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Learn Watercolour Landscapes Quickly

Hazel Soan author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Batsford

Published:9th Jul '20

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A guide to landscape painting for complete beginners with simple exercises.

Hazel Soan is a hugely successful painter and an outstanding teacher and author of art books, which have introduced the wonders of art to a generation of amateur artists. In this book she teaches you how to get to grips with watercolour landscapes in the space of an afternoon.

The book explores the basics of watercolour landscapes with lots of simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations that are perfect for beginners. That life-long ambition of painting somewhere that is important to you can become a possibility with the help of this nifty little book.

Topics covered include creating space, composition and focus, light and shadows, colours of the landscape and the mixing of watercolours. Watercolour painting techniques such as painting en plein air, brushwork, creating texture, wet into wet and wet on dry are explained. The book also explores specific landscape themes such as skies, foliage, forests, gardens, seascapes, wilderness, sunsets, urban landscapes, panoramas, sunsets and many more.

'Refreshingly cuts through the mystique and, frankly, waffle you may find elsewhere. … It’s little short of magic'

-- Henry Malt, * The Artist *

'Quite simply one of the best guides to landscape painting you’ll find'

* Art Book Review *

'Hazel, with her years of teaching experience, is the ideal person to teach good habits from the outset'

* Leisure Painter *

'Perfect for recreating your favourite places'

* Crafts Beautif

ISBN: 9781849945936

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

112 pages