Learn Quickly: The Big Book of Watercolour

A compilation of practical guidance on everything you need to know about painting people and landscapes in watercolour, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations to develop your masterpiece. Hazel Soan is a hugely successful painter and an outstanding teacher and author of art books, which have introduced the wonders of art to a generation of amateur artists. Here she collates her vast knowledge on painting in watercolour in easily digested steps that can be achieved in short bursts of time. In this extended compilation edition, Hazel Soan explains everything you need to know about painting people and landscapes in watercolour in an accessibleand informative way. She advises on how to master brushstrokes and balance composition as well as dealing with the theories of colour and light. She gives you the tools to create urban streets, woodland forests and rocky coastlines and guides you through ways to inset people into your pre-existing paintings to bring them to life. Bursting with easy-to-follow exercises and demonstrations, this comprehensive compendium to watercolour painting is a useful resource for experienced painters and an invaluable companion for beginners.

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Hazel Soan

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A compendium of information containing everything you need to know about painting people and landscapes in watercolour, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations to develop your masterpiece.

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General Introduction 6

Learn Watercolour Quickly 8

Introduction 10

Chapter 1: What you should know about watercolour 12

Chapter 2: The stuff you need 20

Chapter 3: Choosing the colours 32

Chapter 4: Putting paint on paper 48

Chapter 5: Selecting the subject 88

Chapter 6: Go for it 112

Learn Watercolour Landscapes Quickly 116

Introduction 118

Chapter 1: Creating space 120

Chapter 2: Focus on composition 144

Chapter 3: Light and colour 160

Chapter 4: Landscape techniques 176

Chapter 5: Landscape themes 192

Chapter 6: Go for it 220

Learn to Paint People Quickly 224

Introduction 226

Chapter 1: Understanding the essentials 228

Chapter 2: Proportion 234

Chapter 3: The pose 248

Chapter 4: Lighting 256

Chapter 5: The face and clothing 272

Chapter 6: Figures in a setting 288

Chapter 7: Go for it 298

Index 300