Watercolor animals : tips, techniques, and step-by -step lessons for learning to paint whimsical artwork in vibrant watercolor / Shaunna Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Shaunna, author.

Series:

Colorways (Walter Foster Publishing)

Colorways

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watercolor painting--Technique.

Watercolor painting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Mission Viejo, California : Walter Foster Publishing, [2019]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Discover how to create vibrant, colorful watercolor paintings of a range of animals. With Colorways: Watercolor Animals, learn to paint all your favorite animals, from an elephant and a whale to a dog, cat, fish, and more. Each step-by-step demonstration shows not only how to capture the animal's likeness, but also how to use color to create magical, otherworldly, and whimsical paintings. In these tutorials, you will also learn how to use watercolor paint to suggest texture and fur on your animal subjects. Along the way, you will find technique instruction and tips for using different types of strokes, working with various brush shapes and sizes and using washes and underpaintings. Geared toward intermediate and advanced artists looking to play with color, this book offers fun subject matter and eye candy for all art lovers. The Colorways series teaches artists how to employ color across a variety of media in unique and imaginary ways to create innovative and inspired artwork. Focusing less on realistic artistic representations and more on creating expressive art, this series invites you to break the standard rules of color and let your imagination and artwork soar to new heights in order to create unconventional, whimsical, and fanciful works of art. Learn the customary rules of color, and then bypass them, with the help of Colorways: Watercolor Animals, a book that encourages you to use color for interpretive means and personal expression while painting your favorite animals.

Contents:

Getting started

Setting yourself up for success

Step-by-step painting projects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781633228092

1633228096