Painting Mood & Atmosphere in Watercolour

by Barry Herniman

Overview

Learn how to invest your watercolour landscapes with character and ambiance that will lift them out of the everyday into something extraordinary.

Barry Herniman shows the reader how to capture the essence of a scene, and to inject that extra something: mood and atmosphere. This 'extra something' is what many watercolor artists seek, and it is clearly explained and beautifully demonstrated in this practical and enthralling guide to painting a variety of landscapes.

This beautiful title brings Barry Herniman's stunning artwork to the fore with a sumptuous redesign.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782216759
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	11/12/2019
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Barry Herniman worked as a draughtsman and surveyor before emigrating to South Africa. He then took up a career in advertising and travelled throughout South America and the USA before returning to the UK in 1980. He worked with the Countryside Commission and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust before becoming a full-time student at the Gloucester College of Art and Technology where he gained a Higher Diploma in Information Design. He became a member of the Chartered Society of Designers in 1986 and formed his own graphics company in 1988. His first solo exhibition of watercolours was in Ross-on-Wye in 1991 and he soon went on to pursue painting full time. He now travels extensively tutoring workshops and demonstrations and has had exhibitions in England, Canada and the USA. Barry won the Artist of the Year Award for the SAA in 2001 and the Harper Collins Award Patchings 2000. His hobbies include travelling, walking and playing the mandolin.