Hazel Soan

Learn Quickly: The Big Book of Watercolour

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Batsford
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 170mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 896g
• ISBN-13: 9781849949644
• ISBN-10: 1849949646
• Artikelnr.: 71554809

Autorenporträt

Hazel Soan is a popular and successful artist who divides her time between London and Cape Town, exhibiting her work widely. She has her own gallery in Fulham, London. She is author of several bestselling books and a range of successful DVDs. She was one of the art experts in the popular Channel 4 TV series Watercolour Challenge. The very successfulLearn Watercolour Quickly, Essence of Watercolour and Watercolour Rainbow are also by Hazel Soan.

Inhaltsangabe

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