Watercolour Landscapes for the Absolute Beginner

by Matthew Palmer

Overview

WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS: 6 full-size, pre-drawn tracings help you paint lush watercolor landscapes with world renowned artist Matthew Palmer!

Bestselling author, artist, and teacher Matthew Palmer guides beginners through their first steps in watercolor and reveals the power of this exciting medium.

Build your watercolor painting skills with:
• Step-by-step exercises, mini projects, and 6 longer projects
• Demonstrations of essential drawing skills
• Demonstrations of watercolor techniques like color mixing, scratch-out, and more

Learn to apply natural-looking foliage to trees and woodlands . . . Use dry-brush techniques to depict intricate detail, and refer to Palmer’s finished paintings for even more inspiration!

Featuring tons of easy-to-follow advice, this watercolor painting guide will help beginners produce landscape paintings they’re proud of.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782219101
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	03/08/2022
Series:	ABSOLUTE BEGINNER ART
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	8.56(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Matthew Palmer is a renowned demonstrator of watercolour 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

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Materials 8

Inspiration 16

Sketching 22

Working outside 26

Useful drawings 28

Easy perspective 32

Colour 36

Building a scene 46

Top techniques 54

Painting skies 64

Painting water 68

Painting trees 73

Troubleshooting 82

The Projects 86

Northern Lights - step by step 90

Venice in Monochrome - step by step 100

Hawaiian Sunset - step by step 114

Night-time Snow Scene - step by step 132

Waterfall in Summer - step by step 146

Wildflower Meadow - step by step 162

Index 176