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Energy, sound and rhythm all combine when water is moving fast. This painting instruction ebook takes you on a ride down the rapids as you explore moving water and the potential of this subject when in an artist's hands. Find patterns that help create the illusion of movement. Specific brush techniques illustrate freedom with your brushwork and when this is combined with a suitable painting surface you will capture the energy of moving water on a...
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Painting boats with watercolor can be exciting and challenging. Discover how to: - - simplify drawing boats. - harness the energy in the water. - use the character of wharves and jetties where boats are found. - use the figurative element for scale. - exploit the energy of your brush mark. - use the variety of subject matter under the painting boats umbrella. - create exciting compositions from nautical subjects. - paint a still-life using boating...
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Including a person in an image adds a fascinating dimension to a painting because the viewer instantly relates to that figure and what it is doing. This interaction can be positive or negative. The artist uses this relationship to engage the viewer. This painting instruction ebook explores the potential of this subject for the artist whether they are working in watercolor, oils, acrylics, drawing or printmaking. Reading this book will inspire you...
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Painting buildings is a subject that can cause an artist a degree of stress because there is an element of exactness that seems necessary to create illusions of buildings on a flat surface. Some people get bogged down in the mathematics of linear perspective used by architects and lose all freedom and creativity. This ebook explores a variety of ways that help you retain the creative aspect of painting as well as achieving a reality of the building...
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Landscapes is a favorite painting subject. We all live in the natural world and have personal responses to specific places. This ebook explores a variety of the aspects of the land that are used in any or all landscape paintings. Specifically the earth parts of the landscape. A variety of approaches are discussed and methods that can be employed to assist any artists interested in this process. Specific discussion is given to watercolor and this medium...
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Fabulous Flowers - Celebrate Color by Ev Hales is an excuse to explore color almost without boundaries. Flowers have been part of our visual heritage for centuries and as such have always inspired the artist, whatever medium has been used. Discussion of pattern and how to use this to enable an artist to say little but communicate effectively is a skill you will use with any subject you enjoy. Discover how flowers can be presented as part of a landscape,...
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An inspiring ebook based on instructional painting ideas and techniques for artists. Utilize the concept of painting less to say more when focusing on still water. Still water is a reflective surface offering the artist many possibilities for evocative and mood filled imagery. Explore the issues related to creating depth across a flat horizontal surface; edge control; tonal gradation and color. Soak up the tranquility and mystique that is inevitably...
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Painting with the watercolor medium is a partnership. You bring to the process your ideas and images and the medium takes them to another place all together. You can fight the medium and try to contain it within set boundaries or you can work with it and find unexplored territory when it shows you other ways of making color sing on the paper. Being able to set the medium free is all about understanding what will and what will not hurt you. This small...
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An inspiring, practical book that encourages you to "Have A Go" and capture, in paint, any scene you see outdoors. Practical painting strategies and tactics simplify a range of subjects - from simple to complex. Watercolor is used because it is the most easily transportable, outdoor painting medium. From a watercolor pencil and water filled brush to a full painting kit discover ways to capture the essence of the day. How to maximize the use of different...
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