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Professional looking paintings depend on good composition. David Becker makes it easy: simple keys to composition, taught in a very visual, easy-to-grasp way, that the watercolourist can apply immediately for successful results.' ... Read more

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Great Painting Composition Information
I bought this book after having borrowed it from the library.I felt it is an excellent reference for both beginner and more advanced watercolorists.

watercolor fanatic
This artists is a master in color and composition, shadow and light.Highly recommendable for transparant watercoloring. Realistic but at the same time expressionist.

Make your best watercolors even better.
While there are many wonderful books available about other aspects of watercolor, this book is unique in its emphasis on the way that shape, line, value and color can be combined to create the desired visual flow toa well-positioned center of interest. The many color illustrationsdemonstrate how attention to composition makes the difference between apleasant-enough painting (perhaps with beautifully done elements), versus apainting that really comes together as a cohesive and compellingwhole.

The book is well-organized into lessons which build on each other. Becker writes clear instructions and provides beautiful illustrations todemonstrate every point.For example, on just one page he takes us fromthe original reference photo of a street work crew, through black and whiteversions, to his finished painting, showing (as well as describing) how hechanged the value contrast and colors to improve the overall composition.

Watercolor Composition Made Easy does an excellent job of presenting"rules" for placement of the elements of a painting, and it alsodoes much more.It addresses the familiar watercolor considerations suchas blurred versus hard edges, light and dark values, the color wheel, andperspective, but always in terms of how they contribute to the overallcomposition.This book also provides many miscellaneous tips which Beckerhas developed in his extensive career.For example, I found thedescription of (and sample sketches from) his portable sketching setup tobe particularly intriguing and helpful. ... Read more

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Features a selection of art from America's best contemporary watercolor painters Offers clear, practical advice on how to apply a specific technique from each painting to the reader's own artPaintings focus on all varieties of subjects including street scenes, landscapes, animals and people

Splash 9: Tips and Techniques offers readers insight into the minds and working methods of some of the best contemporary painters through more than 100 paintings, each with its own lesson. Featuring tips on techniques including light, color, composition and brush application, this book provides an intimate look at the styles of successful artists. With all this and more, this is one book that will make a splash among painters! ... Read more

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Splash Again
Sometimes Rachel Rubin Wolf"s Splash books all seem to be one and the same.But each one really does have a different flavor to it.

This one is heavy on the still lifes: fruits, flowers, plants.

I am always inspired by Wolf's books.There are some paintings that are so well done that attaining that level seems impossible.Others seem easy and friendly enough to maybe attempt to do something similar and excel.

Splash 9
High quality reproductions. Excellent book for artists to see the techniques that others are using. Also the quality that would allow you to set it out for others to enjoy.

Inspiring
I have the whole series, which is the only reason that it was not 5 stars.
I have an earlier favorite.But this one is great in that you get to read the artists' thoughts on why or how.I've always been interested in what inspires other artists.This one gives me/us that.

Splash - Time for a Change
If you like your watercolors with lots of intricate details and reflections in crystal, you'll like this latest Splash. If you're looking for something different, experimental and creative, don't bother. I have the entire series, and I'm thinking of reselling this one. (I won't be purchasing any future editions without checking them closely first.) The Splash series was quite cutting edge in the early years, striving to showcase the new trends. But it hasn't kept up. Now it just feels like a profit center for North Light.

Of 130 pages, only 12 pages (the shortest chapter) is devoted to experimental watermedia. And even then, one painting includes reflections in crystal (just so you don't stray too far...)

Publishers, it's time for a change. We need a new series for the 21st Century (edited by Betsy Dillard Stroud or Nita Leland?) devoted to the exciting trends in watermedia, mixed media, collage, monotypes, and digital hybrid art.

Almost ...but not quite
With this ninth book in the remarkable Splash series I was rather disappointed.To me the strength of the previous eight books has been the remarkable diversity of painting styles.Even though each had a rather loose theme you could turn the pages and not really know what to expect apart from the fact that every picture was a watercolor.So many of the paintings just make you stop and look and look and frequently wonder how an artist achieved that painting.Luckily part of the editorial format in each book allowed artists to reveal their creative thoughts or techniques in words next to the picture.

All of this is true of book nine but I just didn't feel it had the excitement of the other books.Many of the paintings seem rather casual, the range of subject matter and composition perhaps too ordinary, safe and predictable and plenty seem to have sombre dominant colors, like the front cover for instance.Essentially I think that I've seen better versions of so many of these paintings in the previous eight titles.

