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From making sure you have the right equipment to fixing common mistakes, this book has all the reliable answers you need to build your confidence and reach new levels of artistry.
You'll find answers to 200 questions on a vast range of important watercolor topics, whether you're looking for the best way to organize your work space, paint a portrait, understand perspective, or work with light and shadow.
Detailed step-by-step photos and illustrations help explain techniques and effects--ideal for both beginners and more experienced painters Valuable and reliable advice from a leading expert covers all aspects of the art of watercolor painting Chapters cover choosing the right equipment, color and composition, still life, painting highlights, and building up brush strokes Another Art Answers Title from Barron's
Calligraphy Art Answers books are precisely that--practical answers to the questions that every artist asks himself or herself while working on a project. Such questions are always specific, and require immediate and specific answers: Which brush to use in order to create the precise desired effect?. . . What is the best way to organize workspace? . . Which papers and inks to select for a given project?. . . and literally hundreds more similar questions. In this book, art students and hobbyists will find reliable answers from experienced professionals about texture and tone, creating reflections in water, contrasting light and shadow, blending and smudging, framing and mounting, and much more. More than 100 instructive color illustrations come with step-by-step tips and methods that teach artistic skills and improve on the reader's previously acquired techniques. The practical and sturdy Flexibinding covers make these books ideal both for studio use and for carrying along on field trips.
