Loosen Up Your Watercolours (Collins Artist’s Studio)

Loosen Up Your Watercolours (Collins Artist’s Studio)
Author: Judi Whitton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2015-05-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 000810851X

This illustrated ebook, in the Collins Artist’s Studio series, is aimed at the intermediate painter and explains how to loosen up your watercolours and develop a more spontaneous style of painting.

Vibrant Watercolours

Vibrant Watercolours
Author: Shirley Trevena
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0007225237

Superebly illustrated book in watercolor painting.

Watercolour Textures (Collins Artist’s Studio)

Watercolour Textures (Collins Artist’s Studio)
Author: Ann Blockley
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-09-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0008328242

Ann Blockley is a very successful artist, known for the innovative way in which she uses texture as a key element in her work. This book, in Collins Artist’s Studio series, looks at how she achieves her stunning effects and provides essential guidelines for the intermediate painter wishing to develop this aspect of their own painting.

Painting Happiness

Painting Happiness
Author: Terry Runyan
Publisher: Leaping Hare Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0711270570

Combat stress and anxiety and release your own inner creative with this beautiful mindful watercolour book. In this simple and vibrant guide, hugely popular Instagram muse @TerryRunyan explores the art of watercolour through the lens of mindfulness, presenting activities and projects which you can paint along with as you allow your creative side to flourish. This watercolour guide is easy and accessible for beginners, as Runyan gently delves into the basics of the artform, starting with simple techniques which you can follow along with, as well as presenting some fun projects ideas for painters to explore. Alongside beautiful examples of the techniques and styles explored in the book, Runyan also encourages readers to practice mindfulness as they paint, and explores the ways in which art can be used to help improve mental health. Exploring the idea of 'perfectly imperfect watercolours', Runyan places emphasis on self-expression and allowing yourself to make mistakes. Painting Happiness also includes fun projects for readers to try at home, including: Turning blobs into birds Creating wild hairstyles Experimenting with different prompts to paint at least one thing a day From technical skills and notes on materials to insight into the creative process, this book has everything you need to start flourishing in watercolour.

Daily Painting

Daily Painting
Author: Carol Marine
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0770435343

A unique system for jump-starting artistic creativity, encouraging experimentation and growth, and increasing sales for artists of all levels, from novices to professionals. Have you landed in a frustrating rut? Are you having trouble selling paintings in galleries, getting bogged down by projects you can’t seem to finish or abandon, or finding excuses to avoid working in the studio? Author Carol Marine knows exactly how you feel—she herself suffered from painter’s block, until she discovered “daily painting.” The idea is simple: do art (usually small) often (how often is up to you), and if you’d like, post and sell it online. Soon you’ll find that your block dissolves and you’re painting work you love—and more of it than you ever thought possible! With her encouraging tone and useful exercises, Marine teaches you to: -Master composition and value -Become confident in any medium including oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolors, and other media -Choose subjects wisely -Stay fresh and loose -Photograph, post, and sell your art online -Become connected to the growing movement of daily painters around the world

The Artist in Time

The Artist in Time
Author: Chris Fite-Wassilak
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-10-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1789940966

The Artist in Time brings together twenty creatives from across the UK, with photographs and interviews that disclose their daily working habits and motivations. All born before 1950, this is a collective portrait of a generation who have shaped our artistic landscape. They provide a range of different answers to the question 'what makes an artist?', and a set of insights into what makes up a creative life. Giving the reader access to the studio and working spaces of a diverse group of painters, poets, choreographers, filmmakers, illustrators, musicians, photographers, sculptors, writers and creators, The Artist in Time is a handbook for creativity and inspiration, made up of artists from all backgrounds who have all in their own way shaped, and continue to shape, the creative landscape of the United Kingdom.

Taking Risks with Watercolour

Taking Risks with Watercolour
Author: Shirley Trevena
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2004
Genre: Watercolor painting
ISBN: 000713326X

A practical and well-illustrated book for the intermediate water colourist who is looking for greater challenges in their work.

Colour Mixing Guide

Colour Mixing Guide
Author: Julie Collins
Publisher: Search Press Limited
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2015-07-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1781268096

A clear, comprehensive guide to colour mixing for the watercolour artist. It begins with simple colour theory and a colour wheel, with a template provided so that readers can paint their own; a vital step towards understanding colour. There is vividly illustrated guidance on complementary, warm and cool colours, colour tone, using a limited palette, dull and bright colours and factoring in local colour. There follows an array of essential colour mixes using widely available Winsor & Newton colours. A beautifully presented and practical guide to understanding and mixing colours. Watercolour artists from beginners to more experienced painters will find this a handy, comprehensive guide.

It's Great to Create

It's Great to Create
Author: Jon Burgerman
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1452155542

Draw, doodle, make, and have fun! There are no mistakes in this wild and wonderful world from doodle artist and illustrator Jon Burgerman. Packed with prompts for 101 unexpected art projects, It's Great to Create offers artists of all ages loads of fun ways to get inspired and kick-start the creative process. From drawing with your eyes closed or doodling on your clothes to putting faces on your condiments or finding colors that rhyme, every page offers a new opportunity to embrace creativity and make something awesome. This unique ebook invites readers to lower their artistic inhibitions and offers a glimpse into the mind of a truly original artist.

Color Collective's Palette Perfect

Color Collective's Palette Perfect
Author: Lauren Wager
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788415967903

Aimed to fashion students and designers, Palette Perfect is both a practical guide and an inspirational book that proposes a reflection on the universe of colour combinations, the moods and atmospheres they evoke and how we associate particular places and emotions to special colours. Each chapter explores a particular mood and describes the corresponding feelings and color combinations, using as examples exquisite photographs of objects, still-lives, landscapes, interiors and fashion. Atthe end of each chapter, a wide variety of palettes representing the chapter’s particular mood or atmosphere is included.