Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner - Matthew Palmer - Absolute Beginner Art

Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner by Matthew Palmer is a revised and updated 10th Anniversary edition of the author’s bestselling beginner’s guide to watercolour painting. Published as part of the Absolute Beginner Art series, this paperback edition expands the original course with new projects, exercises and finished paintings.

Key details

• Author: Matthew Palmer
• Series: Absolute Beginner Art
• Paperback format
• 176 pages
• Publisher: Search Press
• ISBN: 9781800923324

Synopsis

Designed as a complete starting point for newcomers, this anniversary edition sets out clear, step-by-step instruction alongside practical guidance on materials, including paint and paper, plus a brushstroke comparison guide. It covers core skills such as drawing from life and photographs, composition, simple perspective, light and shade, and colour mixing, before moving into essential watercolour methods including washes, layering, wet-into-wet, lifting out and masking fluid.

Alongside the original teaching approach, the revised content adds three new projects, more than a dozen new or updated exercises and techniques, and over 30 new finished paintings, with additional tips gathered over the past decade. Six step-by-step exercises and six further projects are supported by pull-out outline drawings, with guidance on transferring them to watercolour paper. Aimed at complete beginners and hobby artists working at home.

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