Watercolor Made Easy: Techniques For Simplifying The Painting Process

Plot

For many artists, watercolor's most exciting qualities - its freshness, immediacy, and spontaneity - are what make it the most challenging painting medium. Beginning watercolorists in particular struggle against its looseness and softness, inadvertently sacrificing the spirit of the subject and the focus of the painting. Addressing this fundamental misunderstanding, acclaimed watercolor artist Janet Walsh shows readers how to simplify their approach to watercolor painting and their observations of subject matter, as well as how to use watercolor's unique characteristics to enhance each composition and improve their painting skills. Watercolor Made Easy also covers such topics as how to use a sketch book to improve drawing and observation skills; how to paint a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers; how to effectively express white; and how to interpret the light and color of an open-air scene. Lavishly illustrated with the author's inspiring and delightful paintings, Watercolor Made Easy serves as an authoritative guide for the novice and as an essential reference for more experienced watercolorists.