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by Nicholas Poullis
A comprehensive and practical guide to painting watercolour buildings with atmosphere, character and accuracy, from renowned artist Nicholas Poullis.
‘Nicholas’s paintings exude a wonderfully fresh and vibrant feel, with some innovative and daring compositions [] He is an artist at the peak of his creative powers.’ David Curtis ROI RSMA
Painting buildings is about more than faithfully describing the architecture successful watercolour paintings must also contain character, ambience and a sense of place. In this clearly explained and highly visual guide, master artist Nicholas Poullis shows you how to harness classic watercolour techniques to achieve paintings that are both accurate and inspiring. It is a masterclass of insight, technique and inspiration, for confident beginner and intermediate-level artists looking to discover key watercolour techniques as well as more experienced painters looking to hone their skills.
Endorsements from other leading artists and experts:
“Nicholas’s paintings exude a wonderfully fresh and vibrant feel, with some innovative and daring compositions. There is a crispness in the execution of those controlled washes with a splendid sense of clarity and colour harmony. Pure watercolour practised in the most capable hands can appear deceptively simple to the observer’s eye, but in fact is the culmination of a life time’s careful observation and much experimentation with the media. Nicholas’s formidable works demonstrate an artist at the peak of his creative powers.” David Curtis ROI RSMA
“Nicholas’s thoughtful engagement with the processes of watercolour goes beyond the mastering of the inherently challenging techniques of this medium. He has a refreshingly broad view of the possibilities of watercolour, and whilst he doesn’t claim that the medium is easy, he produces light-filled compositions that are fresh and expressive, and easily capture the atmosphere of the scene or place.” Dr Sally Bulgin, The Artist
“Watercolour painting is like playing a single beautiful instrument. Nicholas has tuned his instrument to express the beauty of nature to a rare degree. ‘Leave out but never add’ was the cry of John Sell Cotman, one of Britain's finest watercolourists, and this is exemplified in Nicholas’s work.” Professor Ken Howard OBE Royal Academician
Foreword by Dr Sally Bulgin 6 Introduction 8 Materials and equipment 10 The painting session 16 Pure watercolour techniques 24 Choosing a subject 38 Simplification 48 Cathar Bridge - step-by-step 56 Drawing and perspective 64 Watermill - step-by-step 70 Shady Corner - step-by-step 84 Painting light 88 Market Hall, Early Morning - step-by-step 96 The order of painting 104 Market Hall interior - step-by-step 114 How to develop your painting 122 Ancient bridge - step-by-step 134 Afterword 142 Index 144
Nicholas Poullis is an award-winning watercolourist and has been a contributing author to the leading practical art magazine, The Artist, for many years, writing on various aspects of watercolour. He has a particular interest in architectural subject matter.
Since graduating from Anglia Polytechnic University in 1996, Nicholas has been a full time professional artist and has exhibited extensively in France and also England with the RBSA, RI, RBA and RWS and in various group and solo shows, including at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall. Nicholas is well established in the Languedoc region of South West France, where he has previously been an Official Painter to the Office de Tourism Pézenas, Val d’Hérault. He currently runs painting holidays in the South of France.
www.nicholas-poullis.com
I have been enjoying reading the book. I like the way Nicholas provides thorough explanations throughout the chapters and especially in the demonstration sections, telling the reader, for example, how best to place the easel, angle the board, choose the right view etc. Very helpful information, esp for beginners, and much needed before starting the painting. Normally, I am not a fan of too many photographs in a painting book but he has made their inclusion work very well and, in so doing, provided valuable advice for the reader. Well done! His attention to the kind of detail that the aspiring artist needs to know is thorough, comprehensive and usefully summed up so that the reader can see in a moment the main points covered in the chapter. I found myself reading the book more carefully so as not to miss any gems. I also liked very much that he showed the finished painting before the stages in the demonstrations, thus the reader knew exactly where he was going, that worked very well, making the book a good, clear guide to painting buildings and landscapes. I think it will also appeal to all watercolourists because the yummy atmospheric effects garnered from the granulating colours are so engaging. His style is refreshing and modern, embracing the importance of the abstract pattern underpinning the figurative content, so necessary to making paintings work but not always addressed.
Painting buildings offers the watercolourist an exciting challenge, but there are few books available to help the aspiring artist. In this book, master artist Nicholas Poullis shares his approach, techniques and experience to help the reader produce paintings that are at once accurate and inspiring.
Painting buildings is about more than faithfully describing the architecture; successful paintings must also contain character, ambiance and a sense of place. In this comprehensive and highly visual guide, master artist Nicholas Poullis shows how to harness classic watercolor techniques to achieve artworks that are both accurate and inspiring.
A masterclass of insight, technique and inspiration, this book is geared to confident beginner- and intermediate-level artists looking to discover key watercolor techniques, and to more experienced painters looking to hone their skills.
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