Still there is plenty to enjoy though.Three from Laurin McCracken caught my eye, she likes to make things difficult by creating still life compositions with crystal glass and silverware.Equally interesting is how she works: with a digital camera and pc to improve the composition even before lifting a brush.Paul Sullivan creates some almost photo-realist paintings of everyday scenes from Milan, Rome and Sienna.His exterior detail of a church in Milan is amazing.Diane Maxey does wonders with flowers, so much so that her Poppy Parade looks just like an oil painting.

I've just looked through Splash 1/America's Best Contemporary Watercolors, which came out in 1991 and what an amazing start to the series and it does rather overpower this latest book.I'm hoping book ten will continue the magic so evident in the previous eight books.

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Good reference
This is an excellent book, best for painters with some experience but helpful to beginners looking for study and advance students for ideas.Includes step-by-step demonstrations for 3 houses & street scenes, and 3 summer & snowy creeks; 2-plus pages each of sections (text & paintings) explaining techniques such as season paint colors, weather conditions, lighting conditions, and painting design; and paintings to illustrate key points (color compatibility, depth, values, glazing).Kaiser studied under John Pike and Tony Van Hasselt, and his painting style reflects those influences.I use this book as a constant reference to study how to paint windows, trees, roofs, cast shadows, etc. ... Read more

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Great beginners book
I am enjoying this book.It gives a good amount of information for the beginner and advanced watercolor student.It has nice step by step tutorials, teaches about application, materials, art terminology and practical information.I am enjoying this book and enjoying the process of learning to paint with watercolors. ... Read more

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Vibrant alternatives to conventional ways of paintingfill this best-selling book, helping watercolorists of all levelsexperience new dimensions of growth.

Sixty-four bold experiments promote originality in composition,concept, and technique. Accompanying each experiment and exemplifyingits theme is a full-page painting by a fine artist-Georgia O'Keeffe,Reuben Tam, Sam Francis, and Nathan Oliveira, among dozens ofothers. Practical advice tells the reader how to overcome specificpainting problems and become a more spontaneous watercolorist. ... Read more

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For those who can't DRAW
Take a load of old t shirts, dip them in paint and throw them at a canvas. Roll your car over the canvas several times.

Tear up some cardboard boxes, spill paint onto the torn pieces and press into a canvas. Use random colors as well. Blindfold yourself.

Stand on a ladder and drip paint onto paper or canvas lying on the floor. Throw feathers and macaroni into the drips.

Using a squirt gun filled with paint, stand back and "create" your painting by squirting it on. Rub your naked body into the wet paint. Dance in it.

THIS IS A BOOK FOR THOSE AFRAID TO DRAW OR PAINT. AFTER ALL, WALKING ON A CANVAS WITH PAINTED SHOES CAN BE "FUN" THEY SAY. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE LEARNING TO DRAW FROM NATURE IS JUST OLD-FASHIONED AND NOT WORTH THE EFFORT? I DOUBT THAT TO BE TRUE.

Essential for those doing abstract in watercolor
This is not your average watercolor book. It was recommended to me by an artist of some repute, who uses the principles to paint non-abstract, but very expressionistic watercolors.

Somewhere in the examples of various artists' works, you might find something to stimulate your own sense of the abstract. There are exercises to free up the imagination and use different ways of looking at composition or watercolor media to express new ideas. Not for those looking to do ultra-realism.

Antidote for cliches
I find this book a superb counter to the myriad watercolor books on the market. There is nothing wrong with the realistic painting those books encourage and teach, but the medium offers much more and this book opens up those other vistas.

Good ideas for starting a watercolor painting.
If your looking for different compositions to try out in watercolor, this books fits the bill.

I liked the great descriptions of compositional techniques which is followed by large color painting examples.

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Judy Morris's "Watercolor Basic: Light" is Great!
This book is a gem. It is packed with great information and the exercises are easy to understand and do. There is good information on understanding what your watercolors do and how they work together. The info on working and understanding light is concise and easy to understand. All in all its a great resource to have in any artist library!

A wonderful how to book for watercolor
A Wonderful book - well written - Judy Morris gets right to the point in teaching about painting in watercolor.

