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Paint Watercolors That Dance with Light 11 reviews
Elizabeth Kincaid
North Light Books, 2004
Alaskan artist
The paintings capture light and shadows with incredible beauty and are inspiring to my own watercolor endeavors. The book is a worthwhile addition to any watercolorist's library.
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Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World's Most Versatile Medium 44 reviews
Nancy Reyner
North Light Books, 2007
Paint spattered
Yes, that's right, this book is so much a part of what I do that it has paint spatters on the pages. And I think that's a real recommendation. This is not a book sitting pretty on my shelf, it's a living companion working with me in my daily art practice. How cool is that? Buy this book...
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The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Landscapes17 reviews
Gordon Mackenzie
North Light Books, 2006
Excellent Book!
This is really a must-have. Very detailed in a clear and direct language. Excellent for every level of watercolor painters!
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Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light (Art Institute of Chicago)4 reviews
Martha Tedeschi, Kristi Dahm
Art Institute of Chicago, 2008
treat your eyes and mind to something beautiful on a dreary winter day
I was browsing through the book store at the Art Institute of Chicago and was attracted to a new book that accompanies an upcoming exhibition at the museum. The beautiful cover of the book invited me to pick it up and open it. I know a little about Winslow Homer, but did not appreciate his accomplishments with watercolors until I flipped through this book. The staff at the book store must have ...
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Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project4 reviews
Meriel Thurstan, Rosie Martin
Batsford, 2006
Botanical illustration
This is an in depth clear book about the process of botanical illustration. Well written and great pictures. Recommend highly!
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Watercolor in Motion: How to Create Powerful Paintings, Step by Step (Book & DVD)3 reviews
Birgit Oconnor
North Light Books, 2008
Best watercolor book I've ever purchased!
Although this book mainly concentrates on florals, it addresses many common issues that newby watercolorists face. I've take a couple of classes but Ms. O'Conner makes her instruction clear and fun! I certainly have a better understanding of what effects water and wet vs. dry paper has. Thanks very a wonderful book and the DVD is a fab bonus!
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How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself: Experimental Techniques for Achieving Realistic Effects46 reviews
Nita Engle
Watson-Guptill, 2007
Great Ideas
This book contains a lot of great techniques for making your watercolors seem more natural and alive. I found the instructions clear and the illustrations helpful. The author knows how to address an audience ranging from beginners to experienced painters (I'm a beginner) and I was motivated to start trying them right away!
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Splash 10 Passionate Brushstrokes (Splash)2 reviews
North Light Books, 2008
Another Big Splash
Rachel Rubin Wolf must be doing something right with now a tenth in the series. The Splash series is a collection of current watercolor artists and some of their most inspiring work.
This one is Passionate Brushstrokes. The colors, the ideas, the perspective of the paintings are once again terrific.
It is especially helpful, as an artist, to read from each artist their breakthroughs, ...
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Creative License, The: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are59 reviews
Danny Gregory
Hyperion, 2006
Artist, thou art loosed!
Remove the block to your creative drive and find yourself once again enjoying your own drawing, painting, writing, crafts, or whatever it is that brings you joy!
The Creative License: Giving Yorself Permission To Be The Artist You Truly Are is all that the title claims. Own it and you have (one of) the keys that will open the door back into the world of your own creativity, unfettered by a ...
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The Watercolorists Essential Notebook24 reviews
Gordon Mackenzie
North Light Books, 2000
THE best!
As a fairly new watercolorist, I have purchased many, many books on the subject in an attempt to gain skills, learn techniques, expand my thinking, etc., etc. Some of those books have been helpful, but usually only a page or two of a 60-page book was exactly what I was looking for. In other words, I was disappointed! Long introduction to say that THIS watercolor book exceeded all my ...
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Dreamscapes: Creating Magical Angel, Faery & Mermaid Worlds In Watercolor5 reviews
Stephanie Pui-Mon Law
Impact, 2008
A Dream for beginning artists and fans
I have been a fan of Stephanie's work as a fellow artist. I like her watercolor technique and use of color in her artwork. I purchased the book, not to learn how to create art, but to better understand Stephanie's process as an artist.
