Watercolor, the basics - All the techniques step by step

A highly recommended book for beginners Do you want to learn watercolor or deepen your knowledge? Laura Merle @enjoylamome offers you a watercolor book, a truly accessible method to easily get started with watercolor. The first part covers everything you need to know to paint in good conditions and guides you towards choosing the material suited to your needs. The second part focuses on the basic techniques for practicing your gesture, working with your colors, painting on dry and wet paper, playing with white reserves, texturing your watercolors, etc. Each of these techniques is explained step by step. The last part offers projects to practice and put into practice the techniques learned in various subjects such as the sky, water, landscapes, a transparent object, with effects of light and depth that you can reuse in your own paints. You will discover that there are specific processes to achieve certain effects, but that everyone has their own way of applying them depending on their sensitivity and experience. An essential watercolor book to get started and improve. Extract from the summary: Painting in good conditions. The light, the work plan, the mobile workshop. How to choose your equipment? Paper, brushes, watercolor, other materials, what to remember. Basic techniques: colors, mastering your gesture, painting in the wet, making washes, making glazes, painting in negative, stocking up on white, removing, brushing, texturing your watercolor. Projects to practice: mysterious forest, rainy day, all in transparency, tropical vacation, under the ocean, head in the stars, wild strawberries, trip to Namibia, autumn leaves, a country feel. The author: Passionate watercolorist, Laura @enjoylamome, is a plastic arts teacher. She has brought together all her teaching experience, all her knowledge, all the techniques she teaches on YouTube and in her masterclasses, to create an accessible method that allows everyone to get started. Height: 255mm Width: 205mm Pagination: 120 Weight: 576 grams Author: Laure Merle - @enjoylamome ISBN: 978-2-37817-107-0 EAN: 9782378171070