Excellent Resource for Learning Use of Light in Watercolor
Unfortunately this wonderful book is OP. I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a workshop/demonstration by the author and what a talent and excellent teacher and this title is equally excellent.Well thought out and explained with useful demonstrations.Judy Morris shows you how to see light and shadow. I have purchased other books on the same topic and Judy's tomb tops them all.

It makes me en'light'en.
As a new watercolorist, I have a very serious problem about seeing light and shadow. No matter how my instructor tried to point them out. I hardly see and paint. After reading this book, my eyes are just opened and bring me to a new way of seeing light and shadow. I now understand what to look for and how to improve my rather 'flat' painting.

The explanation, samples, and instruction in this book are very useful, easy to follow, and practical. I would definitely, highly recommend this book to whom has problem of seeing or understanding nature of LIGHT.

Light in the Watercolor World
I read the book from start to end as soon as I got it in the mail and then again a couple of days later.It was so informative and has some excellent examples of what the author is describing verbally.The exercises are easy to follow and you learn so much from doing the exercises.I am enjoying the book very much and am looking for more from this author.Easy to read and understand but each time that I read it, I discovered more tidbits of knowledge.I probably would not recommend this book to advanced watercolorists but it was just PERFECT for my needs since I only just started the conversion from oil to watercolor. ... Read more

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A step-by-step guide to creating flowers in watercolour. It contains 15 illustrated demonstrations and covers fundamental concepts such as colour theory and composition. ... Read more

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Start here if you are a beginning watercolor flower painter
It was sheer luck that I picked up this book. I had finished stenciling all my walls, all the wood in my house and was looking for a way to continue when I picked up this wonderful book. It's perfect for a beginner. I loved it and every painting lesson in it.She's clear, she goes at the reader's pace. This isn't for advanced artists or even hobbyists in watercolor of long standing, but it got me into the wonderful world of watercolor painting, a medium I had never tried.Jackson should write more books and give more advanced lessons.Great book.

This is the Best Book I own
The lessons are super - also gives you templates to
produce the same pictures with help features along the
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You can paint flowers with Louise
When using this book I found it easy to understand the preliminary sketches and follow them quite easily. The explanations about colors, how to mix them in order to get shades and contrast are superbly explained. The materials used an how to handle them areclear, and "secrets" about which amount of water to use, the techniques of wet over wet and wet on dry are perfectly understandable and easy to follow. once you tested you learned al the "how tos" you can try your own design. Yet, I'd have liked to see more step to step indications if this publication was directed to beginners. This publication is a must for amateur and self-trained watercolorists but not for fresh beginners.

Author's Generosity to Fledglings
Besides her obvious talent and teaching ability, Louise Jackson brings a generosity to her book that only someone who is completely secure in her life can do:she has given permission, in the introduction, for her book'students' to copy the work, sell it, enter it in competitions, as theirown.The only thing she asks is that she is mentioned somewhere, as in"after Louise Jackson" under the new artists name.She saysjudges and purchasers deserve to know that the DESIGN is not originalalthough your rendition is.How is that for sharing?The other thing Inoticed is the absence of the word, "I", without which most otherartists cannot begin a sentence.I have checked this out of the publiclibrary so often they have cut me off.Today I am buying the book fromAmazon.Thanks, Louise, for sharing all.

Easy instruction for painting beautiful watercolor flowers
If you are interested in painting watercolor flowers, and you are beginning or intermediate painter, this book is a must. The instructions are very easy to follow, and the illustrations are beautiful, as will beyour painting if you follow the instructions. I looked at at least 6 otherbooks on painting watercolor flowers, but chose this one because of theease of the instructions. I highly recommend this book. Please note: as abeginner, I am choosy because many art instruction books are simply over myhead at this stage. This one is not, but will make you feel like aprofessional artist. I hope that the author publishes a second book, andmakes this a series! ... Read more

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a gift
This book was purchased as a gift for someone who was very pleased with it, so it was worth it.

Victorian Landscape Watercolors/Wilcox and Newall
It is a real pity that this book is out of print. I have a copy(that I bought on sale)and had hoped to get another as a present for a friend. The text is very informative and well written and arranged. The paintings arewell printed both as to detail and colors and presentation on the pages. Ihave perused mine many times and loaned it to my watercolor instructor whowas as taken with it as I am. If you can find a copy of this in a bookstoreand are interested in watercolors, snap it up. You will be pleased manytimes over to have it in your collection. ... Read more

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An anthology of Watson-Guptill's finest watercolor instruction from recent bestselling authors. This treasure trove reviews the tools and materials of watercolor, then proceeds with the color palette, color mixing, and applied color theory. Different artists explain how to work effectively with value, form, light and shadow. 600 illustrations, 525 in full-color. ... Read more

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I dont like it
I dont like it at all, its really boring and it dosent exactly show you how to do things, its not worth the money.. you can find a better book with a better nice.

