Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour. The perennial favourite material for beginner artists, watercolour can be a surprisingly tricky medium to get to grips with. In this essential guide, bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton walks readers through allthe essential materials,tools and techniquesto get started with creating art in watercolour. Readers will then feel empowered to approach 15+ step-by-step projects ranging from very simple to more complex works, and dealing with landscapes, flowers & botanicals, still lifes and abstracts. Pick up a new creative skill with confidence with this comprehensive, accessible guide.

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Harriet de Winton is an artist and stationer. Founder of the de Winton Paper co, Harriet hosts a popular YouTube watercolour tutorial channel as well as hosting workshops in the UK and abroad. She is the author of the best-selling New Botanical Painting, Birds, Bees & Blossoms and A Year of Watercolour, which between them have been translated into nine languages.

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Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolor is contained in this stunning, full-colour, large-format book.

The perennial favorite material for beginner artists, watercolor can be a surprisingly tricky medium to get to grips with. In this essential guide, bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton walks readers through all the essential materials, tools and techniques to get started with creating art in watercolor. Readers will then feel empowered to approach 20 step-by-step projects ranging from very simple to more complex works. Starting with creative warm-up exercises, they'll quickly have the confidence to move on to dealing with landscapes, flowers and botanicals, stunning animal portraits, still lifes and abstracts.

Pick up a new creative skill with confidence with this comprehensive, accessible guide.

Topics covered include:

•              Washes and gradients
•              Highlights and lowlights
•              Underpainting
•              Lifting and blotting
•              Shadow and light sources
•              Perspective
•              Depth and distance
•              Finding your style

Zusammenfassung
Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour, from bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton.