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    The Watercolour Companion

    Techniques & tips to improve your painting

    Author Matthew Palmer
    Hardcover
    $16.95 US
    Search Press
    5.25"W x 7.38"H x 0.56"D   | 10 oz | 40 per carton
    On sale Sep 13, 2022 | 128 Pages | 9781782219484
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    A bestselling artist shares his favorite tricks-of-the-trade so beginner to intermediate artists can take their watercolor paintings to the next level.

    Includes viewfinders and color mixes for mastering composition, proportion, perspective, and effects!

    This indispensable watercolor painting book is like having a professional artist on your shoulder! Packaged in a small, journal-like format, it is designed for on-the-go reference—whether you’re painting indoors or out.

    Inside you’ll find:
    • Sketching tips and mini demos
    • Essential color mixes for different subjects, shadows, etc.
    • Troubleshooting tips for correcting mistakes
    • Essential items list for when you’re painting outdoors
    • Viewfinders to help with proportions, perspective, and composition
    • Ruler printed down the side of the cover
     
    Color swatches (“recipes”) are also printed down the sides of the color mixing pages, with the component colors and percentages alongside. Hold the swatches up to your subject, so you can match the color and create the right mix.
     
    Combining top tips, handy hints, and useful tricks-of-the-trade, this watercolor painting book is the perfect resource for beginner to intermediate watercolor artists!
    © Search Press
    Matthew Palmer is a renowned demonstrator of watercolor painting, and his classes are particularly popular with beginners. He has been painting seriously for over twenty years and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals. He has his own studio at his home in Derbyshire, UK and teaches hundreds of people each week, as well as running watercolour workshops and holidays. He has many personal exhibitions, participates in several art shows and appears regularly on television as well as on his own internet-based art show at www.watercolour.tv View titles by Matthew Palmer

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    A bestselling artist shares his favorite tricks-of-the-trade so beginner to intermediate artists can take their watercolor paintings to the next level.

    Includes viewfinders and color mixes for mastering composition, proportion, perspective, and effects!

    This indispensable watercolor painting book is like having a professional artist on your shoulder! Packaged in a small, journal-like format, it is designed for on-the-go reference—whether you’re painting indoors or out.

    Inside you’ll find:
    • Sketching tips and mini demos
    • Essential color mixes for different subjects, shadows, etc.
    • Troubleshooting tips for correcting mistakes
    • Essential items list for when you’re painting outdoors
    • Viewfinders to help with proportions, perspective, and composition
    • Ruler printed down the side of the cover
     
    Color swatches (“recipes”) are also printed down the sides of the color mixing pages, with the component colors and percentages alongside. Hold the swatches up to your subject, so you can match the color and create the right mix.
     
    Combining top tips, handy hints, and useful tricks-of-the-trade, this watercolor painting book is the perfect resource for beginner to intermediate watercolor artists!

    Author

    © Search Press
    Matthew Palmer is a renowned demonstrator of watercolor painting, and his classes are particularly popular with beginners. He has been painting seriously for over twenty years and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals. He has his own studio at his home in Derbyshire, UK and teaches hundreds of people each week, as well as running watercolour workshops and holidays. He has many personal exhibitions, participates in several art shows and appears regularly on television as well as on his own internet-based art show at www.watercolour.tv View titles by Matthew Palmer

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