Watercolour Landscapes Step-by-Step

This comprehensive guide to painting landscapes in watercolour features the expert tuition of six renowned watercolour artists. It covers all aspects of painting, from materials and techniques through to planning a painting, sketching and perspective. Learn the techniques of wet into wet, spattering, dry brushing, lifting out and using salt to create texture and interest, and follow the step-by-step demonstrations to create realistic water, skies, reflections and buildings, as well as mood and atmosphere. With nine beautiful projects to try, and numerous examples of the authors' work to inspire you, this is the ideal introduction to landscape painting for artists of all abilities.

This book includes material previously published in the highly successful Step-by-Step Leisure Arts series and the Watercolour Tips and Techniques series.

Book Contents

Materials

Techniques

Colour

Tone

Composition

Planning a painting

Sketching

Perspective

Snow scene step-by-step

Trees

Water

Deep water step-by-step

Lively water step-by-step

Shallow water step-by-step

Sea and sky

Gower coast step-by-step

Reflections in the sand step-by-step

Buildings in the landscape step-by-step

Oast houses step-by-step

The fish market, Venice step-by-step

Mood and atmosphere

Frosty morning step-by-step

Index