Shares techniques for creating dynamic watercolor paintings, including creating paintings with more than just a brush, using more vibrant and brilliant colors, and defining an "impact area" within a painting.

Tom Lynch's Watercolor Secrets

Lynch, Tom

Arts & Photography

Intl Artist Pub Inc

This book is designed to help you create original landscapes from your own imagination. It starts with a short introduction in watercolor painting, materials and equipment; goes on to show you how you can learn from watercolor itself, and then teaches you how to use the characteristics of the medium to kick-start your imagination.

Painting Landscapes from Your Imagination (A Fold Out and Follow Me Project Book)

Tony Smibert

Painting

The Oil Painter's Ultimate Flower & Portrait Companion

Moran, Patricia

"You can paint the sea in oils using special effects."

Paint the Sea in Oils Using Special Effects

Robinson, E. John

Passion is one of the most important elements in a masterful work of art. Without it, a painting is a lifeless collection of composition and technique. Here, internationally respected watercolorist Alvaro Castagnet shows artists how to paint from their heart--capturing more than just subjects, but the thoughts, feelings and emotions that give them impact. 
Detailed demonstrations show how to: * create passion through a perfect marriage of tonal values * inject mystery and drama by manipulating shadows * use color to express powerful emotion * simplify a scene to better express the artist's feelings for the subject * set a mood, create rhythm, and ultimately achieve perfect unity 
Through it all, artists will take their passion for painting--and personal satisfaction from their work--to a higher plateau.

Watercolor Painting with Passion

Alvaro Castagnet

Harley Brown's Eternal Truths for Every Artist

Harley Brown offers artists his "truths" for painting success--the stuff he hopes they teach in art school. A well-established artist, Brown has gained a large following with his frank, no-nonsense approach to teaching art. Twelve knock-out chapters include: 
* What every artist should do first. Harley's own cheap and dirty way to start a painting * Composition--who needs it? See why most paintings are boring. And why a few will knock your socks off. * Working with color. Stay miles ahead of the person who skips this chapter! * Going on from here. Your greatest obstacle isn't skill...it's attitude. * Plus, 30 magic solutions to common problems, 15 things to leave out of a painting, 24 painting sins and much more! 
Supplementing Brown's advice are more than 10 step-by-step painting demonstrations in oil and pastel. His unique offerings are sure to enlighten and entertain painters of all skill levels and backgrounds.

Brown, Harley

LEHRMAN, LEWIS BARRETT

Carole Katchen, well-known artist, workshop instructor and author, invites readers to begin expressing their own ideas in the brilliant, liberating medium of pastel. 
This book will inspire pastel painters looking for new creative directions and gives beginners a great place to start. Checklists, tips and step-by-step demonstrations make the instruction easy to follow. Artists will first learn how to master basic techniques, from choosing colors, paper and fixatives to making expressive marks. The second half of the book guides artists to explore the "boundless limits" of their own creativity. Katchen motivates artists with: 
* A 10-point checklist for choosing evocative subjects * Tips on how to break the rules and take chances with pastel * Strokes that will reflect and enhance personal vision * Four different approaches to beginning a painting * Advice on how to strive for excellence, not perfection

Express Yourself With Pastel

Katchen,Carole

Watercolor Painting With Passion!

Castagnet, Alvaro

A great painting starts with a great composition. In this beautifully illustrated book, sixteen talented artists spell out how they approach composition using overlays, diagrams and over 120 examples, showing readers exactly what they did to finish up with a fantastic painting. 
And as the concept of composition becomes more clear, readers will discover a way of thinking that improves their work immeasurably, creating endless painting possibilities--because if anything separates the pro from the amateur, it's their approach to composition. 
* Covers all mediums * Shows exactly what goes on in the artist's mind when they compose a painting * Illustrates the 10 essential composition elements * Analyzes color, space, shape values and volumes as design tactics

Design & Composition Secrets of Professional Artists: 16 Successful Painters Show How They Create Prize-Winning Work

Creating Impressionist Landscapes in Oil

Whisson, Colley

History & Criticism

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