Upon reviewing the book, I was very impressed with the presentation of the material and Stephanie's instructional style. It was very clear, and extremely ...
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The Watercolor Flower Painters A to Z10 reviews
Adelene Fletcher
North Light Books, 2001
About the BEST of the BEST Watercolor Instruction Books
This book is on the top of my list of books I would recommend to learn to paint and draw flowers in watercolor, and I have a huge number of watercolor painting books to compare it to. It is also great for learning basic watercolor techniques, as the beginning chapter cover everything a beginner would need to know, but it is a book for watercolorists of all levels.
After the basic ...
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Creating Textured Landscapes With Pen, Ink & Watercolor 4 reviews
Claudia Nice
North Light Books, 2007
All You Need
Yes, the title says for landscapes, ink, pen and watercolor, but really you could apply the techniques in this book to just about anything. It has a huge sampling of textures and how to achieve them. Since I am a beginner, I thought the techniques would be difficult to learn, but the directions are incredibly easy to understand and non of the techniques are time consuming (aside from masking). ...
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Exploring Watercolor: Creative Exercises and Techniques for Watercolor and Mixed Media1 review
Elizabeth Groves
North Light Books, 2007
A book well worth reading
I thoroughly enjoyed "exploring warercolor". I found that the book covered a lot of territory in the watercolor field and that the explanations given were very clear. I have been painting watercolors for many years now and still learnt quite a lot from this book. In conclusion I would reall recommend it to anybody who is interested in watercolors.
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Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines24 reviews
Linda Kemp
North Light Books, 2004
A true creative guide
This is truly one of the best tutorial and creative books written on how to paint with watercolors. Linda Kemp is a visionary artist and her work resonates her masterful accomplishments. It's hard to combine the technical aspects of picture making while nurturing the creative elements of painting. Linda shows the reader how to do both. She takes the student on a fundamental learning guide with ...
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Watercolor Artist's Guide to Exceptional Color9 reviews
Jan Hart
Walter Foster, 2007
A Sweeping Look at Watercolor How-To
Jan Hart's book, The Watercolor Artist's Guide to Exceptional Color, is such an attractive and useful book. Beginners, as well as experienced painters, will be excited to have it in their hands. Ms. Hart gives much practical information for the beginning watercolorist as well as for those who have been painting for some time.
But like all instruction books, it has its good points and its ...
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Watercolor School (Learn as You Go)12 reviews
Hazel Harrison
Readers Digest, 1993
Watercolor School
Over the years, I have bought many watercolor books to help me get started painting with watercolor. I wish I had found this one first. It has the basics and more. The techniques and demonstrations are illustrated extremely well. The text is easy to follow, too. In some cases, it even gives two approaches to painting the same subject matter. Good color theory, too. I know I will use this now ...
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Watercolor Basics - Lets Get Started (Watercolor Basics)22 reviews
Jack Reid
North Light Books, 1998
GREAT BOOK!
This book is for the "Very Beginer". It tells you what to purchase to start...ie..which brushes, what paint colors, and paper type. It then goes on to show you step by step how to use those supplies to create a picture.
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Watercolor The Spirit Of Spontaneity5 reviews
Karlyn Holman
Karlyn Gallery, 2008
Uplifting and creative extension of watercolour techniques
This book is an exciting exploration into the possibilies associated with extending your watercolour skills. It covers a wide range of techniques using many and varied items that I would never contemplated (e.g. painting over stretched gauze). Some of the products are not clearly explained, however I'm sure that can be overcome using the email address provided.
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The Complete Guide To Painting Water
Bert N Petri
North Light Books, 2008
Water is a fascinating yet challenging subject to paint. It changes forms, moods, shape and color as the surrounding influences are altered. In The Complete Guide to Painting Water, the reader will learn how to paint water in all of it's forms in order to incorporate it as part of their landscape and still life paintings. Readers will not only learn how to paint water, they will learn how to observe the motions of water in order to master this ...
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