Learn Watercolour Quickly

Name: Learn Watercolour Quickly
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SKU: 9781849941402
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Techniques and painting secrets for the absolute beginner

By Hazel Soan

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Learn Watercolour Quickly by Hazel Soan is a concise guide designed to get beginners started with painting in just one afternoon. This book breaks down essential techniques, from selecting and mixing colours to understanding brushstrokes and composition. With easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations, it covers everything newcomers need, including choosing materials, painting surfaces, and how to capture light and shade effectively in watercolour.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for absolute beginners and those seeking a straightforward, accessible introduction to watercolour painting. It suits hobbyists and aspiring artists wanting to learn the essentials quickly and effectively.

Ever imagined yourself in your own artist's studio? Perhaps it's time you started painting. Hazel Soan’s concise book, filled with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step exercises, is written in an accessible way for all beginners. Bursting with helpful advice on materials, basic technique and composition, a few hours is all you need.

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Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan has distilled her art teaching into the things that matter most and can be digested in a short period of time — in just one afternoon you can start painting. Learning to paint is one of the lifelong aspirations of many of us, and these techniques can be learnt more quickly than you think.

Hazel Soan's concise book, Learn Watercolour Quickly, is filled with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-steps, written in a very accessible way for those completely new to painting.

Chapters include: Getting Started (the materials you will need and those you can ignore in the art shop); Choice of Colours; Mixing Colours; What's the Subject? (how to select a suitable subject); What Surfaces to Paint on; Basic Painting techniques (remembering that in watercolour, white paper is the light and you paint the shade); Brushstrokes (with lots of examples); and Composition (with details on how to design paintings with horizon, focus and balance, a hint of perspective and the light and shade of a subject).

Packed with illustrations for guidance, this is the most comprehensive guide to learning watercolour very quickly.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849941402

Publisher: Batsford

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 June 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Batsford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 150.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 112

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About the Author

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 successful Learn Watercolour Quickly, Essence of Watercolour and Watercolour Rainbow are also by Hazel Soan.