Written by the highly respected artist John Blockley, this book provides an ideal introduction to the popular and accessible medium of pastels. John Blockley gives advice on choosing materials and demonstrates all the basic techniques of painting in the colourful, modern medium of pastels. He shows how to make marks with pastels, which papers to use and how to work from pencil sketches. There are many interesting step-by-step demonstration paintings on a variety of subjects -- flowers, trees, still life, buildings and landscapes -- and the book includes a fine selection of John Blockley's beautiful pastel paintings.

Pastels

Drawing

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

The Challenge of Watercolour

Painting

Watson-Guptill Pubns

John Blockley has a painting studio in a 16th century barn in the Cotswolds, England. He works in watercolor because "it gives immediacy to the techniques he uses to capture textures and light." Photo demonstrations of the steps to create your own watercolor scenes using John Blockley's techniques.

Creative Watercolour Techniques

Writers' Digest Books

<p>Demonstrates various pastel techniques and shows how to make use of them in creating landscapes, still lifes, and portraits</p>

How To Paint With Pastels

HPBooks

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