Watercolor Book
Item is like new.Excellent quality for an excellent price. Absolutely no problems with seller.

Good place to start
Knowing next to nothing about watercolor but wanting to learn about it I found myself looking at several books and picked this one for the wealth of info in it.This book really does cover everything.From helping you choose brushes, paper and even the colors to start with, to advanced applications.The direction is clear and helpful and the paintings are inspiring.It's a great book to start with and I would recommend it to anyone just starting out and needing direction with this amazing medium.

Excellent !!! Everything you need to know about watercolor is here.
I'm new to the fantastic world of Watercolor and in this book I can find everything about Watercolor and evacuate all the doubts that I have. Highly recommendable.

a good read
Kinda new to painting. Im a web designer and went to painting to "enhance" my art side. I worked with oils, but wanted to learn about watercolours. This book is a great one to pick up.

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Margaret M. Martin is a popular workshop instructor who specialises in teaching artists how to make a statement with their work. In this guide, she teaches five strategies for painting vibrant, dramatic watercolours.' ... Read more

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Great watercolor reference, lovely book
This book is more than I expected and is a great help to me in my watercolor endeavors.I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to add some "sparkle" to their painting.

Bold Approach
Refreshing, direct, bold approach to watercolor/compositional design.Used copy in very good condition, except for a few folded page corners.Very happy with copy.

this is the BEST
best watercolor book i have purchased. not for the beginner...but great instruction. her paintings just make you want to paint!!!!! i highly recommend this book. i learned so much and cant put it down!

A MUST HAVE FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHERS
If you are teaching high school watercolor classes, I highly recommend Margaret Martin's book NO MORE WISHY-WASHY WATERCOLORS. There are at least 20 ideas for lesson plans within this book. You'll find useful exercises and full demonstrations on 1)Composition, 2)Value, 3)Color, 4)Creativity through Exaggeration and 5)Light.If you're looking for a required text for your students that is bold, bright, and guaranteed to impower a student's control over white paper, this is it!

I also recommend Nita Engle's book HOW TO MAKE A WATERCOLOR PAINT ITSELF for your advanced students. They will be fascinated and challenged by her many and magical techniques.

A book that changed my way of looking at watercolors
I haven't finished this terrific book. Martin is a courageous and innovative watercolor painter. I love her style and she has taught me not to be timid. My paintings all looked alike. Now they blaze with color! And it's much more fun.I am still working through it, so many lessons, so many examples. If you have 5 books on watercolor painting this has got to be one of them. ... Read more

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Stunning Artwork!
This is a beautifully illustrated and well set out book. It is easy to understand and follow. I look forward to trying out the techniques for myself and also sharing the ideas with my girls :)
Thanks Rebecca

Great gift
I purchased this book as a Birthday gift along with water color paints, brushes and a pad of water color paper.The birthday girl already loves horses so when I came across this book knew she would at least like it.Well, she loved it and so did all her guest! (ages 12 - 16)The party ended with them all sitting either painting, watching or passing the book around reading through the instructions and discussing it.
With this book you get two interest dealt with in one...horses and fantasy.Both of which all these girls enjoy.But by know means is this book only for teens.The adults wanted to read/look through the book also and I was wishing I had taken a go at it before gift wrapping!
The instructions are good and the illustrations are beautiful.

good ideas
A good book. I learned a lot of different things that I didn't know before. ... Read more

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Excellent!
I found this book while searching for a book on acrylic painting, and was struck by the beautiful images of Nita's paintings. Although her work is representational of particular places, it reflects a deep spirituality and feeling for those places. Nita's technique and use of color are amazing. The book is extremely well-written, inspirational, and contains much technical advice on watercolor painting that can also be applied to acrylic painting. Even if one has no interest in painting for themselves, it is definitely worth having just as a picture-book. Excellent!

Great for expanding your watercolor techniques
Book was suggested by an instructor who had taken many workshops with Nita Engle.Great suggestion!! I have tried many of these non conventional techniques and I find it challenging and inspirational.

