| Author | Message | ||
  jandrle |
I loved the Lighting Effects book... might be the first book I have ever read about painting... It has such an effect on how to see, what to look for, no matter what style a person paints in. Since, I have acquired a couple of other books but none has had the effect the lighting book did. Jane | ||
Dake |
Oops,I didn't see the date of Dougs original posting... April 2000 hmmm.Too late i guess. | ||
Dake |
Oh by the way Doug, if you wish to have a look at the book i just recommended you may do so by going to www.amazon.com , it has excerpts of 14 pages for you to view. | ||
Dake |
Doug, A book that may interest you is by Paul Jackson. It's called;"Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor" published in 2000. $20.99 at Amazon.com I purchased it when looking to paint reflective surfaces. I don't personally get excited by "tight and realistic" styles but he applies it well and describes in a step by step process how he achieves it. | ||
feather |
Has anyone looked at any of Shirley Sherwood's books on botanical art? I'm interested in them, but the price is so high I'm afraid to buy any *sight unseen*. | ||
jen |
Thanks...I appreciate the info. I saw another one at the bookstore today and I know I've seen it in cheap joe's catalog. It's Watercolor Made Easy by Janet Walsh. Again, it seems to have a lot of floral painting instruction which is appealing to me. I didn't have time to look for long, but it seemed good. I've also been wondering how her videos are which cheap joe's also sells. | ||
dazey |
I have this book and think it is great. His demonstrations on brush work are the most valuable thing in the book, in my opinion. And that is applicable to any painting, not just flowers. I would buy this book for his instruction in general more than for particular flower instruction. | ||
jen |
Has anyone read the newest book by Charles Reid: Painting Flowers in Watercolor.? I am very interested in improving my floral watercolors and need some good instruction. Any ideas? | ||
Doug |
Dear Friends, I am a watercolor hobbiest of adequate skill, but I am little bored with the loose and dreamy genre of the medium. I have seen examples of watercolor that are very tight and realistic, and this is the type of watercolor I wish to pursue. Can anyone out there recommend a good book or two that will guide me in this direction? Thanx, Doug | ||
J.A. |
I use a lot of books that show intricate textures, because I am a sharp focus realist. Some of the ones that I have used over the last 20 years are: MAGIC REALIST W/C PAINTING (Rocco),PAINTING REALISTIC W/C (Rocco),SHARP FOCUS W/C PAINTING (Shook and Witt), A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PAINTING REALISTIC W/C (Heim). There are also several books on specific areas such as flowers, textures, glazing, and painting from photographs. Check out the ones that I have listed first. The seemed to be the best ones for me when I first started in realism. Good luck!!! | ||
Doug |
Dear J.A., Will do, and I'll let you know what I decide on. Many thanks. Doug | ||
brnystrdy54 |
I can not think of a specific book at this time, but, I think you are looking for books that teach the "English Method" of WC painting. I, also, had a Walter Foster, paperback book at one time, the author, whose name I cannot recall at this time, demontrated what he called a "dry brush" method. Which was laying in the values with Ultramarine Blue, then glazing with local color when it was dry. I use the "English Method", learned from a course given by Delores Warren. It requires a fairly detailed value sketch to work from, then transfer to WC paper. You reserve your whites, make shades by using the color's compliment, and paint pretty much the way you draw, as tight or as loose as you want, glazing layer upon layer.... This is an over simplified explation, but, maybe it will help you find what you are looking for. (Or, cause you to develop a totally new technique...I'm not sure this was very helpful.) Sincerely, Billie Dawn | ||
Geeky2 |
A few years ago, watercolor made no sense to me at all. Finally I found a book at the library, which may be out of print, that made things finally click. "Make your Watercolor Sing" by LaVere Hutchings. It gives so much good information and step by step paintings that I continue to check the book out over and over. I'd buy it if I could find it. It was published in 1978, by North Light. | ||
Kukana |
Best books I've ever read on watercolor and art are Frank Webb's "Strengthening your painting through dynamic composition" (Check your local library) and two other books both by Barbara Nechis. One called "Watercolor: The Creative Experience" and the other "Watercolor from the Heart. Latest great book I got was from Carrie Stuart Parks on marketing artwork.Found it through this website chat room under topic of the business of art. Check it out! I got all the other books through abebooks.com | ||
theBrush |
Franklin Jones, Andrew Weyth, and Gary Akers are good examples of dry brush watercolor. | ||
coralhillary |
A great English teacher/artist in watercolours is Richard Taylor. 1. The Watercolourist's Guide to Painting Buildings. 2. Natural Watercolours (Painting from nature made easy) and 3. Watercolour Landscapes made easy. All available from amazon.co.uk or try amazon.com He also has a series of videos to go with these books available from Teaching Art at www.teachingart.co.uk And for beginners try The Step-by-Step art course video collection at www.art-course.com Hope this helps Coral from Cyprus |
