- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: North Light Books; 2 edition (Mar 15 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1581804547
- ISBN-13: 978-1581804546
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 26.3 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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- #50 in Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Art > Painting
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Product Description
From School Library Journal
YA-- While excellent steps give a structured itinerary of watercolor painting for novice watercolorists, the tremendous variety of colorful objects and textures provide a reference for more advanced artists as well. However, although all of the parts for producing a good watercolor are here, there is little discussion about catching the spirit or feeling in a completed work. For this reason, this book could best be used as a resource for learning technique and not as a single source on the medium of watercolor.
Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Product Description
Silken strands of hair. Water tumbling over rocks. Blinding reflections in glass or metal.
Cathy Johnson shows you how to create realistic textures like these and make your watercolor paintings come alive.
You'll find practical, easy-to-follow guidelines inside for creating 83 wonderful textures for fruits, vegetables, hair, glass, metal, fabric, flowers, fur, skin and much, much more.
Johnson's beautiful watercolor sketches - complete with helpful captions - demonstrate each of these techniques and their many variations. You'll learn how to accurately recreate any texture you see and create lovely watercolor paintings that almost seem to breathe.
Cathy Johnson's expertise will show you how to expand your own artistic vision and discover a world of textures - a world you can capture with your brush.
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It's hard to believe that the surface you choose can have such an effect on the texture you're depicting, but it does. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
It's hard to believe that the surface you choose can have such an effect on the texture you're depicting, but it does. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A good resource,
By "annesart" (Zephyrhills, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creating Textures in Watercolor: A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur (Hardcover)
A good resource for skill building and to keep on the shelf for future reference. If the style isn't for you, then you can use some of the concepts. Check out the pics first.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good tips for textures,
By J Johnson (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creating Textures in Watercolor (Paperback)
This book will not go into detail of what materials you need to paint in watercolor, nor will it teach you how to compose a picture or prepare you for creating masterpieces.This book will teach you simple tips and tricks to creating different textures such as a rock surface or the bark of a tree. If one is not interested in painting mother nature, the book also demonstrates ways to create brick walls, animal fur, and even human skin. The book depends on pictures to demonstrate its lessons but also provides some text to explain the lesson to the reader. All the images are in color and most lessons are in step-by-step format. I gave this book four stars instead of five because I feel it could have provided a bit more information of other textures. However, I did learn a great deal from its lessons and therefore cannot complain. All in all, this book is a great asset to anyone who is attempting to learn how to paint textures in watercolor. The lessons it provides are most useful to amateurs but may prove useful to intermediate artists as well.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Helpful Reference,
By A Customer
This review is from: Creating Textures in Watercolor: A Guide to Painting 83 Textures from Grass to Glass to Tree Bark to Fur (Hardcover)
This is a great book that I refer to over and over again when I need a quick reference for a technique. While I love reading, sometimes when painting I don't want to have to read a lengthy version on techniques. This is the perfect book to have on hand for that reason. There are other books that may illustrate how to express deeper passion (paraphrased in another review listed here) but this is nice to use when you don't want to read a lot of technical how-to's.
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