One of the best watercolor instruction books for landscape artist
I really enjoy this book. It has great demonstrations. I have a lot of watercolor instruction books and this is one of the best.

Too arts 'n crafts for me,,,, I returned it today
I just did not like this book.Maybe I'm not experienced enough (I'd say I'm an intermediate watercolorist perhaps)to appreciate her approaches to achieve this or that.After reading all the reviews, I ignored the nay sayers and bought it.It go returned today.I thoroughly looked through the book and I just KNOW I am not going to be pouring paint on a page, then whatever happens, I'll make a painting from it.It felt like taking a craft class.Just IMO here. I do appauld her efforts.

Great Book and really nice illustrations...
This book is really good book for special effects with realistic painting.It focuses on getting beautiful results that we all strive for. ... Read more

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One of the Best
Painting or drawing classes teach certain necessary skills in the time available, but there is a need to have a useful reference when working between classes.After all, the way to learn to paint or draw is to paint or draw pictures.There is no shortage of books on both media, and each has its strengths and weaknesses.In the case of watercolour, artists have widely differing styles.It is helpful to read their advice, but potentially confusing as well.A book by an artist whose style is markedly divergent from that being taught in class is really of little help, and can be a hindrance to acquiring the necessary understanding and psychomotor skill before developing one's own style.Occasionally one discovers a book that seems to strike it just right: "Mastering the Art of Watercolor" is just such a book.Pages 6-95 cover the whole gamut of basic knowledge of media and techniques in just the right amount of detail.Pages 96-249 present a series of projects covering the major genre or areas of particular difficulty.The book is beautifully produced.Importantly, the book is illustrated with an adequate number of step-by-step illustrations (lack of which is often a deficiency in such books) showing a high standard of colour rendition.If one were to buy only one book of this type, this one should be head of the list.

a gift
This book was purchased as a gift for someone who was very pleased with it, so it was worth it.

Complete technique book with excellent demonstrations
Got this as a bargain book at a local book store.What a bargain.One of the best illustrated books with a wide variety of demonstrations.I have tried several of the demonstrations and got excellent results and learned something in the process.Recommend it to the beginner or one who wants to improve their skills and have gone past the beginner level. ... Read more

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An illustrated handbook on painting in watercolours, which provides step-by-step demonstrations of how to create 26 textures and effects ranging from natural textures such as leaves and clouds, to still life textures such as glass and cloth. ... Read more

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The One an Only
I have owned this book since 1998 (now 2008)and it is the only book I would never give up. I have and use many watercolor books however this is a must for realism. Rocco has transformed my watercolors into looking like photos. I only wish I could see more of his works and that he would do another book. If your looking for realistic technics go no farther.

The most realistic nature and architectural watercolors...
The first time I saw this book by Michael P. Rocco in my local public library, I've been convinced that realistic watercolors can be as good as just about any other paintings in airbrushing, oil, pastel, etc. And I wasalso convinced that it was a must-have in my watercolor book collection.And now it is. This book looks rather difficult, but it puts me up to speedin becoming an intermediate watercolorist. After all, watercolor is adeep-seated commitment.

Author Michael P. Rocco layed out the contents inan easy-to-follow from-simple-to-complex order. Starting from basic naturalobjects, woods, metals, bricks to water, snow, reflections, glass, clothes,ropes, almost every common texture is included and demonstrated. Mr. Roccoalso mentioned his palette and composition. Last but not least, the 11complete painting demonstrations at the end are a plus. The author is verygood at not only landscapes, but also still life and portrails.

At themoment, I can't find any books that compare to Painting RealisticWatercolor Textures. It's a one-man work. Though you can find some veryrealistic watercolor snapshots in Splash 1-5 Best of Watercolor, it's justthat. The series displays the best works. If you're looking for a goodtutorial book in realistic watercolors, look no further. ... Read more

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This distinguishedcollection boasts work by Benjamin West, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Maurice Pendergast, George Bellows, Joseph Stella, Paul Cadmus, Edwin Dickinson, David Smith, Lee Bontecou and Larry Rivers. ... Read more

