A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting : Step-by-Step Lessons for Portraits, Landscapes and Still Lifes / Takako Y. Miyoshi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miyoshi, Takako Y., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing--Technique.

Drawing.

Watercolor painting--Technique.

Watercolor painting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages)

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

An easy introduction to the enjoyable art of watercolor sketching! A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting is the perfect book for anyone who wants to experience the spontaneity of watercolor sketching with a water brush pen--a rewarding hobby that enables you to paint anytime, anywhere with very simple materials. The beginner-friendly lessons in this book contain all the information you need--detailed tips and instructions along with step-by-step photos to walk you through the process of painting everything from still life to portraits and landscapes. The 15 lessons in the book show you how to paint the following popular subjects: Lifelike fruits and vegetables such as zesty lemons, sweet cherry tomatoes and crisp sugar snap peas Beautiful flowers like brilliant yellow sunflowers, pastel pink roses and stunning floral bouquets Adorable pets like friendly calico cats and fluffy Shibu Inu dogs Tasty treats including indulgent strawberry shortcakes, coffees and teas Charming buildings and landscapes such as quaint canal-side buildings and exotic tiered pagodas And much more! Each lesson opens with a reference photo and suggested color palette, followed by the step-by-step process of creating an underdrawing and applying brilliant watercolor paints. This handy book is the perfect companion for vacations and weekends. Toss it into your bag with your paper, paints and brushes--and go out and capture interesting subjects in the world around you!

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Contents

Why I Wrote This Book

How to Use This Book

CHAPTER 1 How to Get Started

The Materials Needed for Watercolor Sketching

Preparing the Transparent Watercolor Paints and the Palette

How to Use a Watercolor Brush Pen

The Basics of Transparent Watercolor Sketching

Layering the Colors

Gradations

EXPERT TIPS 1

CHAPTER 2 Try Painting Familiar Objects

An Orange and a Lime

An Eggplant and a Radish

Cherry Tomatoes and Snap Peas

Herbs

A Sunflower

A Rose

A Bouquet

Coffee and Cake

EXPERT TIPS 2 Making Delicious-looking Paintings

A Cat

A Dog

EXPERT TIPS 3 Try a Variety of Different Animal Poses

A Child

EXPERT TIPS 4 Try Painting the Complete Figure

EXPERT TIPS 5 Try Painting a Variety of Skies

CHAPTER 3 Painting Landscapes

Sunset and Sea

Buildings by a Canal

EXPERT TIPS 6 Try Painting a Travel Scene

Cherry Blossoms and a Pagoda

A Cityscape with Depth

EXPERT TIPS 7 Try Painting Seasonal Postcards

Copyright

APPENDIX: CUT-OUT WATERCOLOR

Backcover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-2403-4

OCLC:

1389611710