Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to create breathtaking paintings so beautiful you won’t believe you made them yourself.
This friendly, guide gives you hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow, step-by-step exercises to help you master the basics. Filled with full-color projects and sample paintings, it shows you how to work with color and texture, practice composition, and make smooth changes. You’ll find out how to select the best tools, materials, and supplies, practice basic brush strokes, and use the three best common techniques: flat wash, graded wash, and rough texture. Discover how to:
Select the right brushes, pigments, and paper
Mix colors and work with white
Create backgrounds and foregrounds
Transfer your drawings to watercolor
Avoid common watercolor mistakes
Experiment with texture using salt, sponges, plastic wrap, and more
Find your way around the color wheel
Practice the principles of design
Plan compositions using thumbnails
Work with one-point, two-point, and three-point perspective
Paint fabrics, shiny surfaces, and organic textures
Paint landscapes, seascapes, animals and more
Complete with strategies for improving your painting immediately and marketing and selling your work, Watercolor Painting For Dummies, is the resource you need to make your creative dreams come true.