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A display of fine museum pieces, and surely the next best thing to visiting the Hood Museum of Art in person
Marks Of Distinction: Two Hundred Years Of American Drawings And Watercolors From The Hood Museum Of Art is the accompaniment of the centerpiece exhibition of a year-long celebration commemorating the Hood Museum of Art's twentieth anniversary as well is its permanent collection. An introductory essay leads into this elaborate visual tour of classic pastel, ink, and watercolor artworks by notable American artists ranging from John Singleton Copley to John James Audubon to James McNeill Whistler and many more. Each piece of art is featured on a two-page spread; to the right is an exquisite photograph of the work itself in full color, to the left is a detailed one-page essay concerning the history, composition, and other pertinent details concerning the work. Marks Of Distinction is as much a celebration of American artistic consciousness and legacy as it is a display of fine museum pieces, and surely the next best thing to visiting the Hood Museum of Art in person.
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Ten easy-to-follow, do-it-yourself projects teach watercolor painters how to master the important components of landscapes. Each of the ten exercises is accompanied by a template that artists can trace onto their own paper, plus a full-size color reproduction of Tony's finished painting so they can see exactlywhat they're trying to achieve with each technique. Illustrations. ... Read more

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Review of Water Color Techniques
Tony Couch is a wonderful teacher.I learned so much from this book about water color technique. Doing the exercises gave a real boost to my confidence.

Another Tony Gem
This workbook offers detailed step by step instructions to recreate the sample paintings by Tony Couch.After reading many books of "how to" this workbook takes you to the stage of actually putting the instructions onto the paper.This has been very valuable to me for general watercolor improvement and for actually trying Tony's loose style of painting.Top notch !!

Basic guide to watercolor painting technique
Plenty of photos to illustrate basic watercolor techniques, needed supplies.Improving your watercolor paintings. ... Read more

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Complete, easy-to-follow guide by noted watercolorist covers papers, paints, brushes; also techniques: scratching-out, wax resist, split-brush, spattering, sponging and more. Full, detailed chapters on surface textures, trees, flowers, coastal scenes, reflections, other topics. Full-color illustrations throughout.
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A wonderful book for watercolor artists.
His book has wonderful techniques in painting old things.I particularly use his book when I am painting rusty metal and old buildings.I read through his book to refresh my memory at the beginning of a new painting.It is an invaluable book in my library. ... Read more

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Ray Hendershot shows artists how to have fun and useinventive texture techniques to turn acceptable watercolor paintingsinto outstanding ones. Dozens of hands-on exercises and step-by-stepdemonstrations show exciting ways to suggest detail (such as trees,bricks and crockery) and set the mood in paintings. A self-taughtwatercolorist, Hendershot developed his techniques through trial anderror, uninhibited by the 'accepted rules' of the medium. In additionto traditional texture techniques such as spattering and spritzing,this book includes more unconventional 'tricks' using special brushesand other media. ... Read more

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Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors
A must for the watercolorist library, especially for those leaning towards realism.This book is well illustrated and its organization lends itself to finding easy guidance.

AnAmazing Watercolor Book!
I have an extremely large collection of watercolor instruction books since I love to try new approaches. This book is one of my favoriteS.Many(most) watercolor books are just self praise books with not much useful instruction.I find Mr. Hendershot's book to be extremely informative and well written.I find myself referring to this book often.

Not just Technique, but a nice monograph
Hendershot's book is, as stated, not for the beginner, but what he has here is something that I think the beginner could use and would find greatly inspiring.
His own style is quite beautiful, and if you are looking for it, a more than passing hint at A. Wyeth can be found in his work. Artists interested in His technique will / may find something similar in Hendershot(though Hendershot definitely has his own amazing view, also Andy ain't going to talk soon, so this may be as close to it as one gets).

It is not merely a technique book either, it is practically a monograph for Hendershot. Reproductions are quite amazing.

Having communicated with the publisher, there are "no plans" to republish this book. If you find one here, grab it!! The one at the local library here can now have a rest, as My copy has arrived

Help to define your realistic style
While not a beginner's book, Hendershot's book offers straightforward advice on creating realistic textures.I was surprised how easy it was to add realism to my work.I enjoyed the subdued palette.Raw umber and paynes gray figure prominently in my palette now.As other reviewers have wrote, Hendershot's book has helped me create my best work to date.A treasure!

Superb texture techniques
This is by far the best watercolor book I have seen. This book is not for beginners as the author points out at the beginning itself. Maybe that is why it is so much more interesting for advanced beginners and beyond as he quickly and methodically takes us through a progression of splendid techniques for painting trees, grass, barns, buildings, still life etc. As a lover of landscape paintings, I find Ray Hendershot's paintings simply a joy to study. I am really happy I got this book. ... Read more

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