Comprehensive guidance for anyone painting in watercolor, from beginners up.

Watercolor is an exquisite medium but an unforgiving one, and there is nothing that will dampen enthusiasm more quickly than the lack of a good result. The essential techniques and detailed explanations and demonstrations in this beautifully produced book will educate and encourage beginner to experienced artists so that they too can obtain results and have fun in the process.

Readers will also discover the widest range of possible watercolor effects thanks to a team of 20 internationally recognized guest artists who reveal some of their painting secrets in a series of 'life lessons'. David Webb's instruction, 'Help ' panels that focus on what can go wrong, and advice on how to avoid typical mistakes will put new watercolor artists on the road to progress quickly.

Some of the topics covered include:

Different paper surfaces and weights with examples of watercolors
Brush shapes and sizes
Step-by-step photo guide of paper stretching process
Basic brushwork (wet-on-dry, wet-in-wet, graded wash, etc.)
Building up a painting in washes, layer by layer
Hard and soft edges
Mixing color on the paper
Selective seeing, editing what you see
Choosing a viewpoint; landscape, portrait and square
Creating a path through the picture
Perspective, color and tone
Creating atmosphere and mood
Presenting your work professionally
Photographing your artwork
Exhibiting.

Throughout the book are the author's personal tips and fixes gained over decades of painting experience. Problems are tackled with proven solutions and there is advice on how to avoid those problems in the first place. This book is an essential reference for watercolor artists, novice, experienced and aspiring alike.

Painting in Watercolor: The Indispensable Guide - sidottu, Englanti, 2016