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Charles Evans’ Watercolour Rescue
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  • Publisher: Search Press
  • Edition: BC Paperback Flexibinding
  • Publication: 10 November 2022
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9781782219422
  • Stock: 50+
  • Size: 148x210 mm
  • Illustrations: 300
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $29.99
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Charles Evans’ Watercolour Rescue

$29.99

Top tips for correcting your mistakes and preventing them in the first place by Charles Evans

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Book Description

Let a professional artist help you rescue your watercolour paintings in this Q&A-style guidebook that matches common problems and mistakes with proven solutions!

Watercolour painting is difficult to master, and even experienced artists are prone to making mistakes. As a longtime professional artist and teacher, Charles Evans has a huge bank of expert tips, tricks, and techniques for fixing and avoiding common problems in your watercolour paintings.

These include:

  • How to remove “cauliflowers”
  • Where to place your water container to avoid spillages
  • What to do if one colour is bleeding into another
  • How to make distant hills look,well... distant!
  • Why you keep mixing muddy colour
  • And more!

Each problem begins with a question asked by one of Charles’ students, such as, “How do I stop my trees looking like lollipops?” Charles then provides an easy solutionplus a short demonstration of how to prevent the problem moving forward making this the perfect resource for those new to, or experienced in, watercolour painting!

Table of Contents

Introduction 6
Where to get help 8
Equipment 10
Techniques and composition 32
Colour mixing and water control 46

Achieving realism...
... in nature 62
... in buildings and structures 100

Endgame 122
Index 128

About the Author

About Charles Evans

Charles Evans studied at Lincoln Art College and has since developed a career in art, painting and teaching. Appearing regularly for ITV regional programmes, painting out on location, gave him plenty of practice in working under all conditions. Today, Charlie lives in Northumberland, England and travels the country, and abroad, taking his no-nonsense approach to painting to hundreds of amateur artists.

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